Michael Ranta // Azabu CD

70年代から活動を開始し、小杉武久との共作も発表しており、現在はドイツ・ケルンのアジア打楽器専門店Asian Soundを運営する打楽器奏者Michael Rantaが、2022年11月にベルギーの実験／ドローンレーベルMetaphonからリリースしたCDです。

西麻布で録音、NHK音楽スタジオで編集したロングフォームな物音ドローン2曲を収録。デジパック、シュリンク仕様です。12ページのブックレット付属。

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Includes DL code. CD and 12 page booklet in gatefold cardboard sleeve.

Metaphon:

"Even though only being fully terminated 50 years after its conception, ‘Azabu’ can be regarded as the starting point of Michael Ranta’s creative self-discovery. The recordings that form the base of ‘Azabu’ were mostly made in the Tokyo district with the same name (Azabu-Juban). Next to abstracted field recordings ‘Azabu’ is also pervaded by a rich variety of percussion, string and wind instruments, all played by Ranta himself. Subsequently Ranta edited, layered and processed the recordings at the NHK electronic music studio in Tokyo. Both pieces display a vast array of acoustic, electronic and concrete sound events meticulously sequenced to a complex fusion symbolizing the entire spectrum of earthly and heavenly sounds. Dynamic extremes evoke a restless flight through space, or through the depths of human subconsciousness, between dream and reality. Ultimately the music disappears, like a dot in the sky gradually fading into nothingness – an “ascension” that closes the loop in a ritual of life that can begin anew again at any time."

Artist : Michael Ranta

Label : Metaphon