Akari is the third album from Tokyo duo Illuha. Following 2011’s debut Shizuku (12k1067) and 2013’s Interstices (12k2028), Akari takes the next artistic step for the band. While Shizuku was recorded in the US and completed separately by the artists, Interstices captured the duo creating their exceptionally detailed music together live during a Japaneses tour. Akari, in turn, is the first studio album where Illuha recorded and mixed together, throughout the entire process. The beautiful st-robo studio in Tokyo put a collection of amazing equipment at their fingertips, from vintage mics and outboard gear to a vast collection of instruments, both acoustic and electronic. Their writing sessions were numerous and long with details meticulously obsessed over for nearly a year. The result is the most bewildering music Illuha have created to date. An album swimming with the most delicately tactile sounds and instrumentation that draws the listener in with hushed, motionless attention.

While Illuha’s Corey Fuller and Tomoyoshi Date are often drawn to the most sparse notes of Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, acoustic grand piano and guitar, the breadth of instrumentation is partially what makes Akari so abosrbing. They have succeeded in creating their own universe of sound, so beautifully recorded, where each element not only has its own space but connects and interacts so fluidly with the other sounds. It is as if they are placed perfectly by nature, the compositions are fluid and organic, a far cry from anything calculated or structured. It is this open space that the music exists in which in turn defines the music itself. There is ample room to breathe within this forest of gentle tines, bubbling analogue synthesizers, clicking percussion and quiet field recordings. This is subtlety at its most refined; hushed without being saccharine, distant without being morose.

Akari is the Japanese word for light. Conceputally the duo used this word as a guide, as if they were searching through the dark, trying to keep the light alive, as if one is cradling a candle doing everything in their power to keep it alight in a storm. It is this almost visceral sense of sheltering, of protection, that gives Akari a very human and personal sound whose intensely deep focus is as impressive as it is arresting.

Akari

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Today, I am pretty excited about a new collaboration project between Markus Güntner and Joachim Spieth to appear this fall (in November) on Spieth’s Affin imprint. This piece is appropriately titled “Prologue,” and I think it perfectly sets up our anticipation of what we can expect from this duo. As I’ve said many times in the past, it’s absolutely amazing to see two [favourite] artists come together and not just exchange ideas but participate in a sonic dialogue, compliment each other, and round off the tiny edges with an individual approach. The two German composers have previously appeared together, most notably in Kompakt‘s Pop Ambient series of compilations – one of their tracks, “Kari”, appears on Pop Ambient 2022. But now we get an entire album of lush and textured ambience, which would surely satisfy the cravings of many followers of this evolving genre. There is a bunch more I could say about this work, but all you need to know is instantly revealed when you simply listen. And this is what I’d like invite you to do now…

Prologue

TRACK PREMIERE : Guentner | Spieth - Prologue

Taken from the upcoming album 'Eight Views Of A Summer', released through Fluid Audio...

Credits:

squncr: tape manipulation, field recordings, sampling, electronics, zither, accordion, Hohner Organetta, Yamaha CP70 and Roland Space Echo.

Written and produced by squncr
Mastered by Julien Bayle/Void Label 
Designed by Daniel Crossley

Eight views of a summer

squncr - Perseids

One music legend leaves us...
Tribute for this wonderful artist...
Rest In Peace Susumu Yokota...

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE : https://irezumi.bandcamp.com/track/kodomotachi-irezumi-remix

Original track by Susumu Yokota available on the album "Sakura" & "Skintone Collection" 

Susumu Yokota - Kodomotachi (Irezumi Tribute Remix)

carck

runx3 1 19 bpm take 1 2925

zonedout - WEBCORE TRACK 624 (prod. phntmzn bR)

'Lunae Semita' is the first release from Araceae, which is the ambient techno side project of Uun. The album was built upon field recordings gathered in Upper Michigan, Detroit, Berlin, and Amsterdam. 

Written and Produced by Ryan Malony. 
Mastered by Emanuele Pertoldi. 
Faint007 // FaintCD007 
Faint / 2018

Araceae - The Great Mystery

Moon Wheel — རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་མ་

Artificial Origins II (Ambient Dub)

my remix work for the track " hedgehog" Newa made. please enjoy the complete EP on
Subspiele.com
50% of the earnings go to sea shepheard. so buy our release and help us help. 


Newa "Hedgehog"(martin nonstatic remix) on Subspiele - sub.rec

Producer of electronic, ambient and experimental music from the south coast of England.

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Bio:

Immersed in the synth-pop and electronica of the Eighties growing up in southern England, State Azure (b. 1972) found early inspiration in Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, and Vangelis. Deconstructing their tracks ignited his passion, leading him to develop a foundational understanding of electronic music theory, composition and production entirely by ear and experimentation.

He honed his skills as a keyboardist and producer within live bands before venturing into solo ambient/experimental territory. This self-taught journey fostered a deeply improvisational and emotional approach, free from the confines of formal training.

State Azure's sonic world is further shaped by influences beyond music, drawing heavily from science fiction, cosmology, physics, and technology.

Seizing the opportunity presented by the burgeoning online music scene, he launched the State Azure project to connect directly with listeners, debuting with the album 'Outlines' in December 2011.


Thanks for listening and leaving your comments/feedback, it's very much appreciated and really helps to keep me motivated and pushing forward.
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Releases:

"Disconnect" - Album released: 30/3/2014
https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/disconnect

"Snowblind" https://offworldrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ofw034-transmissions-volume-4

"So Long, Eternity" - album released 21/3/2013
http://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/so-long-eternity

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/so-long-eternity/id628160193

"Candle" 2-track Single http://www.loodmarecordings.com/loodma0020.cfm

"Reminisce EP"  on Loodma Recordings http://www.loodmarecordings.com/loodma0016

"Outlines"  Album released 24/12/11 - Free or pay what you want. Download: http://stateazure.bandcamp.com/

"Passing City Lights" track - part of a compilation album "Beautiful Sounds Pt.1". A Loodma Recordings release can be found here. http://www.beatport.com/release/beautiful-sounds-pt-1/395218

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Other projects:
http://soundcloud.com/synapsia ambient/dark ambient.

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Contact: stateazure@gmail.com