Label: Important Records

本作、滅茶苦茶ヤバいです。。。巨匠と琴奏者の共演を纏めた2CD!!ディープ・リスニングの提唱者であり、電子音楽家Morton Subotnick、Ramon Senderと共にサンフランシスコ・テープ音楽センターを立ち上げた米実験界の偉人Pauline Oliveros。細長い木の胴に一本の弦を張った琴"一弦琴"の名手である峯岸一水、米コンポーザー及び能楽研究者、本作では21弦箏を演奏する正岡みやとの共演を記録した2CDタイトル[Two Days In Dreamland]。ニューヨークのスタジオにて二日間に渡り行われたセッションを時系列順に収録、数あるオリヴェロスのセッション作品の中でも明らかに群を抜いて素晴らしい、魅惑的且つ強靭なコミュニケーション録音。









hese stunning recordings combine the great strengths of Pauline Oliveros on her Roland V-Accordion, Issui Minegishi; Ichigenkin master and great-great granddaughter of the founder of the Seikyodo Ichigenkin tradition and Miya Masaoka on her 21 string Japanese Koto. Together, these masterful improvisors create a beautiful and fascinating world of instrumental communication. This trio of legendary artists establish a sonic zone so compelling that you'll never want to leave.

This double CD preserves the original session edits chronologically in order to preserve the emotional flow of the recordings. Disc one presents the first day of sessions and disc two presents the second day. Hence the title, Two Days In Dreamland.

Recorded at Dreamland Studios in Hurley, New York.
Mastered by Tom Eaton at Sounds & Substance

Pauline Oliveros, composer and accordionist, was a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founder of the San Francisco Tape Music Center along with Ramon Sender and Morton Subotnick and she also served as its director. Oliveros taught at Mills College, UCSD, Oberlin and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Oliveros was a writer, new music theorist and developer of the concept of "deep listening." Important Records is committed to the preservation of Oliveros' legacy.

Minegishi Issui is the great-great-granddaughter of Tokuhiro Taimu, founder of the Seikyodo Ichigenkin tradition. She received her earliest training from her great-grandmother, Matsuzaki Issui, who was the 3rd hereditary head of Seikyodo and who was also designated by the Japanese government as official guardian of the Ichigenkin tradition, as one of the country’s Intangible Cultural Treasures. In 1988 with the death of her great-grandmother, the young Minegishi succeeded to the position of 4th Iemoto, while receiving further instruction from Saito Ichiyo who was entrusted as her guardian and tutor in the tradition.

Miya Masaoka is an American sonic artist, composer and performer. Her work explores bodily perception of vibration, movement and time, while foregrounding complex timbre relationships. She has created a body of work that encompasses scores for orchestras and ensembles, sculpture works instigating new modes of listening, interactive media. Among her awards are the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright, the American Academy Rome Prize, the Doris Duke Artist Award and the United States Artist Award. She has had a solo exhibition at Savvy Contemporary in Berlin, Germany.

Masaoka studied composition with Alvin Curran, Maryanne Amacher, and has conducted research with Noh Theater music and movement with Hisa Uzawa and the Noh Kanze School. She studied Gagaku with Suenobu Togi, koto with the Sawai school, and the ichigenkin with Issui Minegishi. Masaoka was the founder of the San Francisco Gagaku Society and the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival. As an improvisor, she has performed and/or recorded with Cecil Taylor, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Anthony Braxton, Henry Brant, Steve Coleman, Vijay Iyer, Pauline Oliveros and many others, and has numerous recordings with many leaders in the field.