Lawrence English - Kiri No Oto

i was a bit sceptical about this one as touch had released many ambient/drone records before but this one has something special.

Huge drones & organ climax that recall furious storms over nothern sea. Dont buy it because of the stunning cover photography, indeed the trax are beautiful. if you like fennesz, popol vuh dont miss out (even mojo likes it..).

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press release :

Tone 31 - Lawrence English "Kiri No Oto"

Released: 2008

CD - 8 tracks - 43:10

Photography & Design: Jon Wozencroft

Mastered by Denis Blackham

The Japanese phrase 'Kiri No Oto' loosely translates to the 'sound of fog' or 'sound of mist'. In many ways it's a collection that meditates on the sense of displacement and distortion that occurs in environments which undergo extreme mists, snowstorms and sea sprays. In the same way that visual objects loose their perspective, form and shape in these environments, the sound components that make up Kiri No Oto are not quite as they first might appear.

Utilising a range of divergent mixing techniques, analog filtering and 'harmonic' distortion, Kiri No Oto offers an expansive sound space in which the listener must choose to position themselves. Focus, like that in a fog, is in a constant state of flux as elements are brought into and out of perspective.

The first in a series of records employing this technique, Kiri No Oto explores the richness in the frequencies that are usually associated with extremes of volume and through this process the recordings position 'the ear' itself as 'another layer of auditory fog' as it begins to distort and alter the sounds it comes in contact with.

The sounds sources for Kiri No Oto emanate from both instruments and found sound, with recordings on this edition made in Poland, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.

Tracklist

1. Organs Lost At Sea

2. Soft Fuse

3. White Spray

4. Waves Sheer Light

5. Commentary

6. Allay

7. Figure's Lone Static

8. Oamura

yes, this is good.

i really like the cover art, would have been a killer vinyl sleeve