kiyoharu kuwayama / masayoshi urabe “heteroptics” compact disc-recordable

• heteroptics (56:15)

songs from under the floorboards press release...

heteroptics kuwayama & urabe heteroptics is a recording of the first collaboration by kuwayama kiyoharu (aka lethe, here playing cello, viola, and metal junk) and masayoshi urabe (saxophone, chains, and more industrial debris), recorded live with no edits or overdubs in an abandoned warehouse space by nagoya port, japan. massive, desolate music that seems to send urgent signal flares into the dense darkness of the industrial space. catalog no: floor10 format: cdr edition: 100

kiyoharu kuwayama / masayoshi urabe “from the abolition port” compact disc-recordable

• from the abolition port (49:35)

songs from under the floorboards press release...

floor4 kuwayama kiyoharu & masayoshi urabe “from the abolition port” cdr edition of 100 copies a gripping, devastatingly patient, and emotionally raw improvisation for cello, saxophone, and metal chains recorded live at kuwayama kiyoharu’s cavernous warehouse space in nagoya, japan. rather than an event-driven, linear performance, from the abolition port is a single structure, with the ghostly presence of the space acting as either a third performer, or perhaps as the composer. the music is violent in its sparseness; sharp instrumental outbursts push with great effort against a backdrop of blackness as dense and heavy as the sun. from the abolition port suggests a private ritual, or a seance… or perhaps absurd theater, with unseen players circumnavigating a pitch-dark industrial space, sending out desperate distress signals and futilely listening for a response. alto sax player masayoshi urabe is known for his solo performances, but has worked alongside fellow psych/noise travellers kosoukuya, junko, hiroshi hasegawa (astro, cccc), kan mikami, and chie mukai. kiyoharu kuwayama played cello in the duo kuwayama-kijima, but his primary project is the catastrophe point series, which he records under the name lethe. first edition of 100 pro-duplicated cdrs in jewel case with full-color artwork. out now on songs from under the floorboards, a division of intransitive recordings.