てるぺん (Sugai Ken) // PRACTICAL LP
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神奈川の実験音楽家Sugai Ken aka てるぺんが、2026年1月にアメリカの実験レーベルPOOLEからリリースしたレコードです。
アンビエント〜コラージュ4曲を収録。
※デジタル音源を無料でお送りいたしますのでお気軽にご連絡くださいませ
以下、レーベルによる解説です。
"2019年、日本の入浴文化とアメリカの入浴文化を架け橋とするべく委嘱された『PRACTICAL』は、別府の伝説的温泉「鉄輪むし湯」の癒しの湯気を、メイン州ポートランドの地域公共サウナ兼アートスペース「ワシントン・バス」向けに没入型サウンドへと変換する。その結果生まれたのは、フォリーとアンビエント音楽の境界を漂う音の蒸気浴。その着想源は、温泉で最も有名な石造りの浴槽を包み込む、土の香りと神秘的な芳香を放つ古代薬草「石菖（せきしょう）」の意識を変えるような香りである。
Sugai Kenが「てるぺん」（石菖に含まれる芳香成分に由来）名義で制作した本作は、適切な汗浴サイクルのレシピを形作る4部構成で展開される：「サウナ」→「水風呂」→「外気浴」 （魔法のリラックス）→仮眠という、適切な汗浴サイクルのレシピを形作る。擬似フィールドレコーディングと合成音で構築された楽曲群は、一連の情景——感覚的な描写——として提示され、それぞれが独立した世界を形成する。『PRACTICAL』は石香の香りを一種の振動、見えない癒しの糸、時空を編み渡る浄化と静寂の存在の領域として想像する。"
レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more Poole Music releases available at Tobira.
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Ask us for digital files.
12" black vinyl.
New work by artist Sugai Ken under his てるぺん ("Terpene") project translating the healing steam of Kannawa Mushiyu Onsen in Beppu, Japan, into a sound work for Washington Baths, a public sauna and artspace in Portland, USA.
Tracklist:
1. Sauna 05:40
2. Mizuburo 04:40
3. Gaikiyoku 05:19
4. Kamin-space 06:00
Poole Music:
"Commissioned in 2019 to bridge two bathing cultures—one Japanese, one American—PRACTICAL translates the healing steam of Beppu's legendary Kannawa Mushiyu Onsen into immersive sound for Washington Baths, a neighborhood public sauna and artspace in Portland, Maine. The result is a vapor-bath of sound that hovers somewhere between foley and ambient composition, inspired by the mind-altering fragrance of sekishō (石菖, Japanese sweet flag), an ancient medicinal herb whose earthy, mystical scent saturates the stone chamber of the onsen’s most famous bath.
Created by artist Ken Sugai under the name てるぺん (Terpene)—referring to the aromatic compound found in sekishō—the work unfolds in four parts that form a kind of recipe for a proper sweat-bathing cycle: "Sauna" → "Mizuburo" (Cold bath) → "Gaikiyoku" (Magical Relax) → "Kamin-space" (Nap space). Built from pseudo-field recordings and synthesized sounds, the compositions are presented as a series of scenes—sensory depictions—each its own self-contained world. PRACTICAL imagines the fragrance of sekishō as a kind of vibration, an invisible healing thread, a realm of purification and quiet presence braided across space and time.
Ken Sugai is a Kanagawa-based sound artist whose work explores the natural environment, memory, and the subtle textures of daily life. Using field recordings, pseudo-field recordings, synthesis, and delicate electroacoustic processing, he creates vivid contemporary concrète rooted in the landscapes and folk rituals of Japan. His releases on labels such as RVNG Intl. and EM Records have positioned him as one of Japan’s most singular electroacoustic voices. His collaborations with such artists as Foodman, Leiven Martens, Andrew Peckler, among others… as well as commissions by the Dutch Embassy, and UJIKOEN Co. Ltd, a 150 year-old Kyoto-based tea wholesaler, have earned him a reputation for crafting striking, uncanny sonic realms where the natural and the artificial fold into one another.
The physical release for this record has been meticulously hand-crafted from top to bottom. Because of the extreme dynamic range of Sugai’s original recordings—well beyond what standard lacquer-cutting equipment can accommodate—the master plates were cut on a specialty half-speed lathe, the only system of its kind currently operating in the United States. The half-speed process has the benefit, beyond making a vinyl release of this music possible, of preserving the subtle detail and expansive dynamics of the work to an impeccable degree. The recordings were mastered at half-speed by Frederic Stader in Germany, with plating and pressing completed at RTI, ensuring the highest fidelity from master to vinyl.
Artist Elizabeth Atterbury created a unique white-on-white debossed print artwork for the jacket, each one hand-printed, pressed, and assembled by David Wolfe at Wolfe Editions in Portland, Maine. The result is a rare, collectible art object—a limited edition imbued with the hands and spirit of a group of artists and craftspeople working at the very top of their respective crafts."
