• Spheres

     
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    Artists
    Orimo Sabu: Shakuhachi and Vocals
    Baptiste Tavernier: Computer Synthesizer
    Matsushita Masumi: Vocals

    Tracklist
    1. Prolégomènes (2'28")
    2. 球面 (Kyuumen) #1 (25'13")
    3. Sphères #2 (14'44")





    Spheres is a new project by the young Japanese shakuhachi player, Orimo Sabu made in collaboration with sound architect Baptiste Tavernier and guest vocalist Matsushita Masumi.
    Shakuhachi and vocal improvisations meet the deep slow motion music spheres built by Tavernier’s structured subtractive synthesis generator, in an “immersive” flow of sounds.

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    Just recently I learned about Spheres as the music was being produced. Already a fan of the shakuhachi, the woody-toned Japanese bamboo flute originally used in meditation, I was interested as to what this combination of shakuhachi, voice, and computer-generated music might turn out to be. Beyond my best expectations, rather than a 'modern' sound, Spheres turned out to be a rich, soulful work, producing as much psychological and physiological effect as listening enjoyment. I quickly began to regard it as meditation music for the budoka, and purchased it immediately as a product for Kendo World. I believe many kenshi and budoka will have interest in this work and recommend it highly to you.

    Michael Komoto
    President
    Comments 3 Comments
    1. turboyoshi's Avatar
      turboyoshi - 20th December 2009, 02:54 AM
      Forgive me if this seems stupid but I can't figure out how to hear the sample music. When I click the graphic, it just opens a new page with the picture but no music. I'm using FF 3.5.6 on a Mac if it helps.
    1. hamish's Avatar
      hamish - 20th December 2009, 03:46 AM
      I've added a link to download the sample just below the price. If you click on it it should just open up in your computer's media player, but you may need to right click and choose 'save link as...' depending on your browser/OS.
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      turboyoshi - 20th December 2009, 05:04 AM
      Awesome and thanks for the quick response.
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