The 3rd installment form A_A, “Midori” (green in Japanese), carries on the synesthesia theme from the last release, associating the auditory texture to a visual color that functions as a static graphic score during the performance.

While we continued to engage in sonic exploration that doesn’t shy away from noise as well as constrain ourselves to recording everything live, this particular session marks a turning point in that we were self-critical of improvising for the sake of improvisation, and were concerned more with capturing the texture as a whole. As such, we ended up simplifying our instruments to a more familiar combination of a drum machine, random selection of mono / poly synths, and a sprinkle of modular samplers. 

A1 & A2 are predicated on synthesized drones intermingling with brush strokes of sonic events and various dub techniques, while B1 is comprised entirely of a drum machine and an oscillator, albeit one that is heavily modulated, and it’s the banger that we’ve never had hitherto.

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A_A "Midori"

Artist: A_A (Satoshi Tomiie & Nao Gunji)
Title: Midori
Label: A_A
Catalog: AUA003
Distribution: YYD
Style: House / Techno
Release Date: TBD
Format Vinyl Only (Limited Edition Green Transparent)

Track Listing: 
A1. Vert 
A2. Jaune (Version)
AA. Cyan

Written by Satoshi Tomiie & Nao Gunji
Published by Satoshi Tomiie Music (ASCAP) / Copyright Control (for Nad Gunji)

“Midori” (green in Japanese) is the latest release from A_A, the electronic experimental live project of Satoshi Tomiie and Nao Gunji.

Following up the last release “Synesthesia”, A_A carries on the “abstract colour and sound” theme on “Midori”.
“Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway” (Wikipedia)
Abstract sound sketch in colour, green was prevalent (with the colours which make it) during this particular A_A session.

Midori

AA Cyan

A2. Jaune (Version)

A1. Vert

Bookings : booking@interwave.live (DJ/Live World)
diego@analog-a.com (South America)
info@omniverse.sm (Italy)
maucleme@gmail.com (Portugal)
seiji@hitomi-pro.jp (Japan)

Satoshi Tomiie has been a pioneering and driving force within the global electronic music community since the early days of house music. Now, decades after his ‘Tears’ alongside Frankie Knuckles, the Japanese born, New York and based DJ, producer, remixer and label boss is still regular feature in the sets of many of today’s underground elite.
A student of jazz and classical piano, Satoshi is musically adept and accomplished producer who constantly evolved how he works. Experimenting with a new hybrid Modular DJ setup which sees him effortlessly fuse live analogue modular synthesis and with traditional DJ sets. Regularly playing clubs such as DC10, Rex and from South America to Tokyo while releasing music on labels such as YoY, Yoyakuza, Kaoz Theory, No19, MFR, Holic, and his own Abstract Architecture. Satoshi is as relevant as ever and continues to make waves throughout the electronic music community as only he knows how.