Kazuya Nagaya
Utsuho
MINUS107 WAV, MP3

Originally released in 1999 on the AME Ambient label, "Utsuho" was Kazuya Nagaya's first ambient music album - a delicately constructed sonic world largely composed of the sounds of traditional bells and gongs found in the temples of Tibet, Bali or Japan, juxtaposed with delicate use of modern keyboards and guitars.

The textures of "Utsuho" - named after a mystical tree hollow with magical powers in the 10th century Japanese Novel "Utsuho Monogatari" - feature heavily the deeply reverberating sounds of these traditional temple instruments. Informed by the sensibilities and philosophical views of his previous literary works, Nagaya's music takes a deeply spiritual path. The sound of giant Japanese temple bells that feature heavily in his music are listened to every New Year's eve by large crowds who flock to the temples in the belief that the long echoes of the bell chimes can purify and wash away the the cares of the mortal world. The reverent silence of the crowds reflect the sensation of deep personal calm engendered through meditation or Zen.

Having been brought to Richie Hawtin's attention during a cultural trip to Japan in 2008, Nagaya was asked to contribute a remix to the Replikants disc of the 2011 Plastikman Arkives release. Now, with Richie Hawtin and Minus traveling to Japan on May 4th for a special Womb Tokyo event celebrating Japanese culture in the wake of the March 2011 earthquakes, Nagaya's debut album gets a release on Minus, as Hawtin looks again to support another aspect of Japanese art that he finds so inspiring:

"A few years ago while in Tokyo I found myself in a small Japanese arts and crafts store. After looking around for twenty minutes or so I started to realize that a soft and almost inperceivable rhythm of bells and gongs had been playing in the background. The subtle vibrations of tones had taken over my subconscious and reverberated in my head and transfixed my attention. This experience led me to the work of Kazuya Nagaya whose delicate use of sonic landscapes remind me of the more quiet moments of Consumed." - Richie Hawtin

RELEASE INFORMATION:

Artist/Title: Kazuya Nagaya | Utsuho
Catalogue No.: MINUS107
Label: MINUS
Format: MP3, WAV
Distribution: Beatport / M-nus.com
Barcode: 815349011125
Release Date Digital: May 4th, 2011

Track Listing:
1. Yoshino - 3:18
2. Utsuho - 27:28
3. Cinnabar - 17:07
4. Myojin Waterfall - 5:03 

Kazuya Nagaya - Myojin Waterfall (From MINUS107 Utsuho LP)

Available now: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nature-in-its-forms
Digital Distribution by Clone Records/Digital follows soon

Release date: 31-7-2015
Label: Shimmering Moods Records
Artist: Kris Dubinsky / Warmth
Release: Nature in its forms EP
Format: Digital Download
Cat. number: SHM D006
Mastered by Early Reflections

About this release:

"Nature In Its Forms" is the result of a collaboration between Kris Dubinsky and Warmth using their different geographical environments as a influence for the music containing both the beautiful subtropic coastlines of Valencia, Spain and the dense and mystical pineforest of Tjusbol, Sweden. This diverse EP contains dreamy textures, hypnotic and dubby ambient moods for summer days.
Digital only, mastered by Early Reflections

Tracklist:
1. Des De La Llum						
2. Drawing Circles						
3. Luftslott						
4. Sammanväxta Toner					
5. Uncertain Horizon (Ambient Version)					
6. Uncertain Horizon		

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A journey through liminal reflections, where light and shadow weave hidden worlds. Each piece moves like a shifting veil—sometimes radiant, sometimes spectral—revealing a passage between silence and resonance, fragility and strength. Fragments of memory float among ghostly echoes, until final regret closes the circle with solemn beauty.

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Almost Home

written and produced by Adam Erdei.
mastered by banyek
to be released on visionary mind records bandcamp 

Adam Rdei, class ’87, is an Hungarian producer and guitar player from Debrecen.


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Lilith

Rdei - Lilith

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4. Carlo Giustini - La voce di Burian (No Rent Records)
5. Projektions - Old Winds ( Forthcoming Shimmering Moods Records)
6. Specimens - Unfold In All Directions (First Terrace Records)
7. Parallelism - Lost (Shimmering Moods Records)
8. Chimess - Away (Forthcoming Shimmering Moods Records)
9. Anthéne - etc.(Forthcoming Home Normal)
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11. Jake Muir - Green Eyes (Sferic)
12. Wanderwelle - An Offering of Gratitude (Silent Season)
13. Ten Atmospheres - Miss Bee (Forthcoming Shimmering Moods Records)
14. Mateis e. Aqir - Dreamy Prophet (Jungle Gym)
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20. Senking - Cups ( Karaoke Kalk)
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27. Luna Monk - Rise to grace (Forthcoming Shimmering Moods Records)

Shimmering Moods @ Red Light Radio 6.12.2018

Release date: 11/02/19

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

Format: 2x12” 180g gatefold vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth//includes leaflet inside

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Dedicated to the life and work of Robert Lax (1915-2000), the American poet who lived on Patmos, Greece, as a self-exiled hermit since the sixties. Jack Kerouac called Lax “one of the great original voices of our times, a Pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence”. The Chi Factory would like to give special thanks to his good Patmian friends Ulf Knaus and Nikos Eliou, who showed us his house on Patmos (everything is still the same since he left) and also his favourite old wooden door (see leaflet). His great minimalistic poetry became a source of inspiration for the Mantra Recordings. His life on Patmos was far away from public attention - quiet and always surrounded by the skies, seas, cats and birds. Lax was a real dreamcatcher.

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http://www.surfacearea.info/news/auricular.html

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