Artist : Minamo
Title : DurΘe
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2010
Date : 01/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 08
Label : 12k
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 45:17 min
Size : 44,8 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Elementary Domain 07:23
02.When Unwelt Melts 05:29
03.Individual Synesthesia 01:35
04.Helical Scenery 05:20
05.Help Ourselves 07:03
06.Be Born 05:36
07.First Breathing At Last 10:24
08.Beginning 02:27
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45:17 min
Back in 1999, on the forefront of the
Japanese electronic/acoustic microsound
scene, was the then two-piece live
improvisation band Minamo (two more
members were added in 2001 to make the
current four-piece lineup). Their live
concerts helped pioneer this hybrid of
delicate and natural instrumentation
with microscopic electronics and subtle
digital processing bringing an organic
richness to a genre that threatened to
remain coldly digital. Fans of Minamo
not lucky enough to see them create
their music live have enjoyed their
studio albums and collaborative releases
which captured these performances and
processed them into hypnotic drones and
electro-acoustic soundscapes.
DurΘe, their last studio work since
2007Æs collaboration with Tape, and
their follow-up to Shining on 12k
(12k1031, now out of print), takes
influence from the French philosopher
Henri-Louis BergsonÆs concept of ôpure
durΘe,ö an idea that oneÆs consciousness
is a constant flow and not something
that can be divided, reversed, or
measured. Minamo used these ideas in
creating their music, despite the
contradiction of the time-stamped CD
format, to try to subvert the ideas of
compartmentalized ôtimeö and ôspace.ö
With a strong sense of non-linearity and
flow taken from BergsonÆs ideas, Minamo
have created a colorful, skittering wash
of music, noise, and texture that
embraces a sense of out-there-ness.
Minamo are Yuichiro Iwashita (acoustic
guitar, percussion), Namiko Sasamoto
(keyboards, saxophone, percussion),
Keiichi Sugimoto (electric guitar,
computer, nintendo, bells,
recording/mixing) and Tetsuro Yasunaga
(percussion, harmonium, analog
synthesizer, pedals, small instruments).
Like all of their music, DurΘe was
recording during long, live,
improvisational sessions and later
finessed and mixed in the studio for
release. Their process this time around,
however, was much more analog than
before. While they have always
incorporated guitars, computers and
synthesizers into their work, DurΘe
captured performances created with an
abundance of acoustic and percussion
instruments and analog synths, keeping
digital effects to a minimum and
preferring the dirty sound of guitar
pedals. The process this time around
came easier due to the natural musical
communication built between the members
over the past 10 years. DurΘe simply
finds more playing and interaction than
editing and programming as compared to
previous releases and, according to
Sugimoto, is finally the mark where
Minamo wants to be, and a template for
work to come.
DurΘe, which will be released worldwide
on January 12th, 2010, has the
distinction of launching the new design
of the 12k digipack which subtly updates
the austere white package to a more
unified and understated play between
simple type and photography.
http://www.12k.com/