{"product_id":"music-for-a-cosmic-garden","title":"Music for a Cosmic Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eA new full-length collaborative project by Japanese\nambient \/ environmental legend Takashi Kokubo (Ion Series) and Italian \/ Swiss trombonist Andrea Esperti\n(Esperti Project): \u003ci\u003eMusic for a Cosmic Garden.\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded during the heights of the pandemic and completed in February 2021, the majestic 8-track\nethereal \/ botanical soundscape created by Kokubo and Esperti is available as a limited edition double LP and a\ndigipack CD, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTakashi Kokubo, environmental music figure, celebrated sound designer, and founder of Studio Ion, has\nreleased over 20 albums, including the genre-defining and highly sought-after Ion Series. He's also played a\nmajor role in the sonic identity of Japan, creating the country’s mobile phone earthquake alert sound, credit\ncard payment validation jingles, and much more. In 2020, Takashi Kokubo received a Grammy nomination\nfor his track \"A Dream Sails Out to Sea, Scene 3\" off Light in the Attic’s Kankyō Ongaku compilation. He is\nknown for recording “sound scenes from nature” around the world using a binaural CyberPhonic microphone\nof his own invention and for his very unique brand of healing music.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Esperti is a Swiss trombonist and composer originally from Puglia (Italy). He plays in multiple\ngenres (classical, pop, world, electro, jazz) with a globe-trotting approach: encounters with peers, rhythmic\nexchanges, and unplanned music projects; this is where lies the foundation of his work.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic for a Cosmic Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to celestial botanics, a contemporary and hallucinogenic take on the\nsoothing ambient genre immortalized by artists such as Midori Takada and Satoshi Ashikawa, a beautiful\npairing of synthesizers and the mighty trombone, taking you to a meditative galaxy far, far away, where\nother-worldly is just another word for cozy.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50468227121483,"sku":"2008265","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50468226826571,"sku":"2008264","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/WRWTFWW072CD_6fca2eed_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727346200","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/music-for-a-cosmic-garden","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}