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This track is part of a collection of recordings that documented all the ferry boat crossings in Shanghai in 2021. The recordings were used in the Vital performance showcase in Shanghai at the Rockbund Museum in November 2021.

Documenting the ferry lines in Shanghai was on my wish list for a long time and I was happy that I finally had a reason to do it. Over the span of one month, I went to the 16 ferry ports and made a round trip. I documented the areas around the ports and other interesting sounds that I heard.

I used the recordings and recorded it onto reels of tape with my Generations instrument consisting of 4 Revox A77 tape recorders. Before the performance, I spliced and re-recorded the audio over several days to create interesting, pre-recorded reels to play during the concert. During the performance, I manipulated the reels with my fingers while controlling the recorders via MIDI to make a sound collage of the Shanghai ferry.

The final track in this collection is the live recording of my improvised performance at the Vital concert.

Generations- Shanghai Ferry 闵行渡口/西渡渡口

This was the final composition during the performance. After several weeks of making 'prepared' reels to perform, I finally showcased the instrument for the first time. 

The entire 'performance' improvised even the preparing of the reels. I recorded some of the recordings on reels then improvised re-recording them on other reels. I also spliced and re-spliced the reels many times during this process. This led to many interesting reverse sounds and short cuts.

Performance at Rockbund Museum

Haruka mainly played metal bowls and a few other instruments in this session. She uses her voice to chant in melodic tongues. The tone and quality of her voice match all her instruments, like they were made for each other. Playing slowly with intention, she plays only the notes she needs. Her sessions feel deeply personal, unalloyed, and free.

She starts this session with a flute that sounded like her voice. Her breath was so steady, pure and unwavering. She sings with the bowls, mimicking their pitch and sustain by holding the note as long as possible until she disappears.

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Sound Bath Sessions 141: Haruka Hikita

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It was still a warm December when we met again for her last session. Grace brought along Walter who was going to be a part of the session. We took the ferry to meet Liane in Mui Wo at Ning's Yard, the spiritual retreat center she renovated, a short walk from the pier.

In this solemn track, Liane and Walter begin with a flute and ocean drum. Grace uses her voice to hold long notes to the extent of her lungs, trembling to sustain them, sometimes morphing into overtone singing. The stark thumps of the ocean drum awaken the imagination. At its climax, a helicopter rips the sky open leaving only the drum bold enough to accompany it, then quickly disappears as if it were a dream, right on cue.

Wonderfully layered, minimal, and unfinished- but complete.

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Sound Bath Sessions 174: Liane Mah, Walter Chan, Grace Chen

To celebrate the highly anticipated Sabres of Paradise album reissues, we're ecstatic to bring the iconic sounds of the Sabresonic club night to Stranger Than Paradise for one night only on
Wednesday 6th August from 7pm til midnight.

On the night we'll be treated to DJ sets from the band's Jagz Kooner, alongside Sabresonic regulars Alex Knight and Sherman at the Conrols.

An Evening with Sabres of Paradise @ Stranger Than Paradise Records | 06/08/2025

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Sitting on Anything Cold

"Sitting On Anything Cold" was ranked Number Four album of 2006 on my Year-End Roundup for L.A. music paper The Rockit (USA). Tim Tori

Friday Sitting On Anything Cold Is this a lost Creation Records release from the early '90s? Better. It's the brilliant first effort from Indonesian shoegaze band Friday. Whether blissfully floating to opening song "Sinery" or violently whiplashing to fuzzy-dream guitars on the title track, you'll find all kinds of magic to please your ears here. This mysterious Indonesian shoegaze band wins the Most Likely To Succeed From The Least Likely Place Award, thanks to their consistently beautiful and haunting debut album "Sitting On Anything Cold."
The title track is an ass-kicking whiplasher that I simply must see performed live someday. Opening track "Sinery" is the type of song that was made for closing your eyes and feeling like you're floating. And "Mind To Get Close" is the sort of monster epic that carries you away for seven minutes, then inspires you to start it over and take the ride again.
Get this album if you can find it. You won't believe your ears.

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