Sophie's staff pick "My favourite ambient album of all time. Commissioned by Misawa Homes as a set of soundscapes for the company’s prefabricated houses, this was Hiroshi Yoshimura's masterpiece. 'Surround' is so warm and beautiful, it's like the musical equivalent of a hug. And we all need as many hugs as possible I reckon."
If Surround can be listened to as music that’s as close to air itself, allowing us to enter each listener’s sound scenery, or as something that exists within a new perspective, expanding the middle ground between sound and music, and transforming it into a comfortable space, it would be much appreciated.
— Hiroshi Yoshimura
Originally released as an album in January 1986, Surround was recorded by Yoshimura as a commission from home builder Misawa Homes, intended to function as an “amenity” designed to enhance the company’s newly built living spaces.
Tracklist
- Time After Time
- Surround
- Something Blue
- Time Forest
- Water Planet
- Green Shower