Hiroshi Yoshimura
Hiroshi Yoshimura (Yokohama, 1940-2003) was a Japanese composer and sound designer, and a pioneer of kankyō ongaku, the environmental music of 1980s Japan. He studied fine art at Waseda University, took his cues from Erik Satie, Fluxus and Harry Partch, and in 1972 started the computer music group Anonyme. His first album, Music for Nine Post Cards (1982), was written to be played inside a museum; Pier & Loft (1983) accompanied a fashion show, A·I·R (1984) was a promotional record for Shiseido, and Surround and Green followed in 1986.
