Tenniscoats - Totemo Aimasho (15th Anniversary Edition) '2023
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Artist | Tenniscoats Related artists |
Album name | Totemo Aimasho (15th Anniversary Edition) |
Country | |
Date | 2023 |
Genre | Ambient |
Play time | 61 min |
Format / Bitrate | 24 BIT Stereo 1720 Kbps / 48 kHz |
Media | WEB |
Size | 141; 283; 634 MB |
Price | Download $5.95 |
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Some time in the early 00s John Chantler, who was living in Japan at the time, sent me a couple of curious sound pieces he’d just recorded with musicians he’d met from Tokyo - Tenniscoats. This was my first introduction to Saya and Ueno, who have subsequently gone on to become longtime friends and a wellspring of sonic inspiration. In 2005, through their connections to Guy Blackman in Melbourne, Tenniscoats under took a tour of Australia and as part of that visit I arranged a concert for them in Brisbane. Their show, held at Rics Cafe in Fortitude Valley, was a wildly-flowing flux of song, improvisation and sheer melodic freedom. Following the performance Saya, Ueno and drummer Yoshinari Kishida spent a few additional days in Brisbane, and it’s during this time that the majority of Totemo Aimasho was recorded. The recording itself took place in a reappropriated office building, where my friend Heinz Riegler had set up a small recording space. We were able to use the various offices as somewhat isolated recording zones. The results were surprisingly rich, a testament to office room design I suppose. For this special 15th anniversary edition, I spent some time going back over the recordings to remaster them. This version is perhaps a bit more faithful to the dynamics of those sessions. I also spent some days going through archival materials that were not included in the original Totemo Aimasho sessions. To my surprise I found a couple of demo versions of Cacoy, one of my favourite pieces from the record, as well as some variations of other album pieces and also a couple of experiments not included on the record. There’s a certain radiant joy to this music. The record is equal parts curiosity, porousness and generosity. It's a mixed methodology that informed this collaboration, and equally the creation of Totemo Aimasho itself. I want to send a special note of thanks to John, without whom this project, and many subsequent other connections, would not have occurred. Tracklist: 1.01 - Tenniscoats - Hakka = ãƒãƒƒã‚« (0:44) 1.02 - Tenniscoats - Aurora Curtains = オーãƒãƒ©ãƒ»ã‚«ãƒ¼ãƒ†ãƒ³ã‚¹ã‚™ (5:16) 1.03 - Tenniscoats - Cacoy = 囲 (5:23) 1.04 - Tenniscoats - Kimininaritai = å›ã«ãªã‚ŠãŸã„ (2:05) 1.05 - Tenniscoats - Broome = ブルーム(0:56) 1.06 - Tenniscoats - Donna Donna = ドンナドンナ (3:38) 1.07 - Tenniscoats - Jitsurei = 実例 (5:07) 1.08 - Tenniscoats - Before Noon = æ£åˆå‰ã« (4:09) 1.09 - Tenniscoats - Hirei = ã²ã‚Œã„ 5-22 (5:20) 1.10 - Tenniscoats - Rasen = らã›ã‚“ (4:43) 1.11 - Tenniscoats - Midori = ミドリ (0:45) 1.12 - Tenniscoats - To Do First = 最åˆã‚„ã‚‹ã«ã¯ (5:46) 1.13 - Tenniscoats - Takashi's Swing (1:38) 1.14 - Tenniscoats - Cacoy (song demo) (5:25) 1.15 - Tenniscoats - Rasen (slowmix) (4:58) 1.16 - Tenniscoats - Tennimonium (5:34)