Alice (Pogo Remix)

▶ LP / CD / Digital
▶ LP available in-store: 18th April 2015 (List of stores TBA)
▶ Official release for all formats: 24th May
▶ Album Launch Event: 29th-30th May (Details TBA) 

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Sean: Vox, Guitar
Leslie: Vox, Guitar
Alexius: Guitar, Vox
Victor: Bass, Effects, Vox
Dean: Drums, Vox

Karen Lee: Violin
Zhong Ren: Cello

Written by Hanging Up The Moon
Mixed by Victor Low at Affixen
Produced by Victor Low & Hanging Up The Moon
Mastered by James Plotkin

Released & distributed by Kitchen. Label
Ⓟ & © 2015 Kitchen. Label
© 2015 Hanging Up The Moon

Hanging Up The Moon : http://www.hangingupthemoon.com
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Hanging up the moon - The Divers (Immaterial, 2015)

I can love you any way 1 (SoloPiano)

Undercooled (Playing The Piano 05)

Simple Pleasures

A. C. Jobim/Chico Buarque Cover
taken from the Out of Focus 
http://www.flau.jp/releases/57.html

Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven - Eu te amo

All mics at 0dB, 4 round robin, boosted recording background noise. 
Effects used: 
- Metropolis Plates: EMT140 Solid State, mid setting. 
- Tiny bit of compression. 
- EQ boosting high frequencies. 
No external effects used. 

Mercury - Blue In Green (Miles Davis)

Umitaro abe at Spiral

Pre-order: https://www.kitchen-label.com/store/no-24-kotonoha-ironomi/

“kotonoha” is ironomi’s 8th album and first ever release on vinyl. A tonal portrait of microscopic nuances particular of a Japanese midsummer saunter through deep emerald green forests and tranquil fields, transcribed into a meditative pastoral reverie created with crystalline piano playing, lute acoustics and real-time processing.

The title “kotonoha” (琹の葉) comes from a poetic anachronistic metaphor, combining form of leaves (葉 ha) and plucked string instruments (琹 koto) depicted in classical antiquity. With a distinctive sound that matches the sonic architecture of Japanese aesthetics, ironomi adds “koto no ha” into their extensive catalog already defined by its uniquely committed minimalism and serenity.

“kotonoha” was originally built on a sequence of four continuous scenes that makes up one long-form composition. The titles of these improvisational pieces (shioribi, namisora, ayumikaze, hagoromo) invoke a literal kind of sensuous, fleeting phenomena. The beauty and charm of these tracks lie in their impressionist fusion with Japanese nature and sensibilities. ironomi’s pieces rarely build and despite their sparse acoustic density, they have a presence that cuts sweetly into the listener’s reality. ironomi created their very own brand of “environmental music”, the literal translation of the Japanese term kankyo ongaku (環境音楽) - music designed to harmonise with, rather than dominate, its natural surroundings. In the specific spatial context of “kotonha”, the record heals the aural sense away from our jangling cities and restless daily environments.

The album includes two additional compositions “tsukishirube” and “maigo”, the latter being regularly featured as the concluding passage that brings ironomi’s live performances to an end. The expanded cadence remained a firm fan-favourite since 2010 and now documented in recording for the first time.

ironomi releases “kotonoha” on 30 August 2019 via KITCHEN. LABEL worldwide. Available on limited edition translucent green vinyl LP (Estimated shipping: 29 Sep 2019), CD and digital formats, with artwork by Tokyo-based photographer Yoichi Onoda. This record is mastered by Gen Tanabe at Studio Camel House in Yamanashi, Japan.

Tracklist
1. 栞日 shioribi
2. 波空 namisora
3. 歩風 ayumikaze
4. 葉衣 hagoromo
5. 月導 tsukishirube
6. 舞子 maigo

Released by KITCHEN. LABEL
Ⓟ & © 2019 KITCHEN. LABEL

琹の葉 kotonoha

ironomi - 月導 tsukishirube (琹の葉 kotonoha, 2019)- preview

Piano: James Uhart
Composed by: Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck and Fud Livingston

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Franco-British pianist and composer.
Grew up in Paris then moved to the US to study at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. After graduating lived in New York for six years and worked as a vocal accompanist, a music educator and led a trio,  recording eight albums, and accompanying performers such as Gino Sitson and Amy Winehouse.
After eleven years in the US, returned to Europe - now based in Lisbon, Portugal.

About the music:


I'm interested in simple ideas that go to unexpected places. Small melodic or harmonic shifts that surprise me. It’s not just something I search for in my own music, but also in other people’s.

Then there's the interaction with other musicians.
Finding a balance between individual and group expression - it doesn’t always work but when it does, feels like having a great conversation.
Feel free to reach out.
Many thanks, James

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