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[p*dis] distribution sampler for March 2013

p*dis sampler 2013.03

Marihiko Hara / flora <sampler>(night cruising / Drone Sweet Drone Records)

Tracks from the album released (2005-2013)

[SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY 2005-2013]

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“As I sit here
Waiting and wanting
Surrounded by the ambient blur of the city lights
Waiting at a stop sign
Wanting to go beyond.”


It is exactly this longing to go beyond, beyond the solitary musical journey, that brought these two very gifted artists from Kyoto to cross each other’s’ paths. Marihiko Hara and Masumi Muranaka (Polar M), the 2 seasoned musicians from Kyoto, after 10 years of admiring each other works, decided to take on a voyage together, and sailed beyond the charted territories of their music. And thus, the beautiful result from this wonderful voyage - a special collaboration album entitled “Beyond”, was born.

In this album, both artists went beyond their own borders, over their perceived views, across existing ideas and ways of thinking, to allow their emotions to flow freely in the music making process. As a result, Marihiko, with his gorgeous piano touches, and Masumi, with his heart-felt guitars, jointly crafted the 10 delicate, and breath-takingly beautiful music pieces.

Traces of elegant post-classical, sweet-sounding folktronica, dreamy ambient, and even blue-ish jazz, can be found in this sound-rich album, with all elements masterfully blended together to create an exquisite music listening experience. Piano melodies that drifted in like fireflies at night, layers of guitars that painted the backdrop soundscapes, drips of tiny electronics, spaces between the notes…. The exquisiteness in music that created by Marihiko and Masumi’s wonderful talents are simply beyond words.

Mia Cabalfin, the renowned contemporary dancer from Philippines, who befriended the artists when they composed the music for her residency performance in Kyoto in 2012, lent her beautiful voice in spoken words for 3 amazing tracks. The album is mastered by Tokyo’s renowned musician and sound engineer, Chihei Hatakeyama, and features photos by prominent Japanese photographer Marisa Shimamoto, and designs by Itsuka Sato of sonihouse.

http://www.mu-nest.com/release-info.php?f=mnc014

Dream Bird / Marihiko Hara & Polar M

“As I sit here
Waiting and wanting
Surrounded by the ambient blur of the city lights
Waiting at a stop sign
Wanting to go beyond.”


It is exactly this longing to go beyond, beyond the solitary musical journey, that brought these two very gifted artists from Kyoto to cross each other’s’ paths. Marihiko Hara and Masumi Muranaka (Polar M), the 2 seasoned musicians from Kyoto, after 10 years of admiring each other works, decided to take on a voyage together, and sailed beyond the charted territories of their music. And thus, the beautiful result from this wonderful voyage - a special collaboration album entitled “Beyond”, was born.

In this album, both artists went beyond their own borders, over their perceived views, across existing ideas and ways of thinking, to allow their emotions to flow freely in the music making process. As a result, Marihiko, with his gorgeous piano touches, and Masumi, with his heart-felt guitars, jointly crafted the 10 delicate, and breath-takingly beautiful music pieces.

Traces of elegant post-classical, sweet-sounding folktronica, dreamy ambient, and even blue-ish jazz, can be found in this sound-rich album, with all elements masterfully blended together to create an exquisite music listening experience. Piano melodies that drifted in like fireflies at night, layers of guitars that painted the backdrop soundscapes, drips of tiny electronics, spaces between the notes…. The exquisiteness in music that created by Marihiko and Masumi’s wonderful talents are simply beyond words.

Mia Cabalfin, the renowned contemporary dancer from Philippines, who befriended the artists when they composed the music for her residency performance in Kyoto in 2012, lent her beautiful voice in spoken words for 3 amazing tracks. The album is mastered by Tokyo’s renowned musician and sound engineer, Chihei Hatakeyama, and features photos by prominent Japanese photographer Marisa Shimamoto, and designs by Itsuka Sato of sonihouse.

http://www.mu-nest.com/release-info.php?f=mnc014





City Variations / Marihiko Hara & Polar M

Modern Tales / Marihiko Hara & Polar M

Leaves / Marihiko Hara & Polar M

'Makalu' is a song from 'The Epic Of Everest' soundtrack, composed by Simon Fisher Turner. You can pre-order the score here: http://smarturl.it/theepicofeverest

'The Epic Of Everest' dir. Captain John Noel (1924), has been restored by BFI National Archive and is the official film record of Mallory and Irvine’s ill-fated 1924 Everest expedition. It will be released in cinemas on 18 October 2013, with the score released on Mute on 21 October 2013.

'Makalu' features Cosey Fanni Tutti on cornet.
'The Epic Of Everest' score features: Andrew Blick (Gyratory System), James Brooks (Land Observations), Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle / Carter Tutti Void), Simon Fisher Turner, Peter Gregson, Asaf Sirkis (Asaf Sirkis Trip / Gilad Atzmon), The Thapa Family.



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Simon Fisher Turner - Makalu

from Kuuntele: music by AGF 
http://kuuntele.poemproducer.com/

This track is a deconstruction of the first known Finnish language poem by a woman.

The first printed text of a poetess is called "An orphan child's lament", and was published in 1683 in a broad sheet collection called Six New Religious Psalms. There is no author's name; in those times especially, a female writer had to hide herself behind an acrostic. In this way, the name Maria Simointytär (Simon's daughter) comes through every strophe's
first letter, which AGF picked up here and built her piece around - the first words of each verse spells out the name of the writer.
Christina Regina had hidden her gender in the same way. The fact that Maria does not have a surname shows that she belonged to populus vulgus, the mean people, not nobles. Normally peasants and other ordinary people were illiterate. It is enigmatic, how a woman
from the people could have achieved enough skill to write such a masterpiece as the poem is. It is also a political text, a marvelous vindication of justice. Its tendency is democratic as it defends the poor and oppressed. It was published in the same year as the lament of the
priest and university scholar Johan Cajanus, which has been seen as the top of Finnish speaking poetry so far. Maria's poem stands equivocal with it, or even a bit elevated in the sense of achievement.
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M A R I A S I M O I N T Y T Ä R (Maria Simointytär, 1683) feat. AGF

RMX of "The Generations 1 (Eila Kivikk'aho, 1961) feat. AGF"

taken from Kuuntele 
http://kuuntele.poemproducer.com/

(by Kari Sallamaa)
Eila Kivikk'aho (1921–2004) is the most lyrical of these poetesses. Words and nature in unison, visual and auditive worlds as a united entity participating in the birth of the poems. Especially important is her collection Away from the Meadow (1951). In this CD she is represented with the poem "Generations" from the collection The Flock (1961). War water has filled trenches and a steel helmet left in the field. The same motif is expressed by Haavikko: war boots march through the mind.

AGF has chosen the first part of Kivikk'aho's poem; can the young generation conquer the elder one, overrun by the war? Can you win the defeated one? The principle of defeat (varying Ernst Bloch's "Das Prinzip Niederlage") is repeated from generation to generation and perhaps by AGF's radical interpretation also dragged into the 21st century in the light of environmental rethinking.

Generations EXTENDED 2014

Marihiko Hara - flora - Memoire (sample)(night cruising / Drone Sweet Drone Records)

Marihiko Hara - flora - Camera (sample) (night cruising / Drone Sweet Drone Records)

Marihiko Hara - flora - Ocean (sample) (night cruising / Drone Sweet Drone Records)

Atom TM - HD - I love U (clip) (Raster-Noton)

Atom TM - HD - Empty(clip) (Raster-Noton)

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Marihiko Hara - flora - Ocean (sample) (night cruising / Drone Sweet Drone Records)

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