Carl Stone - Himalaya '2019

Tracks list

Release Info
Following his critically acclaimed collections Electronic Music from the
Seventies and Eighties and Electronic Music from the Eighties and Nineties, Carl
Stone quickly follows-up Baroo (March 2019) with a double-LP album of recent
works, including the final section of “Fujiken”, his epic journey
through southeast Asian field recordings and street cassette culture. On all six
tracks, composed between 2013 and 2019, Stone’s pan-global playground of
looping synths and Asian pop culture remains as fertile as ever, digitally
shattered into unimagined patterns and gestures, either through the MAX
programming language or (in the case of “Kikanbou”) by generating
live loops within an Elektron Octatrack sampler.

The title track is the first recorded release from Stone’s ongoing
collaboration with the Japanese vocalist Akaihirume. Elsewhere new influences
come from rock (the slow drum break of “Bia Bia”), disco (the Nile
Rodgers-esque guitar riff “Kikanbou”) and hip hop (the frenetic
percussion loop of “Han Yan”). Their diversity only adds to
Stone’s borderless musical vision, a world where rhythm becomes
atmosphere, song becomes beat, and pop becomes art.

Tracklist:
01. Carl Stone - Han Yan (3:36)
02. Carl Stone - Bia Bia (8:08)
03. Carl Stone - Jame Jam (5:46)
04. Carl Stone - Kikanbou (17:16)
05. Carl Stone - Fujiken (Final Section) (20:58)
06. Carl Stone feat. Akaihirume - Himalaya (with Akaihirume) (13:04)

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