ERG Media ‘Jazz Kissa’ E book Launch Data

Summary

• ERG Media launched Jazz Kissa: The Soul of Japanese Listening Culture, a photographic e book on Japan’s iconic jazz cafés
• The 336-page e book options pictures by Katsumasa Kusunose, who captures a tradition of sluggish, intentional listening

ERG Media has introduced the forthcoming launch of Jazz Kissa: The Soul of Japanese Listening Culture, a 336-page photographic journey into Japan’s storied jazz cafés. Known as jazz kissa (ジャズ喫茶), these intimate listening salons have served as sanctuaries because the late Twenties, constructed round uncommon classic audio methods, towering audio system and meticulously curated vinyl collections. Through lush imagery, the e book captures a mode of listening that’s sluggish, immersive and intentional — a counterpoint to at present’s disposable, attention-fragmented music panorama.

Drawing on greater than 15 years of labor by photographer and cultural historian Katsumasa Kusunose, Jazz Kissa distills the atmospheric magic and devoted patronage that outline every café. Kusunose’s photographs are framed by a foreword from Devon Turnbull, founding father of Ojjas, whose personal handcrafted audio system have develop into touchstones of the fashionable high-fidelity motion. Together, they hyperlink the cafés’ historic philosophy of deep listening to at present’s international revival of audio craftsmanship.

Printed on specifically sourced Japanese paper impressed by the feel of Altec A7 speaker cones and wrapped in a standard obi strip, Jazz Kissa is as a lot a tactile object as it’s a cultural chronicle. Priced at $140 USD, the e book is at present out there in a restricted version by ERG Media’s website and choose international retailers.