a r t i s t : Yoshio Machida
t i t l e : Hypernatural #3
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Baskaru (KARU:10)
g e n r e : Ambient
r l s. d a t e : May/2008
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 67,4 MB
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Finally, the conclusion of the Hypernatural electroacoustic
trilogy...
Six years after the release of "Hypernatural #2", Yoshio
Machida is rounding up his magnificent trilogy of
electroacoustic collages with "Hypernatural #3". A unique and
highly personal work, the Hypernatural series has made of
Machida a world-class sound artist. Assemblages of field
recordings and treated instrumental sounds, the music on
"Hypernatural #3" evokes simultaneously the universal and the
intimate, Mankind and Nature.
Yoshio Machida has been working on this series since 1997. The
first volume was self-released in 1999 and had for theme
memory in Eastern Asia ; Volume 2, released by Softl Music in
2001, focused on transparency, unconsciousness and invisible
existence. "Hypernatural #3", the last instalment in this
triptych, is about oblivion. Machida explains: "Oblivion is
characteristic of the correlation between matter and time.
Oblivion has a positive aspect: it appears as a natural
phenomenon in the passage of time and becomes a factor in
creating new worlds. Nature consists of a myriad of different
memory-oblivion cycles".
Born in 1967, Japanese artist Yoshio Machida studied
minimalist art. While working for international cooperation,
he had the opportunity to travel and make field recordings.
Since then, he has been using these field recordings,
combining them to the treated sounds of real instruments,
including gongs and steel drums (the latter instrument playing
a non-negligeable role on "Hypernatural #3"). Machida has
performed at music festivals, including ISEA2004 and Maerz
Musik. David Toop has introduced his music in his book
"Haunted Weather", and a track from "Hypernatural #2" was
featured in a commercial on French television. He also runs
his own Amorfon label.
http://www.baskaru.com/karu10_full.htm
http://www.yoshiomachida.com
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01-Ocean of Memory [09:30]
02-Camouflage [07:27]
03-Scene 16: Retrospective Future [03:55]
04-Scene 05: Bubbles [03:21]
05-Silhouette [04:24]
06-Scene 27: Symphony [06:58]
07-Siesta [05:10]
08-Hypernatural [13:01]
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53:46 min