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previous artist: russell haswell		there are 2 titles featuring chihei hatakeyama in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: hatebeak

$12.61

back in stock as of
march 2nd, 2011

first in stock on
april 4th, 2006

threads:
minimalism-drones
digital-musics

kranky (usa) #krank 091 cd

chihei hatakeyama “minima moralia” compact disc

bonfire on the field (8:13)
swaying curtain in the window (8:25)
starlight reflecting on the surface of the river (7:00)
towards a tranquil marsh (4:46)
granular haze (7:21)
inside of the pocket (4:31)
beside a well (11:30)

debut album from chihei hatakeyama, as seen previously on the excellent “small sounds” compilation on spekk... a friendly mix of acoustic and electronic sound-sources.

kranky press release...

artist: chihei hatakeyama
title: minima moralia
catalog #: krank091
formats available: cd
release date: february, 2006

chihei hatakeyama concentrated on the textures of sound in creating minima moralia, consciously avoiding the use of electronic sounds; instead using sound fragments made by guitars and vibraphone he played himself. the fragments were processed and reprocessed in live performances on laptop. the contention between the analog sound sources, digital processing and the musician's choices are what give minima moralia its positive, warm, and physical presence.

minima moralia presents the listener with tones that are familiar and tones that are foreign. specific points of sound appear and velvet clouds elevate and disperse over the course of the album. jumbles of melodies reveal and then resolve themselves. at all points hatakeyama's directing hand is at work; in the shiver of a guitar string, the bright ring of the vibraphone, and the strategic use of silence. the naturalistic song titles suggest every day moments, sensations and experiences.

personnel:
chihei hatakeyama played and processed electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vibraphone and electronics, mixed and mastered.
masahiro kobayshi played violin on tracks 4 and 6
tomoyoshi date contributed a few sound materials

$11.76

back in stock as of
april 11th, 2012

first in stock on
september 16th, 2010

threads:
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
guitar-themed

students of decay (usa) #sod 21 cd

asuna / opitope “sunroom” compact disc

photon (4:06)
the water molecule (9:15)
in the small train (5:11)
mirage of a liquid (4:08)
town and country (3:51)
twilight (4:36)
cricket, moth and frogs (4:01)
cloud shadow in the night (6:46)
column of air (2:52)

2010 release ; lovely set of drones from chihei hatakeyama, tomoyoshi date, and naoyuki arashi ...

students of decay press release...

sod-21 asuna & opitope // “sunroom”

this is the first collaborative full-length release by japan’s opitope, the duo of chihei hatakeyama (kranky, room40) and tomoyoshi date (flyrec), and asuna (spekk, headz). listeners familiar with opitope’s majestic 2007 release “hau,” or any of the more recent output by asuna, hatakeyama or date, will find much to love here.

across the albums’ nine tracks, gossamer webs of treated sound (made from all manner of plaintive piano, rubbed strings, delicately picked guitars and evocative accordian, vibraphone and sampling) hover, resonate, ebb and disperse. paradoxical as it may seem, there is a painstaking effortlessness to this music. in some ways, “sunroom” feels like a perfect followup to “hau,” with one critical distinction. where that previous release, as with asuna’s wonderful “this” double disc and much of hatakeyama’s recent solo work, focused principally on textures and abstraction, here an added emphasis is placed on songcraft. ultimately, we might best situate these recordings alongside date’s 2008 masterpiece “human being,” as there is, to be sure, a similar playfulness, deftness of juxtaposition, accessibility, and sincere reverence to be found in the radiant compositions of “sunroom.” throughout the album’s duration, the masterful, capable hands of date, hatakeyama and asuna, craft miniature, effervescent gems of songs which swell and bloom like the changing of seasons or the passage of time in memory.

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