Artist : Corey Fuller
Title : Seas Between
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2009
Date : 03/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 06
Label : Dragon's Eye Recordings
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 44:13 min
Size : 60,4 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Winds May Scatter 02:42
02.Late Summer 14:18
03.November Skies Tokyo 05:44
04.Of A Winter Dawn 06:52
05.Snow Static 05:46
06.Seas Between 08:51
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44:13 min
Opening in mist, with disassembled
activity both hidden and continuous,
Seas Between is a work containing the
solemnity of temporality, trembling
tenderness, and the brightest side of
sightless imagination. Corey Fuller was
born in the United States, but while
still very young, he relocated with his
family to Japan, where he spent the next
20 years, before returning to the United
States to live in Washington state.
December of 2009 marks the release of
his first solo album, and his return to
Japan with his own family, to live and
work. The album represents both a
literary and imaginative vision of home
and the distances between, a document of
the placement and creation of a
convolved third-culture reality.
Seas Between was created using an
expansive assortment of acoustic
instruments, including piano, prepared
piano, Rhodes electric piano, pipe
organ, pump organ, vibraphone, pianica,
accordion, acoustic/electric guitars,
Gamelan bells, Thai finger cymbals,
assorted percussion, and found objects.
Field recordings were given delicate
attention, including room tones, contact
microphones, hydrophone recordings of
both shores of the Pacific Ocean, field
recordings from Japan and Washington,
reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes, and
analog tape delays. Custom software was
also employed to create a convolved,
indeterminate blend of instruments, with
field recordings from both sides of the
Pacific Ocean, above and below.
In addition to palette, a group of
collaborative musicians contributed
work, such as John Friesen on Cello,
Tyler Wilcox on saxophones and bass
clarinet, and Tomoyoshi Date on piano
and electronics. Their contributions
further complete a graceful warmth, to
an already startlingly pronounced
recording of poetic allusion, uncertain
acceptance, and hazed mystery.
Throughout the 45-minute work, clarity
is demonstrated through swelling, warm
tones, acute instrumentation, combined
with the chill of the ocean breeze, and
the indistinguishable traits of
swirling, impermanent images. Beside
crisp crescendos of the early morning
dawn, foamy field recordings are hidden
in the fine clouds; a formed, thin film,
hidden in winter's winds. In Seas
Between, here falls the shadow, between
essence and descent, longing and
fulfillment, wholeness and brokenness.
The sense of separation and constant
longing is ever-present, in our
surroundings that are unwavering, but
often unpredictable as the sea.
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