Hiroshi Yoshimura's Quiet Forest Returns for Its 30th Anniversary
Hiroshi Yoshimura's 1996 album Quiet Forest is out now as a 30th anniversary reissue, produced with his estate and remastered from original sources by John Baldwin. The digital, CD, and cassette editions are available today, with the first vinyl pressing due Dec 4, through Temporal Drift. The album is on Apple Music.
Hiroshi Yoshimura, Quiet Forest
Quiet Forest was the last album-length work Yoshimura released before his death in 2003. The announcement says it was largely inspired by a trip through the forests of the Pacific Northwest, including the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, with basic tracks recorded in the fall of 1993. The 10-song set includes "Quiet Forest," "Whispering," "After Rain," "Hoh River," "Sunrise," "Deep Echoes," "Melting Wind," "Dancing Creek," "Rain Forest," and "Lullaby of Leaves."
The Los Angeles Philharmonic has also announced two 2027 events around his work: an exhibition, Hiroshi Yoshimura: Sound of Place, Place of Sound, at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles from Feb 24 through Apr 30, 2027, and a Wild Up performance of his music, Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora / Green, at REDCAT on Mar 19, 2027.