[p*dis] distribution sampler for May 2015

p*dis sampler 2015.05

Throwing a Spoon 
Takeo Toyama (piano)
Seigen Tokuzawa (cello)

Throwing a spoon was founded 2012 by pianist Takeo Toyama and cellist Seigen Tokuzawa.
release the first album"awakening" in February, 2014. They recorded it early in the morning in a small hut in the heart of a mountain.
www.cotelabo.com/peleandzicobio.html

Throwing a Spoon / 名もつかぬ銅像

Kare - Kano - Ost - --eshajouri - (d. - Komova)

Werther`s Leiden

▶ 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) 

PRE-ORDER NOW:
http://www.kitchen-label.com/ki016-hanging-up-the-moon-immaterial/

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
Kitchen. Label : http://www.kitchen-label.com

Hanging up the moon - The Divers (Immaterial, 2015)

Taken from the album 'Taking The Veil', released worldwide on May 24, 2015 on Kitchen. Label

Pre-order on CD + Art Book here: 
http://www.kitchen-label.com/ki015-hior-chronik-taking-the-veil/

Tracklist: 
1 - London Bridges (Feat. Amber Ortolano)
2 - Nest of Autumn (Feat. Sophie Hutchings)
3 - Twice (Feat. Amber Ortolano)
4 - Small Wonders (Feat. Yasushi Yoshida)
5 - Cold Winter Morning (Feat. Lüüp)
6 - Simple is Beautiful (Feat. Field Rotation)
7 - Sailing Away (Feat. Amber Ortolano)
8 - We Are All Snowflakes (Feat. Yoshinori Takezawa) 
9 - Oblivion (Feat. Field Rotation)
10 - Can You Hear (Feat. Familiar Trees)
11 - When The Night Comes (Feat. Daphne Farazi)
12 - Between Two Rooms (Feat. Seiji Takahashi)
13 - The Sense We Make (Feat. Halo)
14 - Quiet Inside Your Chest (Feat. Aaron Martin)
15 - The Ghost You Left Behind

“Shadows surrounding, this lucid veil that will not conceal.”

‘Taking the Veil’ is the debut solo album on Kitchen. Label by Berlin-based musician Hior Chronik. Originally from Athens, the new album is a follow-up to his previous work on the label as the duo Pill-Oh in ‘Vanishing Mirror’. The established foundation are intact on ‘Taking the Veil’: the bitterly romantic strings and gentle electronics whisper melting over plaintive piano scores. Hior Chronik has a penchant of producing subtly immense and cinematic compositions which are remarkably chilling in its beauty.

The latest release follows Hior Chronik’s distinctive compositional path with the pairing of a collaborator on each track. This time the instrumental colors are most intimate, honed to evocative perfection with each collaboration bringing its own nuances to a permeable set of motives. Through the contemplative moments, what give it life is the varied scoring which goes from solo piano to string orchestra, opening up a space that shimmers with stirring melancholy. Featuring classically aligned contemporaries such as Field Rotation (Denovali Records), Sophie Hutchings (Preservation), Luup (Experimedia) and Japanese composers Yasushi Yoshida (noble), Yoshinori Takezawa (Schole Records) among many others. The biggest change in this new album is the addition of vocals by Amber Ortolano and Fabiola Sanchez (Familiar Trees) on four songs. Figured centrally in the soundtrack as recurring lyrical voicing, the Amber Ortolano and Hior Chronik pairing also produced a rearranged version of ‘Twice’ originally written by Swedish electronic band Little Dragon.

‘Taking the Veil’ is presented in a 16-page art book format, also featuring the New York based Amber Ortolano as a photographer. The subject in the visual narrative of ‘Taking the Veil’ is of young women imprisoned by their flow of thoughts and their dark imagination. The delicate beauty and ambiguous gestures of feminine protagonists serve as powerful metaphors of the veil as the title of the album reflects – They reveal and conceal all at once, reviving emotions conjured by a sense of mystery. The album underlines this atmosphere that probe the consciousness imbued with burnished hues of something half-remembered and half-dreamed. ‘Taking the Veil’ is the best company for late hours and memory searching in a world of mist and shadows.

