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Production​-​Gas "Gas' Disk" (1970)

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Side A "Gas' Theme"
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ぷろだくしょん我S《我S DISK》

音楽の真髄ここに結集　ぷろだくしょん我Sが心をこめてうたう珠玉の四曲
ゆみ子さん　君はぼくの心をよく知っているのではないか

名古屋を拠点に1969年から74年にかけて活動した匿名美術家集団「ぷろだくしょん我S」（以下「我S」）は、1970年に17cm LPレコード《我S DISK》を発表した。「我Sのテーマ」「うた」「ぷろー」「悲恋」の4曲入りで、木製ジャケットにタイトルとグループ名の焼印が押された。当時「プライベート・レコード」や「アングラ・レコード」「パーソナル・レコード」と呼ばれた自主制作レコードである。メンバーが制作費を出しあい1000枚制作し、名古屋のヤマハなどで500円で販売した。ジャケットの帯、歌詞カードもすべて手作りだった。さらに、彼らはレコード会社に倣ってプロモーション活動を行なった。ポスターを配布し、サイン会を開き、ラジオ番組にリクエストをした。その甲斐あってCBCラジオで放送されたこともあった。

《我S DISK》の収録曲はどれも合唱曲で、彼らによれば「歌のもつ本質をもっと追求しようと」したという。アカペラでグループ名をくり返し歌う「我Sのテーマ」と、そのバリエーション「ぷろー」は「お経のような抽象詩の語り」と評された。どちらの曲も録音の再生速度を上げてつくる、いわゆる「ムシ声」が聞こえる。「うた」と「悲恋」はフォーク調で、「悲恋」は男女のセリフやナレーションが入っている。どの歌も聞けば脱力するようなとぼけたユーモアが魅力である。


The essences of music are all here. The four treasure songs sung by Production-Gas with all their heart.
Yumiko-san, you must know my heart well.

Production Gas (hereinafter, Gas), an anonymous artist group that was active in Nagoya from 1969 to 1974, released a 7-inch LP record, Gas’ Disk, in 1970. It includes four songs; “Gas no Theme (Gas’ Theme),” “Uta (Song),” “Proo” and “Hiren (Sad Love),” and the group name and title was branded on the wooden jacket. This type of self-produced record was referred to as “private record,” “angura (underground) record” or “personal record” at that time. The members contributed money to press 1,000 copies and sold each press for 500 yen at Yamaha and other places in Nagoya. All the attachments such as the strip on the jacket and lyrics cards were handmade. In addition, Gas promoted the LP by imitating the operation of record companies: distributing posters, having an autograph session and sending requests to radio programs. Because of these efforts, the song was broadcast on CBC Radio.

The songs in the Gas’ Disk are all sung in chorus, through which they “tried to pursue the nature of singing further,” as they explained. “Gas no Theme,” which chants the name of the group repeatedly, and its variation, “Proo,” were commented that “spoken piece of an abstract poetry like reading sutras.” A so-called “insect voice” made by increasing the playback speed can be heard in both of the songs. “Uta” and “Hiren” are reminiscent of folk songs, and the latter includes spoken lines of a man and a woman, as well as a narration. Each song in this album is full of the group's dry humor, which would attract listeners and make them feel easy.


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released August 2, 2020

Design: Akira Matsuoka
Digital remastering: Yasushi Utsunomia

Edition cococara / Japanese Art Sound Archive
Published in 2020 by Art & Space cococara

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Throughout the history of Japanese art, there has been artists that filled museums, galleries, studios and other public spaces with all sorts of sounds. In most cases, however, once the sound faded, it couldn’t be heard again. Japanese Art Sound Archives is a project that aims to collect those often inaccessible sound activities of the past and make them more accessible for consultation. ... more

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