Isla Holbox, Quintana Roo

meditation

Release info:

Palto Flats & WRWTFWW Records are excited to announce the forthcoming highly-anticipated reissue of Japanese percussionist Midori Takada's sought after and timeless ambient / minimal album "Through The Looking Glass", originally released in 1983 by RCA Japan. 

The fully licensed reissue will be available in March as a single 33rpm LP and a limited 45rpm DLP, both cut directly from the original studio reels (AAA). 
It will be also availalble for the first time in CD format.

Midori will be touring Europe in April to support the album reissue, with plans for additional touring in other territories.

Dates:

4/4 Copenhagen DK Jazzhouse
http://www.jazzhouse.dk/jazzklub/midori-takada-jp

6/4 Glasgow UK Counterflows Festival
https://counterflows.com/midori-takada/

7/4 Amsterdam NL World Minimal Music Festival
https://www.muziekgebouw.nl/agenda/Concerten/5309/The_Master_Musicians_of_Jajouka_led_by_Bachir_Attar_Midori_Takada/World_Roots/

9/4 Gent BE Full Moon Healing Festival
http://www.vooruit.be

11/4 London UK Cafe Oto
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/midori-takada/

Bio:

Midori Takada is a composer, multi percussionist, and theater artist renowned in Japanese vanguard circles. She will tour Europe this spring.

Midori released two solo albums: "Through The Looking Glass" and "Tree Of Life," and wrote music for Tadashi Suzuki's theater plays. Her hypnotic, minimalist music is based in the concept of coherence between sound and the human body. She performs solo on marimba and other percussion instruments.

She debuted on the scene of Berlin Philharmonic, performing with the RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin just after graduation from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1974. She continued her career with solo concerts in Japan and abroad.

In the 1980s Midori began to explore the traditional music of Asia and Africa. Her fascination resulted in joint projects with Kakraba Lobi from Ghana, Lamine Konte from Senegal, Farafina Band from Burkina Faso, and Korean musicians: zither player Chi Seong-Ja, flute player Won-Il, and saxophone player Kang Tae-Hwan. She also led Mkwaju Ensemble's innovative percussion project and still performs with free-jazz band Ton-Klami with saxophone player Kang Tae-Hwan and jazz pianist Masahiko Satoh.

In the past 20 years, Midori Takada spent more time in theaters than in concert halls – composing and performing for live music for theater. She has worked with Tadashi Suzuki and his Suzuki Company of Toga on their adaptations of "Electra" and "King Lear."

Takada's compositions have a remarkable way of affecting the imagination. Her minimalist, contemplative music is filled with the concept of infinity and reminds of a moon voyage, falling stars, a journey into the ocean, or a walk in the garden. The trans melodies, initially simple, begin to loop and splinter, their rhythm breaking and thickening, slowly drawing the listener into another reality.

Every live performance Midori Takada gives is unique and prepared especially for that occasion.

Through The Looking Glass

Own a copy

4 Midori Takada - Catastrophe  Σ (Reel-2-Reel to Digital conversion)

Celer - Elapsed Paradise (excerpt)

Yep it's quiet, approx 32dB SPL at this location.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81ne_Mahuta
Latitude: -35° 36' 4.06" S
Longitude: 173° 31' 38.49" E
 
Recorder: Sonosax SXR4+ @ 24b/96k , gain at 80dB. (downsampled to 44.1 for soundcloud streaming)
Microphones: Sennheiser MKH 40/30 M/S pair

Tane Mahuta predawn quiet

Ishinohana - Lucía

Los Natas - Brisa Del Desierto

10-11cm

We've been following Mateis e. aqir since a very long time, always surprising us with his organic sounds and his laid back style, being nature the main character on his productions.
Last year he delivered a remarkable mini-album at the high respected L.A. imprint 100%Silk.
This time we've decided to rescue an underrated selvatic-jam (recorded live) from his Soundcloud that suits perfect with the vibe of "Palm Trees, Tequila and other look down stories".
A Very talented producer to keep an eye on.

https://mmdiscos.bandcamp.com/album/palm-trees-tequila-and-other-lockdown-stories

PREMIERE: Mateis e. aqir - All Possible Stars

buy there : https://blndr.bandcamp.com/album/tropicana-ep

A deep oceanic trip from BLNDR supported by an hypnotic killer remix from Voiski. 
What else could you want ? 
Close your eyes & enjoy the ride...

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PREMIERE : BLNDR - Tropicana

Stories concerning the heroes and rituals

Many native birds thrive on the island including kiwi, tui, korimako (bellbird), both red and yellow crowned kakariki (parakeets), pateke (brown teal), kereru (wood pigeon), miromiro (tomtit), titipounamu (rifleman), riroriro (grey warbler), korora (blue penguin), popokatea (whitehead) and karuhiruhi (pied shag). 

With over 40 species of birds permanently or seasonally present, two bat species and 14 species of reptiles, the island supports the most diverse assemblage of native fauna of any island in the country. Because of this, and the fact the island is free of most introduced predators, it is considered to be one of the most important reserves of its kind in the world.

From the Album, Hauturu Island available at http://naturesounds.co.nz

Google Map:  http://goo.gl/QgGmwX

Stories concerning the heroes and rituals

Jean-Emmanuel Rosnet