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Following in the footsteps of the pathbreaking Minna Miteru compilation of Japanese indie music, Morr Music and Alien Transistor have again joined forces to release The Fruit Of Errata, a compilation introducing the world to the intimate DIY pop of yumbo. Led by songwriter, pianist, and occasional vocalist Koji Shibuya, the Japanese band has released four albums since forming in 1998. This compilation draws fifteen songs (eighteen on vinyl) from those albums, and some ancillary releases, to uncover a biographical narrative of yumbo, showing how Shibuya’s songwriting, and the group’s limber, sensitive playing, has developed over the decades. It also places them squarely within a tradition of home-spun but ambitious Japanese pop that takes in Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Tenniscoats, Nagisa Ni Te, Yuzo Iwata, Kazumi Nikaido and more.

yumbo is very much the vision of Shibuya, an amiable iconoclast whose songs seem informed by some of his early listening – there’s the playful seriousness of Maher Shalal Hash Baz’s Tori Kudo here, an avowed long-time hero for Shibuya, but also the flexibility of freely improvised music. You can also hear Shibuya’s fondness for Mayo Thompson and The Red Crayola in both the idiosyncracies of the writing and the egalitarian looseness of the playing. Shibuya also carries those energies into the group’s membership – there are fantastic stories of him having a conversation at a record shop, or overhearing someone speaking, and asking the person in question to join yumbo as one of their various singers. He seems open to chance as a driving force, as a way to make space for unexpected possibilities to blossom.

The great achievement of yumbo and Shibuya, though, is translating all of this into beautiful, unpredictable pop songs. There’s a gorgeous soul-inflected lilt to “A House” that makes it delightfully affecting; the swaying brass on “Storm” propels its melody to a moody, dreamlike conclusion; the nakedness of “The Sweetest Mass” is slightly reminiscent of Carla Bley’s more pop-focused writing, crossed with the classicism of the songs that spilled from the Brill Building in the ‘60s. Throughout, Shibuya renders pop a deeply personal experience; you can hear musings here on friendship, family, intimacy, the complexity of relationships, mortality, and imbalances of power. These musings are also shadowed by real-life events: the effects and impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 are captured in songs like “Umbrella People” from Onibi.

Throughout the performances on The Fruit Of Errata, Shibuya and the group play with tenderness; they also often draw on other players to flesh out the music even further, two such guests being the aforementioned Tori Kudo (on “Umbrella People”) and Olympia, Washington’s LAKE (on “The Devil Song”). Community-minded and generous in approach, the writing of Shibuya and the music of yumbo is never less than lovely, and The Fruit Of Errata is a welcome introduction to their world. Open and gentle, confident and generous, these pop songs are filled with charm and spirit.

The Fruit Of Errata

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yumbo: A House

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Sean McCann - Ten Impressions for Piano & Strings
Edition of 300 LP / Digital Download

Worldwide: Jan 16, 2015
US: Jan 20, 2015

Realized over a four year period, Sean McCann’s Ten Impressions for Piano & Springs is a document of transition and maturation. Slow moving cloud forms over corporeal landscapes, these impressions whisper of McCann’s imminent & decisive lean towards classical & avant-garde musics, culminating in 2013’s Music for Private Ensemble on his own imprint, Recital. Less a final statement on ambient music, more a meditation on change, discovery and process.

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DnD - Jungle Walk Camp

A track recorded in a picturesque setting by a waterfall above Semsvannet, inspired by Norwegian nature.

Arctic Sound live

This track is part of the Raj Chanda Music Band catalogue and was composed by Krishna Chanda. You can explore more of his work on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2fJc01UIFwVTYYIpTUared
https://www.youtube.com/@KrishnaChandaMusic

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Classical Indian - Raga Durga

Flume - The Greatest vue (Track remix)

sound(ge)cloud 055 by Holger Hecler (https://soundcloud.com/holgerhecler) – canto a la paz

Ich kann es fast nicht in Worte fassen, wieviel es mir bedeutet euch heute den Ausnahme-Künstler Holger Hecler auf sound(ge)cloud zu präsentieren. Bow Freudensprünge im Quadrat !!! 

Es war im Jahre 2012, ich war noch ganz frisch hier auf soundcloud, da bin ich über Holgers BachstelzenFusion 2012 Set gestolpert und war vom ersten Moment von seinem unwiderstehlichen Sound total überwältigt. Dieses Set ist mein meistgehörtes Set EVER. Und immer wenn ich denke bow heute ist irgendwie nicht mein Tag … werfe ich dieses Set an und sofort ist alles wieder gut.

