Artist : Taishi Kamiya
Title : Spectra Of Air
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2010
Date : 12/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 05
Label : Home Normal
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 49:20 min
Size : 64,2 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Calm 10:02
02.Northern Nature 12:08
03.Misty Morning 08:24
04.Air 09:40
05.Drowse 09:06
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49:20 min
In Christmas of 2008 I was sent some
work by a Japanese artist from Will
Long. He was convinced I would like it
and I fell in love with the pieces
immediately. The name of this rather
wonderful artist was Taishi Kamiya, and
the tracks sent were live improvised
tracks using mostly just soprano
saxophone and laptop.
Now IÆll be honest û IÆve never been a
huge fan of the saxophone. I guess I
just always associated it with eighties
sex scenes in movies or something like
that. So when Will told me his
instrument of choice was the sexy
saxophone, I had my reservations. But I
neednÆt have done because what Taishi
does with the saxophone is singularly
and uniquely utterly mesmerising.
IÆve always been a huge fan of
intelligently done improvised work and
TaishiÆs was just a cut above anything
else I had heard in a long time. After
getting in touch, we both decided it
would be great to try to make a studio
produced record, as well as releasing
the original æsite-specificÆ improvised
work. As such, æSpectra of AirÆ was born
from these takes, formed into a
beautiful work of subtle developments,
and carefully woven textures. It was an
enormous surprise to receive the final
album, with its focus on hidden melodies
and an overall rounded development which
perhaps can be overlooked in improvised
work. YouÆll just have to trust me that
it makes a really interesting difference
between this and TaishiÆs æliveÆ album
which we will be releasing in 2011. Its
a beautiful and detailed work, with
subtle melodies you wonÆt capture until
you have listened a number of times,
over and over again.
Photography by Liam Frankland
Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Links:
www.myspace.com/taishikamiya
www.windtail.com
www.homenormal.com