La Vagabonde

Distance

Breath Out, Black Out pt.2

Breath Out Black Out Pt2

Recorded in 2009, this track was never released...but, it still cranks if I do say so myself.

Substantial - Just For You feat. Steph, The Sapphic Songstress

A new track mixing real and virtual instruments.

Sun Prints

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ALLEY097
MICHIRU AOYAMA "18 - 0308 All"
w/ We Are All Astronauts, Kaito, Francois Svalis, Marty Hicks

Collecting musical thoughts in a daily daydream montage, Michiru Aoyama's studious approach to his craft has provided him with a unique perspective. Capturing fragments of sound that rise naturally to the surface of his memory, the Japanese artist gently sculpts guitar and piano into a new soundscape; smoothing roughened edges with a software former.

From Berlin to Kyoto, a new sonic architecture is constructed founded upon the juxtaposition of fast reflections and built-up European capital, with the open spaces and ambient reverberations of mountain surround in Japan's Yamashiro Basin. The pathway between nature and humanity, inspired through Aoyama's innovative approach to music, now represented in "18 – 0308 ALL".

Koi carp glide effortlessly in silent prowess, the dappled sunlight hits the water surface scattering shards of light like fractured beats and off-kilter percussive phrases. A new process fills the air with auditory ingenuity – piano and guitar coalesce to build a new pearl of sonic maturity. Jagged mountain terrain dominates the skyline in snow-capped beauty as ancient meets modern in a city of contrast and wonder. Technology creates its own aural foundation, emotive melodic passages meld with traditional instrumentation to create a new world outlook aided by fabled artistry – We Are All Astronauts, Kaito and Francois Svalis help bridge a new path across global waters through Michiru Aoyama's music.

ALLEY097 "18 - 0308 All"

ALLEY097 MICHIRU AOYAMA "18 - 0308 All"

Buy on MA/bandcamp

MICHIRU AOYAMA Hidamari (Kaito Version)

Botánica de Balcón (balcony botanics in Spanish) is the crystallisation of a long shot project by Rafa Ramos Sania and Edu Comelles. Both musicians put together strings, wood and minimal electronics on a new project born from field recordings and sonic textures. The aim is to submerge form that starting premise into sonic territories closer to New Classic, a certain experimental folk and the shredded expressiveness of the double bass, comfortably sitting on eastern tonalities and subtle winks or the Japanese Shakuhachi. Digital and tensed string songs.

Composed, performed and recorded by Rafa Ramos Sania & Edu Comelles, between January and May 2019 in Valencia, Spain.
Rafa Ramos Sania: Double Bass, Acoustic Guitar and Oud.
Edu Comelles: Electronics & Field Recordings.
Mastering by Fraser McGowan
Archives62 // ArchivesCD43
Archives / 2019

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Rafa Ramos Sania & Edu Comelles - Pteridium Aquilinum

Cicada No.62

@Grabek rework of the @SaigonWouldBeSeoul track 'If This Is A Man', out January 22, 2020 via {int}erpret null.

BUY / STREAM --> https://ffm.to/saigon-would-be-seoul-grabek-rework
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'If This Is A Man' is taken from the latest Saigon Would Be Seoul album 'The Human Stain', out now on {int}erpret null: https://ffm.to/the-human-stain
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INQUIRIES: hello@interpretnull.com
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If This Is A Man (Grabek Rework)

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Saigon Would Be Seoul - If This Is A Man (Grabek Rework)

Intra-Ruptures (Ambient Version)

Kenji Kihara
Raindrops
PYR-025
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Limited cassette/digital
https://pyramidblood.bandcamp.com/album/raindrops

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A1 - Raindrops
A2 - Fog
B1 - Awakening
B2 - Slow Mist
B3 - Storm

Whenever the seasons change, it rains, fog forms, and the city is enveloped in a storm.

After the storm, there will surely be a pleasant world waiting for us.

- Kenji Kihara

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Written and Recorded by Kenji Kihara
Photography by Paul Duchnay 

Released February 22, 2021

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https://sphontik.com
https://sphontik.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/sphontik

Kenji Kihara - Slow Mist

R&B Singer/Songwriter/Producer from P.G. County, Maryland. Frequent Bop Alloy collaborator, and worked with Mr. SOS, Inverse, Tonedeff, and CunninLynguists.

Substantial - Just For You feat. Steph, The Sapphic Songstress

Stephanie Gayle