Released & distributed by Kitchen. Label
 Ⓟ & © 2015 Kitchen. Label

MORE INFO:
http://www.kitchen-label.com

Hior Chronik - Simple is Beautiful (Feat. Field Rotation) (Taking The Veil, 2015)

Taken from the album 'Taking The Veil', released worldwide on May 24, 2015 on Kitchen. Label

Pre-order on CD + Art Book here: 
http://www.kitchen-label.com/ki015-hior-chronik-taking-the-veil/

Tracklist: 
1 - London Bridges (Feat. Amber Ortolano)
2 - Nest of Autumn (Feat. Sophie Hutchings)
3 - Twice (Feat. Amber Ortolano)
4 - Small Wonders (Feat. Yasushi Yoshida)
5 - Cold Winter Morning (Feat. Lüüp)
6 - Simple is Beautiful (Feat. Field Rotation)
7 - Sailing Away (Feat. Amber Ortolano)
8 - We Are All Snowflakes (Feat. Yoshinori Takezawa) 
9 - Oblivion (Feat. Field Rotation)
10 - Can You Hear (Feat. Familiar Trees)
11 - When The Night Comes (Feat. Daphne Farazi)
12 - Between Two Rooms (Feat. Seiji Takahashi)
13 - The Sense We Make (Feat. Halo)
14 - Quiet Inside Your Chest (Feat. Aaron Martin)
15 - The Ghost You Left Behind

“Shadows surrounding, this lucid veil that will not conceal.”

‘Taking the Veil’ is the debut solo album on Kitchen. Label by Berlin-based musician Hior Chronik. Originally from Athens, the new album is a follow-up to his previous work on the label as the duo Pill-Oh in ‘Vanishing Mirror’. The established foundation are intact on ‘Taking the Veil’: the bitterly romantic strings and gentle electronics whisper melting over plaintive piano scores. Hior Chronik has a penchant of producing subtly immense and cinematic compositions which are remarkably chilling in its beauty.

The latest release follows Hior Chronik’s distinctive compositional path with the pairing of a collaborator on each track. This time the instrumental colors are most intimate, honed to evocative perfection with each collaboration bringing its own nuances to a permeable set of motives. Through the contemplative moments, what give it life is the varied scoring which goes from solo piano to string orchestra, opening up a space that shimmers with stirring melancholy. Featuring classically aligned contemporaries such as Field Rotation (Denovali Records), Sophie Hutchings (Preservation), Lüüp (Experimedia) and Japanese composers Yasushi Yoshida (noble), Yoshinori Takezawa (Schole Records) among many others. The biggest change in this new album is the addition of vocals by Amber Ortolano and Fabiola Sanchez (Familiar Trees) on four songs. Figured centrally in the soundtrack as recurring lyrical voicing, the Amber Ortolano and Hior Chronik pairing also produced a rearranged version of ‘Twice’ originally written by Swedish electronic band Little Dragon.

‘Taking the Veil’ is presented in a 16-page art book format, also featuring the New York based Amber Ortolano as a photographer. The subject in the visual narrative of ‘Taking the Veil’ is of young women imprisoned by their flow of thoughts and their dark imagination. The delicate beauty and ambiguous gestures of feminine protagonists serve as powerful metaphors of the veil as the title of the album reflects – They reveal and conceal all at once, reviving emotions conjured by a sense of mystery. The album underlines this atmosphere that probe the consciousness imbued with burnished hues of something half-remembered and half-dreamed. ‘Taking the Veil’ is the best company for late hours and memory searching in a world of mist and shadows.

Released & distributed by Kitchen. Label
Ⓟ & © 2015 Kitchen. Label

MORE INFO:
www.kitchen-label.com

Hior Chronik - When the night comes (Feat. Daphne Farazi) (Taking The Veil, 2015)

Originally composed for the project "FEU NOS PERES" by Tsuda Mutsumi in 2006 as "Rimacona".
Dedicated to Japanese emigrants, their family and my friends in New-Caledonia.

Violin : Akiko Igaki
Viola : Koichi Komine (Kyoto Symphony Orchestra)
Cello : Shohei Uwamori

Composition and Piano : Marihiko Hara

Live recordings from "FOR A SILENT SPACE" at Kyoto Art Center.

