I listened to this for the first time about 5 years ago and I'm still listening.. Brilliant work!

Amb Sauce

Music composed for 'Descaler', a dance performance choreographed by Rafael Reynoso in collaboration with Nicholas Grubbs during his September 2017 residency at Otion Front Studio

Descaler I, II, & III

from the forthcoming album 'tahoe' available 2/23

Tahoe

dedekind cut 'tahoe'

From "Die Lieder: 1981, 1983, 1986"
Cassette, $7
Here: http://goatytapes.com/#!/tape/die-lieder-1981-1983-1986/

Die Welttraumforscher -  Glücklich Traurig, Seltsam (Binika, 1986)

Produced by Opiate & Alva Noto as Opto for the "2nd" album.
Released by Hobby Industries in 2005.

Opiate+Alva Noto=Opto-02.12 p.m. (2005)

Opiate+Alva Noto=Opto-04.34 a.m. (2005)

from the album 'the deep end' available 10/26

The Deep End

saloli 'barcarolle'

The Sacrificial Code

Kali Malone - Litanic Cloth Wrung (from "The Sacrificial Code" iDEAL 2xLP/3xCD)

Triptych 4 solo piano.
Recorded at Rattlesnake point. 
Written, performed, recorded by Kara-Lis Coverdale.
Mastering by Jay Hodgson. 
Artwork by Jon Estwards http://bit.ly/R2S2Vv 

Special thanks to EVE, ROB, & NORDY 

Kara-Lis Coverdale - Circles, Apparition

FUJI||||||||||TA, iki, LP

Release date - April 3th 2020
Catalogue nr. - HG2003
Format - Ltd. Vinyl/digital

https://hallowground.bandcamp.com

Credits:
All music composed, played and Recorded by FUJI|||||||||||TA
Mixed by Makoto Oshiro
Mastering by Lawrence English at Negative Space

Tracklist:
1) keshiki (09:42)
2) nNami (09:20)
3) osoi (10:12)
4) sukima (07:03)

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"FUJI|||||||||||TA has created a work that operates as a beautiful nexus between the material and immaterial qualities of music. 
It is a lived-in dreamscape of deep, rich tonality. A remarkable debut."
(Lawrence English)

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FUJI||||||||||TA, real name FUJITA Yosuke, is a Japanese sound artist. After countless performances in different contexts either solo or along artists such as Yamantaka Eye of Boredoms and the legendary avant-gardist SUZUKI Akio as well as a slew of solo releases, his LP »iki« (»breath«) for the Swiss-based Hallow Ground label is his first in nine years. On these four pieces, Fujita explores the idiosyncratic sound qualities of the pipe organ he has built all by himself in 2009. This - quite literally unique - instrument features only eleven pipes, an air pump called »fuigo« which was modelled after a traditional blacksmith’s one and has no keyboard. Inspired by traditional gagaku, it was designed to evoke rich landscapes rather function as just another musical instrument. While his previous records saw FUJI||||||||||TA explore various modes of abstraction, »iki« is a highly emotive yet meditative album, musically restrained but full of imagination.

»keshiki« immediately sets the mood for this record with a long sustained note that is punctuated by the soft clicking of Fujita’s air pump. Once Fujita carefully starts bringing melodies into play, the interplay of the drone and the discrete rhythmic element gives way to a fuller harmonic whole. »keshiki« is an intimate piece that perfectly displays the artist’s knack for painting a rich sonic picture with only a reduced palette. »nNami« juxtaposes the sounds of two pipes that are out of tune with each other, creating a hypnotic sensation of ebb and flow (»nami« translates to »wave«) that is full of subtle friction. It’s a staggering artistic interpretation of the instrument’s material characteristics. Clocking in at ten minutes, »osoi« (»slow«) is an overall melancholic piece that explores the relationship between different tone colours through minute changes in pace. Finally, »sukima« (»blank space«) is the shortest and the most rhythmic piece of the four. Composed of only staccati, it is a masterful exploration of the harmonic qualities Fujita’s stunning pipe organ has to offer.

Recorded between September and December of 2019, »iki« marks the culmination of FUJI||||||||||TA’s ten-year-long work with the instrument that he had built without any prior knowledge and started to teach himself to play without a manual in sight. It is, in other words, the unique result of a unique musical mind paying his dues to the uniqueness of his own creation; introspective and welcoming at once.

FUJI||||||||||TA - osoi (HG2003)

The Invention of the Human

Dylan Henner - The Peach Tree Next Door Grew over Our Fence

Thomas Knak =  Est. the Hobby Industries label (1999-present)

Thomas  Knak = Opiate.

Thomas Knak + Bjørk = Bjørk : Cocoon and Undo (Vespertine album 2001)

Thomas Knak + Oh Land = Oh Land : Heavy Eyes and Still Here ( Fauna album 2008)

Thomas Knak + Carsten Nicolai = Opiate and Alva Noto = Opto (Opto Files, 2001 / 2nd, 2005)

Thomas Knak + Jakob Bro = Bro/Knak (S/T) 2012

Thomas Knak + Anders Remmer and Jesper Skaaning = Future 3 (We are .., 1995  / Stay With, 1998 / Like,  2001)

Thomas Knak + Anders Remmer and Jesper Skaaning = System (S/T, 2002 / Tempo EP, 2007 / B, 2010)

Thomas Knak + Anders Remmer, Jesper Skaaning, Sara Savery = People Press Play (S/T, 2007)

Thomas Knak + Morten Remmer = James Bong (C´est Tres Bong , 1995)




 






Opiate+Alva Noto=Opto-04.34 a.m. (2005)

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