Koji Asano : Trio Suites no.1-no.3

Koji Asano

Trio Suites no.1-no.3

label: Solstice Records

ref: Solstice 043

players: Bin Ueda (piano), Akiko Nakae (oboe), Shunichiro Miyasaka (cello)

Further development of the compositional possibilities of the composers? atonal baroque chamber explorations, the pieces explore various movements, displaying a harmonic perspective of complex dimensions and expanding earlier concerns with perspective and the parallel developments of (electronic) sources into a melodic world articulated around various harmonic centres.

Un desarrollo de las posibilidades compositivas de las exploraciones camersticas del barroco atonal del compositor, las piezas indagan diversos movimientos, presentando una perspectiva harmonica de dimensiones complejas y ampliando anteriores preocupaciones por la perspectiva y los desarrollos paralelos de fuentes (electrnicas) dentro de un mundo meldico articulado en torno a diversos centros armnicos.

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Koji Asano : Baroque Ensemble No.1-No.5

Koji Asano

Baroque Ensemble No.1-No.5

label: solstice

ref: Solstice 042

players: Ayumi Matsuda (recorder), Lucas van Helsdingen (oboe), Arwen Bouw (violin), Mara Snchez Ramrez (cello), Ere Lievonen (harpsichord)

Extending the multilayering facet of his works, this CD presents a compositional technique inspired in the superimposition of obliquely related tonal materials, resulting in a growing harmonic complexity through polytonal and serial sequences conveyed through baroque language, instruments and players.

Profundizando en la faceta multicapa de su obra, este CD presenta una tcnica compositiva inspirada en la superposicin de materiales tonales con relacin oblicua, resultando en una complejidad armnica creciente a travs de secuencias politonales y seriales planteadas mediante lenguaje, instrumentos e intrpretes barrocos.

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Koji Asano : Violin and Viola Suites no.1-no.7

Koji Asano

Violin and Viola Suites no.1-no.7

label: Solstice Records

ref: Solstice 041

year:2006

players: Kumi Nakajima, Masashi Sasaki

A blend of various linguistic traditions: classical and baroque inspired materials under changing lights and varying perspectives, resulting in a pre-serialist chamber music arrived at through aesthetic collages akin to the composer?s techniques in electronics.

Mezcla de diversas tradiciones lingsticas: materiales de inspiracin barroca y clsica bajo divesas luces y perspectivas, resultando en una msica de cmara pre-serialista a la que se llega por colage esttico afn a las tcnicas del compositor en la electrnica.

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Koji Asano : Takoyakikun

Koji Asano

Takoyakikun

label: Solstice Records

ref: Solstice 037

year:2005

players: Isao Otake, Koji Asano, Hisashi Nagata

Overt influences of symphonic, psychedelic and experimental rock set within asymmetrical time signatures, embossed unison phrasings, tight arrangements and extended instrumental techniques. The rehearsal room, home-made aesthetics and the choice of instruments -in terms of timbre- convey a vintage after-taste to the result. Evidentes influencias del rock sinfnico, psicodlico y experimental en un marco de compases asimtricos, destacados fraseos en unsono, arreglos ajustados y tcnicas instrumentales ampliadas. La esttica de local de ensayo, grabacin casera, y la eleccin tmbrica de los instrumentos aportan un sabor retro al resultado.

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Koji Asano : Spring Estuary

Koji Asano

Spring Estuary

label: Solstice Records

ref: Solstice 039

year:2005

players: Koji Asano

Belonging to the impressionist phase of the author, -bell reminiscences and processed veils of chimes gently swaying in fog banks-, the compositions are progressively built by overlaid materials distilled from instrumental sources and increasingly distanced from their referent, drifting like icebergs among vast, deserted surfaces of floating icicles.

Perteneciente a la fase impresionista del autor, -ecos de campana y velos de sonajas cimbrendose cual bancos de niebla-, composiciones construidas mediante la superposicin de materiales ?destilado de fuentes instrumentales- crecientemente distanciados del referente, icebergs a la deriva entre vastas superficies desiertas de carmbanos flotantes.

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Koji Asano : Final Insurance

Koji Asano

Final Insurance

label: Solstice Records

ref: Solstice 038

year:1992/93/94/2005

players: Koji Asano

A collection of early pieces illustrates some of the concerns to be found in his later work: rhythmic cycles, textures, extended techniques and instrumental processing, electronics and improvisation evolving around static core issues. A snapshot of the aesthetics of this musician, a nude if far more experimemental approach to his art.

Coleccin de piezas tempranas que ilustran ciertas inquietudes posteriores de su obra: ciclos rtmicos, texturas, tcnicas ampliadas y procesado instrumental, elctronica e improvisacin que giran entorno a cuestiones centrales estticas. Una foto de la esttica de este msico, mirada desnuda aunque mucho ms experimental de su arte.

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Koji Asano : Sanctuary on Reclaimed Land

Koji Asano

Sanctuary on Reclaimed Land

label: Solstice Records

ref: Solstice 036

year:2005

players: Koji Asano

Gathering various interests of the author, the music encompasses acoustic instrumental recordings – faintly reminiscent, if remotely ghostly, of early modern music- and real time, electronic processing. The architecture of space is featured in a nightmarishly processed black-and-white picture which alternates with more abstract fragments.

Segn diversos intereses del autor, la msica engloba grabaciones de instrumentos acsticos ?lejanamente reminiscentes de la primera contempornea ? y otros de procesado electrnico en tiempo real. La arquitectura del espacio se presenta en una fantasmal fotografa en blanco y negro donde alterna con fragmentos ms abstractos.

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Koji Asano : The Giant Squid

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Koji Asano

The Giant Squid

label: solstice records

ref: 035

year: 2003

players: Koji Asano

I had composed many short pieces during these 10 years, but most of

them were left in the past because they didn?t have a space in the

disc, or was more interested in longer piece in these years. Also in

many cases, they were needed to be edited more time.

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Koji Asano : Zoo Telepathy

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Koji Asano

Zoo Telepathy

label: solstice records

ref: 033

year: 2003

players: Koji Asano

I Had this piece?s idea for long time, and I got a change to realize

one afternoon in May 2003, I needed some tones especialy with nature

environment to prepare the original sources for this work, so I went

to look for the fields or small mountain around Barcelona by train

with my wife as a recording engineer.

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Koji Asano : Wind Gauge

I already got the opportunity to discover and review this Japanese artist involved in the wide fields of experimental music. He now just released 3 new albums. This album is a mixture of field recordings where I think to have recognized the sounds of crickets, which have been mixed together with the violin parts of KA. It’s hard to define the style of “Zoo telepathy”, but it for sure moves at the border of experimental and minimal ambient. There’s no real coherence in the way the violin has been played, but only a kind of humming chaos that goes on during 3 pieces with a total during time of 49 minutes. I can assure you it was a real torture to gain the end

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