Sawako's eclecticism is a given by now. Esteemed visual artist, she periodically revives her passion for pop music, and, very frequently, shows a keen interest in experiments linked to environmental recordings. This last aspect is what "Brand New Fossil" mainly discloses: a quick demonstration of Sawako's capabilities, of course, compressed in about nine minutes of total length. A 7 inches gracefully packaged and printed in two colors (tonalities of blue, also chosen for the vinyl, delicately stand out against a white background).
Two tracks per side to concretise the main theme of the work: fossils, both product of signals coming out from a handmade crystal radio and resulting from sound capturing activities. Fossils having a specific origin, and, despite the shortness of this disc, provided with as much realistic as evocative strength.
"Radio Stone", the opening piece (a blurred snapshot, a glimpsed scene, undefined) advances with a waving pace. Diffused patterns intersect at distinct points and shape a melodic entity.
The subsequent "Dot" is quite a fragment, ephemeral, condensed on some looped passages that, though alternated with phases of prolonged inertia, transmit a subtle sensation of syncopated rhythm.
The climate sensibly changes on the flip side: both pieces are generated by recordings made around Astroland, amusement park in Coney Island, NY. Different location, altered feedbacks here: “Season Off” consists of a sequence of urban movements, metal grindings from a door lock, traffic echoes and other reported moments of everyday life: all is just sketched, with an intense sense of deepness and participation emerging from the context.
“Astro Land”, the second part of the tale, primarily contains a set of voices interwoven with deaf sounds. The whole is expressed in a muffled way, but perceptible is a relevant amount of timbric variations (the method adopted to assemble them is really effective) which speak a mantric language.
Small but exemplary practice in the use of field recordings, significant proof of how to deal with them: not a mere presentation of what was picked up by microphones, rather focusing on revision and treatment of the collected material, filtered through a personal perspective.
Sawako as a phonographer does well in this, plainly and naturally.
Two tracks per side to concretise the main theme of the work: fossils, both product of signals coming out from a handmade crystal radio and resulting from sound capturing activities. Fossils having a specific origin, and, despite the shortness of this disc, provided with as much realistic as evocative strength.
"Radio Stone", the opening piece (a blurred snapshot, a glimpsed scene, undefined) advances with a waving pace. Diffused patterns intersect at distinct points and shape a melodic entity.
The subsequent "Dot" is quite a fragment, ephemeral, condensed on some looped passages that, though alternated with phases of prolonged inertia, transmit a subtle sensation of syncopated rhythm.
The climate sensibly changes on the flip side: both pieces are generated by recordings made around Astroland, amusement park in Coney Island, NY. Different location, altered feedbacks here: “Season Off” consists of a sequence of urban movements, metal grindings from a door lock, traffic echoes and other reported moments of everyday life: all is just sketched, with an intense sense of deepness and participation emerging from the context.
“Astro Land”, the second part of the tale, primarily contains a set of voices interwoven with deaf sounds. The whole is expressed in a muffled way, but perceptible is a relevant amount of timbric variations (the method adopted to assemble them is really effective) which speak a mantric language.
Small but exemplary practice in the use of field recordings, significant proof of how to deal with them: not a mere presentation of what was picked up by microphones, rather focusing on revision and treatment of the collected material, filtered through a personal perspective.
Sawako as a phonographer does well in this, plainly and naturally.
Cat. #: wm19
Format: 7"
Release date: 2010
Notes: limited edition of 300 copies
Package: 2 color letterpress sleeve, insert, blue vinyl. Designed and printed by Ben Owen.
