
Label: and/OAR
Catalog#: and/15
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2004
1 As:unacir (2:20)
2 A Message From Bed Of The Sea (2:22)
3 Petit Garçon (7:15)
4 Hole (4:02)
5 Cache Cache (10:58)
6 Night Midlight (6:00)
7 Go To Ocean (3:25)
This work predates Sawako's more well know albums for Community Library and 12k by a couple of years, yet there's a definite similarity between the work on all 3 albums. Sawako seemingly uses field recordings as a large part of the inspiration for this CD and, as opposed to the more melodic processing that's used on later work this has a stripped-back and reduced feel that's very appealing indeed. It's almost as if the source material is enough and doesn't need any extra tinkering with... the means more than justifies the end. Subtle shifts in sound work to engage the listener and it's, at times, lke listening to a little corner of Japanese life unfolding before you. For that you can read that I thoroughly enjoyed this and would recommend it as an excellent companion to the other albums. Lovely stuff.
http://www.smallfish.co.uk/
12Kのコンピ"two point two"への参加や、taylor deupreeの"january"への参加などで注目を集めていたsawakoの1stがアメリカのフィールドレコーディング・レーベルand/OARよりリリース。asuna、藤本雄一郎、中村としまる、michell akiyamaらが参加して作られた本作は、みずみずしさと表情豊かな音響が印象的な大変魅力的な作品です。音の重なりの先に何かが見えてくるとき、そこにあるのはありもしない物語なのでしょうか。フィールドレコーディングで集められた音は、切り取った瞬間瞬間が詰まっていて、それは誰もが見たことや聴いたことのあるはずなのに決して気づかなかった「美しさ」なのです。ゆらめくサウンドスケープはまさに「ゆうぐれ」。大変心地いい作品です。
http://www.inpartmaint.com/
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