Paradis Perdu (2006/2014)

Springhead

瀬戸内海に夕日が沈んでいく風景をイメージして作りました。
数年前に作った作品です。

この空が色褪せる前に

Takeo Toyama - Minority

I play what I transcribe:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dh3wrjqgocywwse/aubade-1.pdf

ryuichi sakamoto aubade

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Endroll (manabiya)

From the album "Stranger to my room", Kitchen. Label (KI-013, 25th July 2013) 

▶ Preorder (World): http://www.kitchen-label.com/catalogue/ki013-sonicbrat-stranger-to-my-room
▶ Preorder (Japan): http://www.inpartmaint.com/shop/sonicbrat-stranger-to-my-room/
▶ iTunes: Available 25th July 2013

Release Info (ENG): http://www.kitchen-label.com/catalogue/ki013-sonicbrat-stranger-to-my-room
Release Info (JP): http://www.inpartmaint.com/shop/sonicbrat-stranger-to-my-room/

Ⓟ & © 2013 Kitchen. Label 
Released by Kitchen. Label 
Distributed in Japan by p*dis / Inpartmaint Inc.

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sonicbrat - Caesura (Stranger to my room, 2013)

Taken from the album "Stranger To My Room" released 23 July, 2013.

Available via KITCHEN. LABEL 
http://www.kitchen-label.com/catalogue/ki013-sonicbrat-stranger-to-my-room

Available on iTunes
http://smarturl.it/strangertomyroom

Tracklist:
01 Geometry
02 The Listening Room
03 Refraction
04 Wake Up To Sleep
05 Caesura
06 Being Air
07 Window-framed Clouds
08 Stranger To My Room
09 Adjacent Room
10 Temporal
11 A Matter Of Time

“Temporary signatures of time sweep across the house. They shift and morph across the day, creeping slowly, almost still.”

“Stranger to my room”, sonicbrat’s (also known as Darren Ng) latest and debut release on Kitchen. Label, is a beautifully crafted album of 11 instrumental tracks consisting of solo piano and pure acoustic recordings. Recorded entirely in his own house where he has been living alone for the past 8 years, “Stranger to my room” is an album exploring the personal relationship of time, space and being, reflecting upon a familiar yet alienating loneliness. The atmosphere of “Stranger to my room” is suitably intimate and warmly affecting – the track titles are reflective of small fleeting wonders observed at home that Darren has used as theme to base his compositions on, eliciting profound emotions from the simplest of metaphors.

Darren’s approach to producing is that of a classically-trained composer’s, which makes “Stranger to my room” not unlike a composition with 11 movements. The record opens with sparse piano improvisation played in the dark of the night, providing the listeners with nocturnal reverie and setting the mood for the album. As the record progresses, the arrangement shines and become fuller as cellos, violins, acoustic guitar and an array of acoustic instruments come into play. In parts, the album’s intimacy and textural quality is created by his recording techniques – from a closely mic’d upright piano to capture hammered hits of the piano, to microphones placed at various parts of his house where even the tiniest details and sounds are brought to the surface. The result creates a rich and natural environment recorded with the purest and most microscopic process. “Stranger to my room” is a deeply personal work which invites the listener to rediscover the forgotten in the familiar within the living space.

“Stranger to my room” is presented in a 16-page art book format featuring a collaboration with Helsinki-based artist Aiwei Foo. In a place where alienation and familiarity both become parts of existing within a space, Aiwei mirrors time shifts and one’s personal backdrop against changes and the environment in her parallel imagery. The album is mastered by label curator Ricks Ang (also one-half of ASPIDISTRAFLY), “Stranger to my room” is an album destined to pique the interest of listeners of classically aligned contemporaries such as Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Akira Kosemura and haruka nakamura.

Released & distributed by Kitchen. Label
Ⓟ & © 2013 Kitchen. Label

MORE INFO:
www.kitchen-label.com


sonicbrat - Stranger To My Room (Stranger To My Room, 2013)

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sonicbrat - Stranger To My Room (Stranger To My Room, 2013)

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