Label: VHF Records

極上の2026年ミニマル・ミュージック作!!1990年にNo Fans Recordsを始動、弾き語り、ミュージック・コンクレート、超高速のリズムトラックまで、常に予測の付かないアプローチで膨大な数の録音を残してきたUKの大ベテランRichard Youngs。お馴染み米VHF Recordsより出版した、マルチインストゥルメンタリストDaniel O'Sullivanとの共同録音[Persian Carpets]。両サイドに渡りピアノとツィターの単調リフが続く中毒性が非常に高い一枚で、版元解説にありますがシャルルマーニュ・パレスタインの[Strumming Music]を思わせる、人力の美しいさが光る高内容。





Second LP of duets by these longtime VHF family staples, here delivering 2 side-long epics of “minimalist” bliss. Both sides feature Daniel on piano and Richard on zither, with rippling waves of sound recalling classics like Charlemagne Palestine’s “Strumming Music” (Dan is a frequent collaborator with C.P.) and Richard’s “Advent.” “Persian Carpets I” is a real-humans performance full of tiny variants in rhythm and attack, rising and falling in intensity – sometimes a rush of sound, sometimes a cloud of soft overtones and phantom notes. “Persian Carpets II” is more spare, with quiet and careful piano alongside Richard’s subdued accompaniment – a gorgeous bath of pointillist sound that rewards close listening. A glorious balm for dark and weird times. Superb, quite pressing by Smashed in Chicago.

Daniel O’Sullivan: Piano
Richard Youngs: Zither
Engineered by Ronan Fay