Yasuhito Ohno
Music in DNA
EM Records
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2026
LP
26.99
EMC-029LP / Includes Download Code
Incl. insert
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Tracklist
1Gotta Get Going(ガッタ・ゲット・ゴーイン)
2Logic of Randomness(不規則の論理)
3Biology(生物学)
4From the Window(フロム・ザ・ウィンドウ)
5Clone Dance(クローン・ダンス)
6Process of Growth(プロセス・オブ・グロース)
7Music in DNA(ミュージック・イン・DNA)

»Music in DNA« is an album recorded and sewlf-released in the early 1980s in New York City by Yasuhito Ohno, a young Japanese man breaking free from the constraints of his homeland. The album is a naive burst of outsider DIY enthusiasm, inspired by the multiple avant-garde movements of the era, in music, painting and performance, as well as the native energy of 80s NYC. Ohno channeled his youthful edge and zeal into open-minded lo-fi musical explorations using a mere two machines: the then-new technological glories of a four-track cassette recorder and that polyphonic synthesizer masterpiece, the Roland Juno-60; on several pieces he vocalizes.

These seven tracks have a zestful, innocent, anything-goes charm, free from preciousness and self-consciousness: a raw and youthful human spirit at play in a new world. Ohno was also inspired by the humanistic promise of the general technological developments of the day, including DNA research, personal computing, and early computer graphics, an example of which can be found on the cover. Ohno later returned to Japan, becoming a renowned composer/producer. In an era of jaded cynicism, »Music in DNA« is a welcome taste of big-hearted innocence, a revival of a raw self. Available on CD/LP/Digital, with E/J liner notes.