Artist : Takeshi Nishimoto
Album : Lavandula
Year : 2013
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 214kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 42m
Size : 67.82mb
Label : Sonic Pieces
Catalognr : sonicpieces 018
Tracklist:
01. Late Summer Early Autumn 6:16
02. Drizzle (Turbine) 7:58
03. Remembrance 6:32
04. Tone Water 4:23
05. Stra▀enlaterne 6:24
06. 6/8 5:12
07. Apple Tree 5:21
Releasenotes:
Takeshi Nishimoto comes from a background as a guitarist, receiving classical
training from some of the world's premiere guitar players, while on the other
hand he has been steadily growing into the more electronic music scene with a
bunch of albums on CCO as I'm Not A Gun alongside John Tajeda. Takeshi appeared
solo on record first in 2007 through CCO offset label Bⁿro and returns now with
his second album, this time for sonic pieces.
Although you could say Lavandula is a guitar solo record - that really does not
do it justice if you dive deeper into the sounds that resonates within it. At
times, Takeshi uses some really fine electronic methods to bend and shape the
guitar and background atmospheres, like the beautifully perceived
Strassenlaterne. Other times it feels like you are in the middle of a still
picture from a forest lake in the Japanese countryside, slowly waking up
together with the sun. The track Tone Water on the other hand sounds like
Squarepusher's classic acoustic masterpiece, Music is Rotted, One Note played on
the Guitar instead of Bass and comes off as a fresh change of direction in the
middle of the album.
Lavandula is a very personal and beautiful late summer album that brings to mind
the film music of Gustavo Santaolalla (21 grams, Babel, Biutiful) or Tape's
classic albums for HΣpna, but traveling through Japanese, North American and
European traditions. A great record to bring while traveling, wake up to in the
morning or simply enjoy in a quiet evening.
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