Holger Hecler ist seit über 20 Jahren ein fester Bestandteil der Berliner Club Kultur. Ob beim Kollektiv Bachstelzen oder dem Kater Blau (Bar25), Holger ist immer dort wo Happenings entstehen die weit über Zeit und Raum hinausgehen. Seine zweite Heimat hat er auch beim grandiosen Kölner Label Feines Tier gefunden.

Es ist immer wieder faszinierende wie Holger es schafft Einflüsse verschiedenster Kulturen in eine Grundteppich von House und Techno zu verweben. Mal fängt die Reise in Südamerika an und schon steht man wieder auf einem Basar in Istanbul, um dann doch wieder mitten in Berlin auf dem Dancefloor die Augen zu öffnen und in glücklich lachende Tänzer zu blicken.

Holger viel Dank für deine Mühe und die Möglichkeit diese wunderbare Weltreise meinen Hörern präsentieren zu können.

In diesem Sinne --- „canto a la paz“ oder „Singen für den Frieden“ … die Welt kann es gebrauchen <3 <3 <3

Holger Hecler (Feines Tier / Bachstelzen / Kater Blau /Berlin)
Booking: paul@wearee.nl // america (N & S): giacomo@clandestine-artists.com
Soundcloud Holger Hecler  --- https://soundcloud.com/holgerhecler
Facebook Holger Hecler --- https://www.facebook.com/hhecler/
Feines Tier Holger Hecler --- http://www.feinestier.de/holger-hecler/
We are E Holger Hecler --- http://wearee.nl/artist/holger-hecler-de/

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sound(ge)cloud 055 by Holger Hecler - canto a la paz

2nd track off 'VI-X' EP
Free track download here - https://tristan-allen.bandcamp.com
Engineering / Mixing : Evan Reiner

VI-X

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TRACKLISTING / LINER NOTES:
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Susanne Sundfør - Amor Est Mortis

Meandering through his label’s multifarious maze of musically mesmerising releases, Flau’s Yasuhiko Fukuzono aka aus, harvests a mellow mix of tracks to encourage us to recline, unwind and drift off.

"The tracks I’ve chosen for this Slumber mix are a sonically diverse array of sounds from flau’s catalogue over the past 6 years incl. folktronic, classical, avant-garde, dream pop, microsounds, audio collages and complex beat experiments. Featuring an international cast of artists, I wanted to represent a vast repertoire of work, but still retain the soothing and subtle sound aesthetic that has become synonymous with the label’s musical output. I’ve just returned to Japan from touring Europe and was a little absent-minded when creating the mix due to jetlag. Some people say that sunlight, water, medication, coffee and changing your body temperature can help you beat jetlag. For me it’s about relaxing, and there’s no better way to relax then by listening to music. In a way, this mix is my way of beating jetlag. It’s the perfect mix to unwind to. So slip on your headphones, sit back and wonder off to the ethereal sounds of everblooming cherry blossoms."

Tracklisting:
Part Timer - Closing the Opera House
Twigs & Yarn - Yuurei
El Fog - Mountain Dub
Cuushe - I Dreamt about Silence
Noah - Dune
Dale Berning - Piano
Novisad - Yappari
Liz Christine - Or Ten Pills at Three O'Clock
Cokiyu - In the Air
Geskia - 1977Ugly/2004IdealCopy
Colophon - 7 First Day Back fro Brooklyn/Fingers Through Your Hair
Orla Wren - Two Note Winter
0 - Sonando 2
Kanazu Tomoyuki - April
IKEBANA - Ikebana (version)
The Boats - The Melody Mosquito
aus - Urum (The World On Higher Downs Remix)
Christoph Berg - Notturno
Radiosonde - Windcoming
Masayoshi Fujita - Story of Forest
MayMay - If It Remains Light
Madegg - New Heads
SELA. - E Loop

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Slumber Sessions: Flau

"Uisge Dhè" is taken from "Upstream", the soundtrack to the experimental film by Rob Petit. Released 5th of February, 2021 on the PATTERN series by Sonic Pieces.

LP comes in a laser cut sleeve.

Upstream

Hauschka w/ Rob Petit & Robert Macfarlane - Uisge Dhè

Remixed by @LoraineJames

LISTEN https://smarturl.it/Cuushe-WAKENRemixes​
Pre-Order WAKEN Remixes https://flau.bandcamp.com/album/waken...​
Artwork by Yoko Kuno

Following her uplifting return with the 2020 album WAKEN, today Mayuko Hitotsuyanagi aka Cuushe announces the release of WAKEN Remixes, a full album of new interpretations and remixes from a notable cross-section of her friends, peers, and notable electronic artists. The album is set for release March 10th on FLAU.

Cuushe - Drip (Loraine James Remix)

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