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Last Saturday night, I played at “Lounge Sai”, an exhibition of beautiful fashion brands in Tokyo. I prepared an original program for this Lounge Sai. And played it. I think it was a breathtaking time. The venue was full of tension and the audience was focused on sound for 60 minutes. This was my first experience this scene. It was a wonderful experience.
One of the most striking releases of the last couple of years, ‘Kwaidan’ is a spellbindingly curious study in the “lost" art of Japanese ghost story-telling and horror folklore, marking the sublime first release on Singapore’s bijou Evening Chants imprint. It’s now finally available on vinyl for the first time on a heavyweight 180g pressing mastered by Taylor Deupree. Edition of 500. Includes a download dropped to your account.
Inspired by living in Kyoto for the past two years, ‘Kwaidan’ - a form of Japanese ghost story - is focussed on musically crafting a form of “Japanese Mood”, or Meitei. Taking this word as his moniker, Meitei becomes his subject in a pointed effort to revive or at least keep this artform alive, using a combination of frayed, enigmatic backdrops to tactfully limn a specific mood.
The delicate approach and febrile, shapeshifting results recall to our ears the subtly suggestive sound sets of Sugai Ken as much as Jan Jelinek at his dreamiest, conjuring winding passages of crackle and shimmering subaquatic chords, finding beauty lurking in the low key and peripheral, spectral and metaphysical realms.
This time, the first show of Meitei will be held in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. I did not expect that I would be doing a show. But from now on, I intend to actively work on the show / live format. I’m still a beginner in this style, but I’m aiming for a deep performance in the near future. Now I have started a new challenge.
In this show, I will prepare a Komachi / Kwaidan new arrangement. I realized that doing a show can announce an existing track as a new version. That might be very interesting. I think it will eventually be possible to show more interesting styles. I’m interested in it. Thank you
While the austere EŸN VAS wardrobe exists outside the field, the shoes stop short of the edge, and inside the field material considerations are absent.
The nucleus unifies surrounding elements of mind and matter with the question of its interior constitution.
Viewers may remain comfortably outside the field or enter into this plane where the known holograms can fade as new ones take shape.
大地が深淵に臨む中核を廻る
あまねく物質は質量を忘れ 沓底は地平線に留まり EŸN VASは上天に生ずる
境に並ぶ心意と身躯は融解し 一つの意思をもって中核へと還る
安住の地にて心像と対峙し像を保する あるいは 越境の果てに心像は再設され新たな像が結ばれる Translated by Ryo Miyamoto
We’re happy to announce that due to the amazing response to this record we have upped the initial pressing numbers from 300 to 500, that includes a small number of additional copies of the Special Edition with printed booklet.
This is a PRE-ORDER - all orders with this item will ship after it is released March 15th.
“Things fade into obscurity when a populous has no interest” - Meitei / 冥丁
Meitei considers himself an old soul, often preoccupied with the customs and rituals of the past. Recently Meitei lost his beloved 99-year-old grandmother, a woman who he considered to be one of the last remaining people to have experience and understanding of traditional Japanese ambience. His music and art is driven by a desire to cast light on an era and aesthetic that he believes is drifting out of the collective Japanese consciousness with each passing generation, what he calls “the lost Japanese mood”. He chose to dedicate Komachi to his late Grandmother.
“I want to revive the soul of Japan that still sleeps in the darkness” - Meitei / 冥丁
Haunting and delicate, distant and timeless, Komachi is awash with white noise, complex field recordings and the hypnotic sounds of flowing water. Though confidently contemporary, like a bucolic J-Dilla, Komachi’s lineage can be traced back to the floating worlds of Ukiyo-e and Gagaku via the prism of 80s Japanese ambient pioneers, and 90s pastoral sample-based artists such as Susumu Yokota and Nobukazu Takemura.
Composed as individual sonic dioramas, each of the twelve tracks have been crafted to not only evoke feelings of nostalgia but to also explore the dichotomy of ancient and new in modern Japanese society. This pervasive narrative runs throughout, calling to mind the work of authors Yasunari Kawabata andNatsume Soseki, as well as the films of Yasujirō OzuandHayao Miyazaki, artists similarly fascinated by the reflective tranquillity that permeated traditional Japanese domestic life.
The limited vinyl release, produced in collaboration with label and distributor Séance Centre, includes a super limited special edition complete with beautiful twelve-page booklet featuring a number of prints in the Ukiyo-e style, a traditional style of woodblock print that dates back to 17th century Japan. The images were chosen by Meitei to showcase the old style Japanese sentiments that form a core inspiration to his musical output.
You can choose the version you would like in the drop down product menu, the regular version is limited to 350 copies, and the Special Edition with the booklet is limited to 50 copies.
All songs written and recorded by Meitei. Mastering by Brandon Hocura. Production and Distribution by Séance Centre. Art direction by Jack Hardwicke, Meitei & Métron. ‘Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night’ Cover Artwork by Suzuki Harunobu.
Good news. Komachi PRE-ORDER is more popular than expected, and we decided to update the number of presses. Regular version is changed from 350 copies to 500 copies. This fact is very pleasing to me. I am very thrilled now. Thank you!
And if you have not listened to Kawanabe Kyosai Pt 2 yet, listen to it from here!
This is a PRE-ORDER - all orders with this item will ship after it is released March 15th.
“Things fade into obscurity when a populous has no interest” - Meitei / 冥丁
Meitei considers himself an old soul, often preoccupied with the customs and rituals of the past. Recently Meitei lost his beloved 99-year-old grandmother, a woman who he considered to be one of the last remaining people to have experience and understanding of traditional Japanese ambience. His music and art is driven by a desire to cast light on an era and aesthetic that he believes is drifting out of the collective Japanese consciousness with each passing generation, what he calls “the lost Japanese mood”. He chose to dedicate Komachi to his late Grandmother.
“I want to revive the soul of Japan that still sleeps in the darkness” - Meitei / 冥丁
Haunting and delicate, distant and timeless, Komachi is awash with white noise, complex field recordings and the hypnotic sounds of flowing water. Though confidently contemporary, like a bucolic J-Dilla, Komachi’s lineage can be traced back to the floating worlds of Ukiyo-e and Gagaku via the prism of 80s Japanese ambient pioneers, and 90s pastoral sample-based artists such as Susumu Yokota and Nobukazu Takemura.
Composed as individual sonic dioramas, each of the twelve tracks have been crafted to not only evoke feelings of nostalgia but to also explore the dichotomy of ancient and new in modern Japanese society. This pervasive narrative runs throughout, calling to mind the work of authors Yasunari Kawabata andNatsume Soseki, as well as the films of Yasujirō OzuandHayao Miyazaki, artists similarly fascinated by the reflective tranquillity that permeated traditional Japanese domestic life.
The limited vinyl release, produced in collaboration with label and distributor Séance Centre, includes a super limited special edition complete with beautiful twelve-page booklet featuring a number of prints in the Ukiyo-e style, a traditional style of woodblock print that dates back to 17th century Japan. The images were chosen by Meitei to showcase the old style Japanese sentiments that form a core inspiration to his musical output.
You can choose the version you would like in the drop down product menu, the regular version is limited to 350 copies, and the Special Edition with the booklet is limited to 50 copies.
All songs written and recorded by Meitei. Mastering by Brandon Hocura. Production and Distribution by Séance Centre. Art direction by Jack Hardwicke, Meitei & Métron. ‘Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night’ Cover Artwork by Suzuki Harunobu.