Onkeisha

Resonscape is a series that captures the sound of the marimba not merely as “audio,” but as a landscape.

Born of striking, yet never percussive in character, the marimba’s tone touches space, expands, and gradually dissolves into silence.

This entire process is captured through an ultra–high-resolution spatial recording system.

In “Resonscape I — Resonance in Silence,”
we observe the passage of resonance returning to stillness.

In “Resonscape II — After the Resonance,”
we listen closely to the air and presence that remain after the sound has faded.

When performance, space, and recording become inseparable,
music ceases to be an event and instead becomes a continuing presence — a landscape that simply exists.

Resonscape is a quiet series that reexamines the very act of listening.

An Invitation to a Musical Journey Across the Centuries

“Hall of Halls,” located in Kiyosato, Yamanashi, houses approximately 250 automatic musical instruments produced between the late 19th and early 20th centuries across Europe and the United States, including Switzerland and Germany.

This album documents the sound of these historical instruments preserved within the museum.

From cylinder and disc music boxes to self-playing organs, pianos, violins, and even automata, these instruments—crafted with the most advanced technologies of their time—are not merely machines, but embodiments of musical culture itself.

Through this recording, listeners are invited to experience both the music they produce and the historical breath that lies behind them.

Before the age of radio and television, music was an integral part of everyday life.
Not only in opera houses and concert halls, but also in restaurants, taverns, and on street corners, musicians brought sound into the world.

At the same time, in Europe and America, a variety of automatic instruments were developed—devices capable of producing music at the press of a switch—offering new ways to experience music.

This album is an attempt to revive that historical listening experience in the present day.