Michael Scott Dawson // The Tinnitus Chorus LP

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カナダのアンビエント作家Michael Scott Dawsonが、2024年9月に同国トロントのオールジャンルレーベルWe Are Busy Bodiesから500部限定でリリースしたレコードです。

さまざまな作家とコラボレートした穏やかなアンビエント〜アンビエントドローン12曲を収録。

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以下、レーベルによる解説です。

"Dawsonは、にやにやと肩をすくめながらアルバムの誕生を振り返る。彼は近年、耳のトラブルに悩まされ、ソロアルバムを完成させるのに苦労していた。彼の耳では、クリック音、リンギングトーン、ヒスノイズがスタジオの音にかき消されていた。彼がWe Are Busy Bodiesにアルバムの最新情報を提供するために連絡を取ったとき、彼は、もしかしたらコラボレーションのアルバムに焦点を移すかもしれないという、疑う余地のない提案を受けた。Dawsonは、あのレーベルはアルバムを聴くこともなく却下したと冗談を言った。実際、彼はそのアイデアを何年も反芻していたのだが、WABBからの後押しは、彼が自分の不安を棚に上げ、尊敬するアーティストたちを『The Tinnitus Chorus』に招待するために必要な動機であることが証明されたのだ。"

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Ask us for digital files. Edition of 500. 12" black vinyl.

Tracklist:

1. Mojave Flowers (feat. Michael Grigoni) 04:31
2. Where There Is Happiness There Is Happiness (feat. M. Sage) 03:43
3. Present Day (feat. Jairus Sharif) 02:54
4. 나도 너도 우리 모두.. (feat. Dasom Baek) 03:13
5. I'll Always Answer (feat. Lina Langendorf) 02:58
6. Make Time (feat. Suso Saiz) 04:08
7. Mono Lake (feat. K Freund) 03:59
8. The Treadmill of My Worries (feat. Peace Flag Ensemble) 02:48
9. A Quiet Haunt (feat. Yutaka Hirasaka) 04:27
10. Fondness (feat. Vumbi Dekula) 02:58
11. Change Your Mind (feat. Eli Winter) 04:10
12. Travelling Light (feat. Michael Grigoni) 04:02

We Are Busy Bodies:

"Michael Scott Dawson is a Canadian sound artist and producer. Anchored by frayed melodies, tape loops, and pastoral field recordings he has crafted a body of tender and nostalgic ambient work.

Dawson’s latest offering, The Tinnitus Chorus, is an album of wide-eyed collaborations. He is joined by an inspired cast of revered friends and kindred strangers including Suso Saiz, M. Sage (Fuubutsushi), Eli Winter, K. Freund, (Trouble Books / Lemon Quartet), Dasom Baek, Lina Langendorf (Langendorf United), Vumbi Dekula, Jairus Sharif, Yutaka Hirasaka, and his bandmates in Peace Flag Ensemble. The collection is bookended by two pieces with Michael Grigoni.

From birdsong and decaying tape to Western sprawl, each of Dawson’s previous solo records have moved in a singular direction but here he approaches things through a kaleidoscopic lens. While his weathered ambient sketches serve as a through line, they are woven with all manner of instrumentation from clarinet and modular synth to steel guitars and flugelhorn. Improvised Congolese guitar nuzzles next to American experimental folk. Handmade electronics give way to spiritual sax. M. Sage contributes something referred to as a “mystic music box”. The result is a strange and beautiful journey that feels lost between genres and yet wholly unified.

Dawson reflects on the genesis of album with a smirk and a shrug. He has been marred by ear troubles in recent years and had been struggling to complete an album of solo material. The clicks, ringing tones, and hiss in his ears had been drowning out the ringing tones, clicks, and hiss in his studio. When he reached out to We Are Busy Bodies to provide an update on the record he was met with an unsuspecting proposal that perhaps he shift focus to an album of collaborations. Dawson jokes that label rejected an album without ever even hearing it. The truth is he had been ruminating on the idea for years and the nudge from WABB proved to be the motivation he needed to shelve his insecurities and invite artists he admires to join him for The Tinnitus Chorus. "

Artist : Michael Scott Dawson

Label : We Are Busy Bodies

Cat No : WABB-185