idiorrythmie, by Shuta Hiraki & Shuma Ando

idiorrythmie

by Shuta Hiraki & Shuma Ando

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	1.	bifurcation 02:03
	2.	en avançant dans la prose je rencontre 15:11
	3.	les cyprès ne bougeaient pas 21:22
	4.	les ombres errantes 07:03
	5.	biffure 01:03

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Hario Radio Tower (旧佐世保無線電信所/針尾送信所)

This tower was built in 1922 for radio transmission by the Japanese Navy. It stands 136 meters tall, made of concrete, and it is the tallest structure built before World War II in Japan. The interior of the tower has many hollow and steel columns, and there is a very deep reverberation.
Hiraki and Ando brought shruti boxes, percussion instruments, and objects, and did improvised performances for over two hours. These tracks are excerpts of a few parts.
It was raining on the day of the performance due to an approaching typhoon, and raindrops were falling everywhere inside. However, the weather gradually cleared up during these two hours, the wind and rain inside the tower eased. To capture the situation of the day, they put the recordings in chronological order.

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released September 1, 2023

1. Shuta Hiraki & Shuma Ando (Some Percussions & Objects)
2. Shuma Ando (Shruti box), Shuta Hiraki (Bystander)
3. Shuta Hiraki (Shruti box), Shuma Ando (Bystander)
4. Shuta Hiraki & Shuma Ando (Voice)
5. Shuta Hiraki (Whistle)

Recorded at Hario Radio Tower, Nagasaki on September 2, 2022
Recorded and Mastered by Shuta Hiraki
Drawing by Shuta Hiraki
Layout by Leo Okagawa

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Shuta Hiraki and Shuma Ando visited the former Sasebo Wireless Telegraph Station (Hario Transmitting Station) in Nagasaki and performed inside. They brought percussion instruments, whistles and a shruti box inside, and the recording was over two hours. They arranged chronologically excerpts from the recordings into a five-track composition.
When they started recording, the weather was bad and we could hear the sound of rain, but the weather gradually calmed down. The performance of the two in deep reverberation is filled with ambience that seems to be released from tension. The sense of hearing of listeners will unconsciously mutate from "listening" to "hearing" and slowly sink into the sound.

平木周太と安藤秀満は長崎にある旧佐世保無線電信所(針尾送信所)へ足を運び、その内部にて演奏をおこなった。彼らはパーカッション類やホイッスル、そしてシュルティ・ボックスを持ち込み、録音は2時間以上にわたったという。彼らはその録音からの抜粋を時系列に並べ、5曲による構成とした。
録音を始めたころは天候が悪く雨音が聞こえているが、徐々に天気は落ち着いてきて、終盤では晴れたのか、鳥の鳴き声も聞こえてくる。深い残響のなかでおこなわれた2人の演奏は、緊張感から解放されたようなアンビエンスに満ちている。聴き手の聴覚は「聴く」から「聞こえる」へと無意識のなかで変異していき、緩やかにその音のなかへと沈み込んでいくことだろう。

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Shuta Hiraki (平木周太)
Japanese musician living in Nagasaki, Japan. Using various techniques such as synthesis, field recording, acoustic instrumentation, and sampling collage, he creates music that aspires to the critical edge of ambient and drone music in terms of both structure and thought. He has released works on numerous labels including Rottenman Editions, LINE, The Collection Artaud, and VAAGNER. He also reviews and critiques music under the name yorosz.
長崎県在住の音楽家。音響合成、フィールド・レコーディング、アコースティック楽器の演奏、サンプリング・コラージュなど様々な手法を駆使し、構造／思想の両面からアンビエントやドローン・ミュージックの臨界を志す音楽を制作。これまでにRottenman Editions、LINE、The Collection Artaud、VAAGNERなど多数のレーベルから作品を発表。よろすず名義で音楽に関しての執筆も行う。
obalto.bandcamp.com

Shuma Ando (安藤秀満)
A Japanese musician living in Saitama. He is the guitarist and composer for the ambient-folk band Grace Cathedral Park. They released their first album “Grace Cathedral Park” in 2019.
He is also a doctoral student in the Department of French Langage and Literature at the University of Tokyo, and researches in the field of 20th and 21st century French literature and visual culture.
埼玉県在住の音楽家。アンビエント・フォークバンドGrace Cathedral Parkにて主にギターと作曲を担当し、2019年に1stアルバム『Grace Cathedral Park』を発表。また、東京大学大学院にてフランス文学を専攻し、20世紀・21世紀のフランス文学と視覚文化について研究している。
gracecathedralpark.bandcamp.com

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