"Few composers of modern music produce works that are continually awe-inspiring, captivating, and original as Yui Onodera and The Beautiful Schizophonic. Their collaborative work 'Radiance', offers an absolute experience of tenderly-crafted, hidden elegance, audible and pure instrumentation, and field recording realism. 'Radiance' breathes with lightness, and most importantly, majesty."
Will Long (Celer)
This blog wrote about Yui Onodera more than a year ago, enthusiastically reviewing "Suisei".
As regards Jorge Mantas (the man behind "The Beautiful Schizophonic"), instead, after "Musicamorosa" in 2007, two new releases this year: a solo work on Crónica ("Erotikon", out in July) and this collaboration with Yui, published by Basses Frequences, French label which features a remarkable, high-level catalogue of drone/ambient music.
"Radiance" moves through five tracks, slightly different each other, where personal intuitions and attitudes of the two artists converge and produce an extraordinary amalgam: not simple to distinguish one contribution from another.
"A Stationary Place", the first piece, opens with a three minutes recording of a rolling plate. Then a deep droning sound intersects it, increasing and dominating it, as long as a persistent crackling goes with the obscure melody.
"On Air" contains melancholic sequences, structured on suave, entwined textures combined with a piano.
“Vista” consists of a repeated pattern as background, and other delicate environmental recordings which lay upon it. This track is perhaps the most radiant of the disc.
“Urban Forms” is primarily conceived in The Beautiful Schizophonic’s style, with an enchanting piano score melted into voices and other intrusions coming from an urban context.
The last piece is also the longest, “Summer Snow”, about fifteen minutes which instil a sense of levity, projecting an aura of peacefulness.
An intense, highly atmospheric work, where two artists in a perfect state of grace have been able to express the best of themselves. Great pleasure and inspiration in listening to it, "Radiance" must be numbered among the finest albums of its genre.
Note: the cover image of the disc is another tangible sign of Dani's greatness.
Will Long (Celer)
This blog wrote about Yui Onodera more than a year ago, enthusiastically reviewing "Suisei".
As regards Jorge Mantas (the man behind "The Beautiful Schizophonic"), instead, after "Musicamorosa" in 2007, two new releases this year: a solo work on Crónica ("Erotikon", out in July) and this collaboration with Yui, published by Basses Frequences, French label which features a remarkable, high-level catalogue of drone/ambient music.
"Radiance" moves through five tracks, slightly different each other, where personal intuitions and attitudes of the two artists converge and produce an extraordinary amalgam: not simple to distinguish one contribution from another.
"A Stationary Place", the first piece, opens with a three minutes recording of a rolling plate. Then a deep droning sound intersects it, increasing and dominating it, as long as a persistent crackling goes with the obscure melody.
"On Air" contains melancholic sequences, structured on suave, entwined textures combined with a piano.
“Vista” consists of a repeated pattern as background, and other delicate environmental recordings which lay upon it. This track is perhaps the most radiant of the disc.
“Urban Forms” is primarily conceived in The Beautiful Schizophonic’s style, with an enchanting piano score melted into voices and other intrusions coming from an urban context.
The last piece is also the longest, “Summer Snow”, about fifteen minutes which instil a sense of levity, projecting an aura of peacefulness.
An intense, highly atmospheric work, where two artists in a perfect state of grace have been able to express the best of themselves. Great pleasure and inspiration in listening to it, "Radiance" must be numbered among the finest albums of its genre.
Note: the cover image of the disc is another tangible sign of Dani's greatness.
