Toshio Hosokawa - Deep Silence (2004)
a strange album i picked up - the odd numbered tracks are modern performances of gagaku, or traditional Japanese court music, and the evens are new compositions. the only 2 instruments used are the sho (a free reed) and the accordion (yeah, that one). old pieces or new, they all sound incredibly avant-garde. but a warning - it moves glacially and is more about sound and texture than harmony. the range of sounds moves from pure tones and deep groans to bagpipe-esque wheezes and shrieks. very challenging.
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Challenging indeed.
I think this forms part of the soundtrack to the Matthew Barney film "Drawing Restraint 9" featuring his wife Bjork. It's really nice though! Although there is a soundtrack album to that as well.
nope, different music in Drawing Restraint 9. altho the sho performer Mayumi Miyata is the same.
Beautiful, it does sound quite modern! Yet elegant and ancient. I'm loving it.
This is an incredibly beautiful album! Thank you so much for posting this. Greatly appreciated.