Tracklist:
A1 - Radio Stone (03:00)
A2 - Dot (00:56)
B1 - Season Off (03:02)
B2 - Astro Land (01:52)
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Discography:
Crab, Dorobou, Hiyoko_Toy
Label: Tiln
Cat. #: tiln_001
Format: File, MP3, 192k
Release date: 2001
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s i s
Label: Stasisfield
Cat. #: SF-1013
Format: File, MP3
Release date: 2002
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X X X
Label: Tu M'p3
Cat. #: --
Format: File, MP3, 128k
Release date: 2002
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A.sa
Label: Tu M'p3
Cat. #: --
Format: File, MP3, 128k
Release date: 2002
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Nin
Label: Aesova
Cat. #: 00010100
Format: 3" CD-R
Release date: 2002
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Nana
Label: Throat
Cat. #: Throat 3
Format: 3" CD-R
Release date: 2002
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Label:
Cat. #:
Format: Business Card CD-R
Release date: 2002
Notes: 5 tracks, total length: 02:07 min
Info / Scans: Ryan Hildebrand
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Label:
Cat. #:
Format: 3" CD-R
Release date: 2002
Notes: 7 tracks, total length: 14:07 min
Info / Scan: Ryan Hildebrand
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Label:
Cat. #:
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2002
Notes: 12 tracks, total length: 39:04 min
Info / Scan: Ryan Hildebrand
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Label:
Cat. #:
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2002
Notes: 15 tracks, total length: 60:00 min
Info / Scan: Ryan Hildebrand
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Cotor
Label: Grain Of Sound
Cat. #: gos011
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2003
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Fishwish
Label: Magic If
Cat. #: Magic If 28
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2003
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Live In Tokyo
Label: Ctrl+Alt+Canc Records
Cat. #: ctrl05
Format: File, MP3, 128k
Release date: 2003
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Shy Pop
w/ Hypo
Label: Tu M'p3
Cat. #: --
Format: File, MP3, 192k
Release date: 2004
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Aihara - April 20th & May 7th, 2004
w/ Asuna
Label: Autumn Records
Cat. #: leaf 008
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2004
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Yours Gray
Label: and/OAR
Cat. #: and/15
Format: CD
Release date: 2004
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Omnibus
Label: Community Library
Cat. #: CL2
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2005
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Hum
Label: 12k
Cat. #: 12k1035
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2005
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Madoromi
Label: Anticipate Recordings
Cat. #: Anticipate 003
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2007
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Summer Tour
Label: Anticipate Recordings
Cat. #: --
Format: File, Mp3, 256k
Release date: 2007
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November 9, 2007
w/ Richard Chartier, Shinjiro Yamaguchi
Label: term.
Cat. #: term.18
Format: File, MP3, 320k
Release date: 12/2007
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Hi Bi No Ne
w/ Daisuke Miyatani
Label: Schole
Cat. #: SCH-005
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
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Bitter Sweet
Label: 12k
Cat. #: 12k1047
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
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Brand New Fossil
Label: Winds Measure Recordings
Cat. #: wm19
Format: 7"
Release date: 2010
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Phonography Meeting 070823
(w/ Scott Smallwood, Seth Cluett, Ben Owen, Civyiu Kkliu)
Label: Winds Measure Recordings
Cat. #: wm22