Cat. #: BF15
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
Tracklisting:
01 - A Stationary Piece (08:40)
02 - On Air (04:46)
03 - Vista (05:04)
04 - Urban Form (05:26)
05 - Summer Snow (14:42)
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The Beautiful Schizophonic’s discography:
Hyperblue.Hydrophonics
Label: Mystery Sea
Cat. #: MS25
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2005
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Product 06
w/ Pawel Grabowski, James Eck Rippie, Paulo Raposo
Label: Crónica
Cat. #: Crónica 023~2005
Format: CD
Release date: 2005
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Untitled
Label: Crónica
Cat. #: Crónicast 010
Format: File, Mp3
Release date: 2006
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Musicamorosa
Label: Crónica
Cat. #: Crónica 029~2007
Format: CD
Release date: 2007
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Live At Atlantic Waves 2007
w/ Gintas K, Pal
Label: Crónica
Cat. #: Crónicast 024
Format: File, Mp3
Release date: 2008
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Live At Passos Manuel
Label: Crónica
Cat. #: Crónicast 027
Format: File, Mp3
Release date: 2008
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The Lone Drone
Label: Crónica
Cat. #: Crónicast 048
Format: File, Mp3
Release date: 2009
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Radiance
w/ Yui Onodera
Label: Basses Frequences
Cat. #: BF15
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
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Erotikon
Label: Crónica
Cat. #: Crónica 044~2009
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
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Night Blossom
w/ Yui Onodera
Label: Whereabouts Records
Cat. #: WHACD-7
Format: CD
Release date: 12/2011
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Belkiss
Label: Dynamophone Records
Cat. #:
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2012
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L’Atelier Des Filles
Label: Anywave
Cat. #:
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2016
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The Beautiful Schizophonic's tracks appear on:
- VV.AA. - Symptom Of Thisease (2004, Thisco, Thisk.18) tracks: Her Heart Is A Room Full Of Drones, Soul Scanner, Girl In Ecstatic Peace
- VV.AA. - Essays On Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes Of Your Time? (2005, Crónica, Crónica 020~2005) track: A Radiophonic Fairytale
- VV.AA. - Essays On Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes Of Your Time? (2005, Crónica, Crónica 021~2005) track: A Radiophonic Fairytale (w/ Ran Slavin)
- VV.AA. - Atlantic Waves 2007 Festival Sampler (2007, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation/Wire Magazine, CGFCD107-2) track: Awake Eternal
- VV.AA. - Mus*****c (2008, Crónica, Crónica 032~2008) track: Music For Lonely People
- VV.AA. - Crónica L (2010, Crónica, Crónica 050~2010) track: Rêve General (w/ Tu M’)
- VV.AA. - One Minute For The Stars (2011, SEM Label, SEM 011) track: omftStars
Yui Onodera’s discography:
here
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Latest releases on Basses Frequences:
Elementaural Research Project - Elementality
Cat. #: BF13
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
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VV.AA. - Elementality Revisited
Cat. #: BF14
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2009
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Nicholas Szczepanik - The Chiasmus
Cat. #: BF16
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
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Andreas Brandal - A History Of Labyrinths
Cat. #: BF17
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2009
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Mark Bradley - Absolution
Cat. #: BF18
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2009
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Locrian - Rain Of Ashes
Cat. #: BF19
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2009
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Aidan Baker - Blue Figures
Cat. #: BF20
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2009
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Lunar Miasma - Crystal Covered
Cat. #: BF21
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2010
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Locrian - Territories
Cat. #: BF23
Format: LP
Release date: 03/2010
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deAnimator - ((Thirty Three And One Third) Degrees) Per Second
Cat. #: BF24
Format: CD-R
Release date: 03/2010
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Nicholas Szczepanik - Dear Dad
Cat. #: BF22
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2010
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ThisQuietArmy - Aftermath
Cat. #: BF25
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2010
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Aidan Baker - I Will Always And Forever Hold You In My Heart And Mind
Cat. #: BF26
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2010
Notes: Reissue
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Celer - Panoramic Dreams Bathed In Seldomness
Cat. #: BF27
Format: CD
Release date: 07/2010
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Pleq - Good Night
Cat. #: BF29
Format: 10"
Release date: 09/2010
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Celer - Weavings Of A Rapid Disenchantment
Cat. #: BF28
Format: 10"
Release date: 09/2010
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Thisquietarmy + Yellow6 - Death
Cat. #: BF31A
Format: LP
Release date: 12/2010
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VV.AA. - Winter Leads To Spring
Cat. #: BFSI04
Format: CD-R + DVD
Release date: 12/2010
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Pleq - Ballet Mechanic
Cat. #: BF32
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2011
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Messebasse - III: Ame
Cat. #: BF30
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2011
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Hoor-paar-Kraat - The Eureka Tapes
Cat. #: BF33
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2011
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Jérémie Mathes - Gjöll
Cat. #: BF35
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2011
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Peter Wright - Let's Hide Under The House Until They're Gone
Cat. #: BF34
Format: LP
Release date: 04/2011
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Thisquietarmy + Yellow6 - Valley
Cat. #: BF31B
Format: LP
Release date: 06/2011
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Aidan Baker With Kevin Micka - Green Figures
Cat. #: BF38
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
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Larkian & Yellow6 - Offtempo
Cat. #: BF37
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2011
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Duane Pitre - ED09 (For String Ensemble): Live At The Stone
Cat. #: BF36
Format: LP
Release date: 11/2011
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Julien Demoulin & IA - The Bay
Cat. #: BF40
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2012
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VV.AA. - Particule Arises
Cat. #: BFSI05
Format: CD-R
Release date: 02/2012
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Tamagawa - Lives Vol.2
Cat. #: BF41
Format: CD-R
Release date: 02/2012
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Wastelanders - Cosmic Despair
Cat. #: BF39
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2012
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Thisquietarmy + Yellow6 - Death Valley
Cat. #: BF31CD
Format: 2xCD
Release date: 03/2012
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Stratosphere - Dreamscape
Cat. #: BF42
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2012
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Asva & Philippe Petit - Empires Should Burn...
Cat. #: BF43CD / BF43LP
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 07/2012
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Maninkari - Continuum Sonore
Cat. #: BF44
Format: CD
Release date: 07/2012
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Links:
Yui Onodera
The Beautiful Schizophonic
Basses Frequences
