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非常に秀逸なミニマル・グリッチ録音！！大推薦！！ノーインプットミキサーを用いた特殊な演奏で知られる中村としまる氏が、Room40からは3年振りとなる新作をリリース！！氏の地元である東京西部に設置された水路のイメージを離散的でクールなマルチフィードバックを使い表現したという作品で、モールス信号にも似たシンプルなパターンの電子音放射が8パートに渡り展開。とにかく音のテクスチャーが絶妙にカッコ良く、ゴツゴツとした無骨な構造も最高。クールなデザインのエンボススリーヴ仕様。





From Toshimaru Nakamura

There used to be several small streams in west Tokyo, where I live. Some of them were natural rivers flowing from springs in this area. Others were from further west.

Towards the east, down to the sea of Tokyo Bay, there are others which were man-made, created to distribute water. Now, most of these rivers are covered by concrete lids and many parts of them are converted into pathways with nicely lined-up trees and benches. Some stretches of these rivers even have an artificial brooks on top of the lids to recreate the landscape of the old days. Sort of a “double decker river”.

Sitting on one of those benches, I think of the water flowing below, in the dark.