Artist : てるぺん
Label : Poole Music
cat no : PM002
神奈川の実験音楽家Sugai Ken aka てるぺんが、2026年1月にアメリカの実験レーベルPOOLEからリリースしたレコードです。
アンビエント〜コラージュ4曲を収録。
※デジタル音源を無料でお送りいたしますのでお気軽にご連絡くださいませ
以下、レーベルによる解説です。
"2019年、日本の入浴文化とアメリカの入浴文化を架け橋とするべく委嘱された『PRACTICAL』は、別府の伝説的温泉「鉄輪むし湯」の癒しの湯気を、メイン州ポートランドの地域公共サウナ兼アートスペース「ワシントン・バス」向けに没入型サウンドへと変換する。その結果生まれたのは、フォリーとアンビエント音楽の境界を漂う音の蒸気浴。その着想源は、温泉で最も有名な石造りの浴槽を包み込む、土の香りと神秘的な芳香を放つ古代薬草「石菖（せきしょう）」の意識を変えるような香りである。
Sugai Kenが「てるぺん」（石菖に含まれる芳香成分に由来）名義で制作した本作は、適切な汗浴サイクルのレシピを形作る4部構成で展開される：「サウナ」→「水風呂」→「外気浴」 （魔法のリラックス）→仮眠という、適切な汗浴サイクルのレシピを形作る。擬似フィールドレコーディングと合成音で構築された楽曲群は、一連の情景——感覚的な描写——として提示され、それぞれが独立した世界を形成する。『PRACTICAL』は石香の香りを一種の振動、見えない癒しの糸、時空を編み渡る浄化と静寂の存在の領域として想像する。"
レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more Poole Music releases available at Tobira.
---------------------------------------------
Ask us for digital files.
12" black vinyl.
New work by artist Sugai Ken under his てるぺん ("Terpene") project translating the healing steam of Kannawa Mushiyu Onsen in Beppu, Japan, into a sound work for Washington Baths, a public sauna and artspace in Portland, USA.
Tracklist:
1. Sauna 05:40
2. Mizuburo 04:40
3. Gaikiyoku 05:19
4. Kamin-space 06:00
Poole Music:
"Commissioned in 2019 to bridge two bathing cultures—one Japanese, one American—PRACTICAL translates the healing steam of Beppu's legendary Kannawa Mushiyu Onsen into immersive sound for Washington Baths, a neighborhood public sauna and artspace in Portland, Maine. The result is a vapor-bath of sound that hovers somewhere between foley and ambient composition, inspired by the mind-altering fragrance of sekishō (石菖, Japanese sweet flag), an ancient medicinal herb whose earthy, mystical scent saturates the stone chamber of the onsen’s most famous bath.
Created by artist Ken Sugai under the name てるぺん (Terpene)—referring to the aromatic compound found in sekishō—the work unfolds in four parts that form a kind of recipe for a proper sweat-bathing cycle: "Sauna" → "Mizuburo" (Cold bath) → "Gaikiyoku" (Magical Relax) → "Kamin-space" (Nap space). Built from pseudo-field recordings and synthesized sounds, the compositions are presented as a series of scenes—sensory depictions—each its own self-contained world. PRACTICAL imagines the fragrance of sekishō as a kind of vibration, an invisible healing thread, a realm of purification and quiet presence braided across space and time.
Ken Sugai is a Kanagawa-based sound artist whose work explores the natural environment, memory, and the subtle textures of daily life. Using field recordings, pseudo-field recordings, synthesis, and delicate electroacoustic processing, he creates vivid contemporary concrète rooted in the landscapes and folk rituals of Japan. His releases on labels such as RVNG Intl. and EM Records have positioned him as one of Japan’s most singular electroacoustic voices. His collaborations with such artists as Foodman, Leiven Martens, Andrew Peckler, among others… as well as commissions by the Dutch Embassy, and UJIKOEN Co. Ltd, a 150 year-old Kyoto-based tea wholesaler, have earned him a reputation for crafting striking, uncanny sonic realms where the natural and the artificial fold into one another.
The physical release for this record has been meticulously hand-crafted from top to bottom. Because of the extreme dynamic range of Sugai’s original recordings—well beyond what standard lacquer-cutting equipment can accommodate—the master plates were cut on a specialty half-speed lathe, the only system of its kind currently operating in the United States. The half-speed process has the benefit, beyond making a vinyl release of this music possible, of preserving the subtle detail and expansive dynamics of the work to an impeccable degree. The recordings were mastered at half-speed by Frederic Stader in Germany, with plating and pressing completed at RTI, ensuring the highest fidelity from master to vinyl.
Artist Elizabeth Atterbury created a unique white-on-white debossed print artwork for the jacket, each one hand-printed, pressed, and assembled by David Wolfe at Wolfe Editions in Portland, Maine. The result is a rare, collectible art object—a limited edition imbued with the hands and spirit of a group of artists and craftspeople working at the very top of their respective crafts."
Artist : てるぺん
Label : Poole Music
cat no : PM002
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