Artist : Ryuichi Sakamoto & Taylor Deupree
Title : Disappearance
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2013
Date : 09/2013
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 05
Catalog : 12k1076
Label : 12k
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.98.4
Length : 44:56 min
Size : 70,0 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Jyaku 09:59
02.Frozen Fountain 05:26
03.Ghost Road 07:01
04.This Window 10:10
05.Curl To Me (feat. Ichiko Aoba) 12:20
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44:56 min
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Taylor Deupree
Disappearance
12k1076
Isolation, solitude, contemplation.
These are the themes that discreetly
weave their way through Disappearance,
the first collaboration album between
12kÆs Taylor Deupree and pioneering
electronic composer and pianist Ryuichi
Sakamoto. The two began their musical
dialogue in 2006 when Deupree was
invited to remix a song from SakamotoÆs
album Chasm. ôWorld Citizenö was the
song and it sparked continued
collaboration as Deupree contributed to
two of SakamotoÆs activist projects:
Chain Music and KizunaWorld (as a trio
with Sakamoto and Stephen Vitiello.)
With the convenience of both artists
living in New York they kept in touch,
released music on 12k (Willits +
SakamotoÆs Ocean Fire) and, in April of
2012, performed live together at John
ZornÆs club The Stone. It was this
concert that planted the seeds for
Disappearance.
The initial tracks for Disappearance
were recorded at SakamotoÆs studio in
New York City during rehersals for the
April concert. The two immediately
entered the same sonic mindframe that
lead to hours of concentrated, hushed
music. SakamotoÆs piano playing, both
traditional and prepared, emerged as
perhaps some of his most beautifully
sparse in recent years, letting the
sound of the room and shuffle of chairs
take an active roll in the recording.
Only the most minimum of essential
notes, accentuated by silences and the
scraping of the pianoÆs strings, plays
alongside DeupreeÆs nuanced passages,
created with analogue synthesizers,
strings, and found objects. These warm,
human tones became the means of
communication between the two artists
who effortlessly created a musical
language.
The five tracks that make up
Disappearance are delicate and composed,
however, theyÆre not all peacefulness
and placidity. Micro-tuned edges, bursts
of noise, percussive prepared piano and
the warble of old reel-to-reel tape keep
the mood grounded and warm, turning it
inward and asking the listener to
reflect on their path. ôCurl To Me,ö the
albumÆs final piece, is highlighted by
the sounds of Ichiko Aoba, a major up-
and-coming singer/songwriter from Tokyo.
Both Sakamoto and Deupree have recently
worked with Aoba in Japan and wanted her
presence felt on the album. Emphasizing
the solitude and stillness of the
recordings, Aoba provided both her voice
and the almost disturbingly intimate
sound of her own heartbeat.
Disappearance is a soundtrack for
holding breaths. Sakamoto and Deupree
lay down worn roads, but donÆt leave
signs, for a journey woven together by
the quiet celebration of the fragility
of nature and life.
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