SOYOKAZE, released in March 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!
– Arnold de Boer / Zea
– Arnold de Boer / Zea
Tracklisting
1. The First Time We Meet (14:58)
2. Cheese (3:58)
3. Bicyle and Bread (3:26)
4. Machine Poem (3:39)
5. Furiran (3:49)
1. The First Time We Meet (14:58)
2. Cheese (3:58)
3. Bicyle and Bread (3:26)
4. Machine Poem (3:39)
5. Furiran (3:49)
SOYOKAZE (cassette) by Olololop, Arakawa Atsushi, and Zea
- Label: Makkum Records
- Catalogue #: MR 36
- Availability: In Stock
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€10.00
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