iki (豆瓣)

表演者: FUJI||||||||||TA
介质: White Vinyl
发行时间: 2020-04-03
出版者: Hallow Ground
条形码: 0617957552607

豆瓣评分

8.1

59人评价

5星

23.5%
4星

60.8%
3星

13.7%
2星

2.0%
1星

0.0%

想听在听听过

评价:

简介 · · · · · ·

　　Utterly spellbinding works for a custom-built pipe organ from Japanese sound artist Fujita Yosuke - unmissable for fans of Kali Malone, Eleh, BoC, Áine O’Dwyer, Yoshi Wada...
　　In the works for a decade, ‘iki’ is a unique release from nose to tail. It features FUJI||||||||||TA’s first recordings in nine years, over which time he’s got to grips with a self-built pipe organ... (展开全部) 　　Utterly spellbinding works for a custom-built pipe organ from Japanese sound artist Fujita Yosuke - unmissable for fans of Kali Malone, Eleh, BoC, Áine O’Dwyer, Yoshi Wada...
　　In the works for a decade, ‘iki’ is a unique release from nose to tail. It features FUJI||||||||||TA’s first recordings in nine years, over which time he’s got to grips with a self-built pipe organ that he crafted in 2009. The unique instrument features only 11 pipes, has no keyboard, and is powered by an air pump called “fuigo” based on a traditional blacksmith’s model. Its sound is simply enchanting, and sensitively brought to life by the artist, who has evidently spent his time well in taming the instrument and bringing out its sublime, warbling harmonic and timbral qualities.
　　The overarching influence for ‘iki’ is traditional Japanese gagaku, the slow and elegant form of classical court music extant since the 7th century. In this context, FUJI||||||||||TA’s four pieces unfold with a graceful, if abstracted logic, imaginatively expressing a sound that one could easily imagine mirrored by graceful movements on stage, or enacted by much more phantasmic, anime creatures in the mind’s eye for that matter.
　　Within the first minute of ’keshiki’ our eyelids are drawn to half mast and we’re drawn into an impossibly fragile and serene headspace as FUJI||||||||||TA gently coaxes out melodic figures over a long, sustained base note while the gentle clack of his pump appears to resemble a knackered butterfly beating its wings for the last times. With ‘nNami’ the instrument’s capacity for beating low end frequencies really comes into view in a way recalling Eleh’s electronically generated wonders - but trust there’s no electricity involved here! - resulting some dead uncanny harmonic chaos, and ultimately ‘osoi’, which sounds something like a BoC synth pad slowed down and recreated acoustically, also pulls the same trick on the ear to sublime effect, whereas ’sukima’ perhaps resembles organ music in its most classic, melodic form, but in a way as familiar as a fleeting dream.
　　Totally gorgeous release. A must check!