Piam // The Longest Day TAPE

ロシアのエレクトロニックデュオPiamが、2025年3月に同国サンクトペテルブルグのアンビエントレーベルKartaskvazhinから99本限定でリリースしたカセットです。

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Cassette in numbered cardstock slipcase.
Edition of 99. Ask us for digital files.

Tracklist:

1. Cats, Ribbons And Chrysanthemums 06:32
2. Garment Of Love 06:56
3. Forgotten Water 03:30
4. Old Grass Becomes Fireflies 07:09
5. Red Sunset Sky 07:10
6. Plum Fruit Starts To Turn Yellow 03:17
7. Twilight, Haze Over Volcanoes And Cooling Engines 05:33
8. Air Vibrates With Warmth 04:14
9. The Misty Moon 06:00
10. Wind Blows The Seashells Ashore 13:00

Kartaskvazhin:

"The 33rd release from the Kartaskvazhin label introduces a new album by Piam, the duo of Vlad Dobrovolski and Ilya Sadovsky, masters of organic electronic music from Moscow and Kaluga. Both have long been releasing successful solo records, collaborating on various projects, and performing as part of the quartet Kurvenschreiber.

This is the third album in Piam’s discography, following their self-titled debut (2002) and Happy New Vectors (2016). Each previous release featured an additional musician: Georgy Bagdasarov on the debut and Valentin Kulagin (DJ Afrosoundsystem) on the second album.

The Longest Day takes its name from the longest day in The Iliad. Though recorded as a duo, Vlad and Ilya introduce a third, hidden voice through the use of field recordings captured between 2022 and 2024 in India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and Bali. The hum of engines, the drone of nighttime cities, and the bellowing of a massive ox blend with both technological and natural sounds. Echoes, reverberations, and waves from Vlad and Ilya’s synthesizers do more than complement the collected material. They merge into a single sonic canvas, filled with life from different sides of memory, especially intriguing on deeper listening.

All tracks on The Longest Day were recorded live in a single take, without overdubs, edits, or post-processing. On a summer day in 2024, Ilya and Vlad met, brewed tea, played back the recordings from their travels, and began to play, responding in real time to shifts in the sonic palette. As Vlad Dobrovolski explains:

"We left the recordings as they are, uncut. In some places, loud sounds captured up close literally burst to the forefront. Of course, we could have smoothed them out with editing or compression, but we chose not to. Maybe that’s why the recordings feel so alive. Everything happens right next to the listener. We weren’t aiming for any particular effect. We were simply listening and playing."

The album truly breathes. It feels alive and organic. The music of The Longest Day is like the sky gazing down at the earth. The field recordings carry an airy openness, while the yearning, shimmering synth tones respond in kind. At times, the music takes on extra dimensions, morphing into a phantasmagoric sonic animation ("Old Grass Becomes Fireflies”). In others, it echoes the classic New Age sound of the ’80s ("Plum Fruit Starts to Turn Yellow”), or dissolves into an all-consuming drone ("The Misty Moon”). Yet throughout, it remains natural, tender, meditative, and deliberate, crafted with love. The longest day, short conversations.

Along with The Longest Day, Piam's first two albums have also made their way to streaming services: the roaring, slightly jazzy Piam from 2002, and the dramatic, triumphant-sounding Happy New Vectors from 2016."

Artist : Piam

Label : Картаскважин

cat no : karsk_33

Release date : 1st March 2025