Olololop, Arakawa Atsushi and Zea // Soyokaze TAPE

Olololop, Arakawa Atsushi and Zea // Soyokaze TAPE

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北海道のOlololop、福島のArakawa Atsushi、オランダ・アムステルダムのZea3名が、2023年1月にリリースした共作カセットです。

以下、Arakawa Atsushiによる解説です。

olololop,ArakawaAtsushi,ZEAの三組によるセッション録音がASCとアーノルド氏(ZEA,TheEx)が主宰するMakkum Recordsとの共同リリース!
音の温度の寒暖さをより感じられる事ができるのが即興演奏の楽しみの一つだと思っていて、憧れや日々感じている事が瞬間パックされ、それぞれの日々考えている事が交錯しているような楽曲たちです。
ミニマルフリーポップな優しいおもちゃ箱エクスペリメンタル、楽しんでください!

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Artist statement by Arnold de Boer / Zea
Amsterdam, Jan. 2023
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"In the last week of September 2022 two Japanese acts OLOLOLOP and Arakawa Atsushi flew into Amsterdam to take part of the OCCII 30YEARS Festival, a three-day festival to celebrate the 30th birthday of Amsterdam's most adventurous underground venue OCCII. For all four Japanese musicians this was the first time to visit and play in The Netherlands and they took a few extra days to explore the country and it's capital. This gave me the idea to take them to the Dutch flower fields where, in an old bulb barn, the Katzwijm Studio is located. We decided to bring all instruments, set up and play and have it recorded, without any arrangements or preparation. It was the first time we met, we hardly knew each other’s music, strengths nor weaknesses, but curiosity led the way. After a quick soundcheck we just started to play, to improvise, to listen and respond. After a short break we discussed the idea of using vocals. A couple of days earlier I had run across the poetry of 20th century Dutch poet Sybren Polet. The minimal approach and playful way of Olololop's Masaru controlling the 'drum robot' and the sample wizardry of Arakawa Atsushi made me think of Polet's Machine Poems. I looked them up and found a wonderful translation into English by André Lefevere. I took one of the poems, we started playing and all of a sudden, we were creating a song. It was a hot sunny day and all what happened musically felt like a fresh wind, a breeze; Soyokaze in Japanese. Listening back to the recordings a week later, after the big OCCII celebration, we decided to release this completely new music on both our labels in Europe and Japan and put it out on cassette. Enjoy!" 

Artist : Olololop, Arakawa Atsushi and Zea

Label : makkumrecords

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北海道のOlololop、福島のArakawa Atsushi、オランダ・アムステルダムのZea3名が、2023年1月にリリースした共作カセットです。

以下、Arakawa Atsushiによる解説です。

olololop,ArakawaAtsushi,ZEAの三組によるセッション録音がASCとアーノルド氏(ZEA,TheEx)が主宰するMakkum Recordsとの共同リリース!
音の温度の寒暖さをより感じられる事ができるのが即興演奏の楽しみの一つだと思っていて、憧れや日々感じている事が瞬間パックされ、それぞれの日々考えている事が交錯しているような楽曲たちです。
ミニマルフリーポップな優しいおもちゃ箱エクスペリメンタル、楽しんでください!

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Artist statement by Arnold de Boer / Zea
Amsterdam, Jan. 2023
 :

"In the last week of September 2022 two Japanese acts OLOLOLOP and Arakawa Atsushi flew into Amsterdam to take part of the OCCII 30YEARS Festival, a three-day festival to celebrate the 30th birthday of Amsterdam's most adventurous underground venue OCCII. For all four Japanese musicians this was the first time to visit and play in The Netherlands and they took a few extra days to explore the country and it's capital. This gave me the idea to take them to the Dutch flower fields where, in an old bulb barn, the Katzwijm Studio is located. We decided to bring all instruments, set up and play and have it recorded, without any arrangements or preparation. It was the first time we met, we hardly knew each other’s music, strengths nor weaknesses, but curiosity led the way. After a quick soundcheck we just started to play, to improvise, to listen and respond. After a short break we discussed the idea of using vocals. A couple of days earlier I had run across the poetry of 20th century Dutch poet Sybren Polet. The minimal approach and playful way of Olololop's Masaru controlling the 'drum robot' and the sample wizardry of Arakawa Atsushi made me think of Polet's Machine Poems. I looked them up and found a wonderful translation into English by André Lefevere. I took one of the poems, we started playing and all of a sudden, we were creating a song. It was a hot sunny day and all what happened musically felt like a fresh wind, a breeze; Soyokaze in Japanese. Listening back to the recordings a week later, after the big OCCII celebration, we decided to release this completely new music on both our labels in Europe and Japan and put it out on cassette. Enjoy!" 

Artist : Olololop, Arakawa Atsushi and Zea

Label : makkumrecords