Format: CD
Release date: 08/2011
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20120527
(w/ Hofli, Kazuya Matsumoto, Yui Onodera)
Label: Tiny Tiny Press
Cat. #:
Format:File, Digital download
Release date: 09/2012
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FOR SEASONS #001
(w/ Jez riley French, Hiroki Sasajima)
Label: Tiny Tiny Press
Cat. #: #005
Format: File, Digital download + Postcard Set
Release date: 07/2013
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FOR SEASONS #002
(w/ Takashi Yatoo)
Label: Tiny Tiny Press
Cat. #: #006
Format: File, Digital download + Postcard Set
Release date: 07/2013
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The End Then Start Again
(w/ Aoki Hayato)
Label: Tiny Tiny Press
Cat. #:
Format: File, Digital download
Release date: 07/2013
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Nu.it
Label: Baskaru
Cat. #: karu:32
Format: CD
Release date: 07/2014
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Appears on:
- Gurun Gurun - Gurun Gurun (2010, Home Normal, home n021)
Tracks appear on:
- VV.AA. - bRiCoLAge #1 (2000, Illegal Art, IA021) track: Super Star
- VV.AA. - Lethe.Voice Festival Vol 2 00/10/4-9 (2001, Pale-Disc, --) track: Untitled
- VV.AA. - CT Location Volume 1 (2001, CT Collective, NEMO 013-1) tracks: 3:36 AM, Taikyokuken, Free Market In Shimokita
- VV.AA. - Phonography.org: Compositions Using Field Recordings 2 (2002, phonography.org, pho/cc2) track: Yukidoke
- VV.AA. - Toxic Girls! Nightmare For (13) Unlucky Boystars (2002, Tsunami-Addiction, TA001) track: Oohhoo, 1,2 Jump
- VV.AA. - Try Again (2002, Tsunami-Addiction, T-A 01) tracks: Try Again, Try Again
- VV.AA. - 60" Somewhere / 60" Somewhere Else (2002, Throat, hz3 / hz4) track: Untitled
- VV.AA. - bufferFuct (2002, microsound.org, --) track: Fffuct_Final002
- VV.AA. - Star 6789 (2002, Centuries, ce01) track: Merry_Go_Round
- VV.AA. - If Opera's Not Your Thing: 2002 Northern California Noise Festival (2002, Super Art Media, --) track: Strawberries-7 (Chachi Jones Remix) (w/ Chachi Jones)
- VV.AA. - On How A Picture Can Sound (2003, Homemade Avantgarde, har.mp3.002) track: Snow Dream
- VV.AA. - The Audible Still-Life: Sonic Planar Analysis 02 (2003, Stasisfield, SF-CD201) tracks: DD (Dream Of The Dog), Bookshelf (The Titles Of Visible Books)
- VV.AA. - 1 Minute (2003, UMU, UMCD-005) track: Nami
- VV.AA. - Grain: A Compilation Of 99 Short Tracks (2003, Dot Dot Dot Music, ddd003) track: Untitled
- VV.AA. - Another Kind Of Language: Dedicated To Andrei Tarkovsky (2003, and/OAR, and/10) track: Mirror
- VV.AA. - Two Point Two (2003, 12k / Line, 12k1026 / LINE_016) track: Air.Aif
- VV.AA. - Remuzik (2004, Intikrec, INR-005) track: Signbossa
- VV.AA. - Costarring From Cherry Farm 01 (2004, Cherry Music, farm 01) tracks: Four Corner Of Woods, Alarm Clock (w/ Asuna)
- VV.AA. - Cyclic Defrost Presents: Interesting Music From Australia (2005, Cyclic Defrost, CYCLICD1/2) track: Manufacturing Content (w/ Lawrence English)
- VV.AA. - 35 Mutant Seconds: Based On Rafael Toral's Creamy Burst (2005, Grain Of Sound / Baskaru / Fonoteca Municipal De Lisboa, gos016 / karu:3 / --) track: RTR
- VV.AA. - Forms (2006, Intikrec, INR-007) track: Uto Uto (w/ Ryan Francesconi)
- RF - Springs Re:Makes And Mixes Of RF (2006, Odd Shaped Case, OSC 2002-2) track: Tears
- VV.AA. - Yasujiro Ozu - Hitokomakura (2007, and/OAR, and/26) track: Tooi Soba
- VV.AA. - Mind The Gap Volume 70 (2007, Gonzo Circus, GC089) track: Passepass
- Hypo - Deluxe Edition Archival Recordings 2000-2007 (2007, Intikrec, INR-009) track: Memex (w/ Hypo)
- Skoltz_Kolgen - Silent Room (2007, SK Factory, SK001) tracks: Drifting, Chamber (14 tracks)
- VV.AA. - Rhythm (2007, Cherry Music / Gruenrekorder, cherry-003 / Gruen 050) track: Rain Clock
- VV.AA. - Summer Tour Remix Vol #1 (2007, Anticipate Recordings, --) track: 07to08
- VV.AA. - Atlantic Waves 2007 Festival Sampler (2007, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Wire Magazine, CGFCD107-2) track: Another Uta Tane
- VV.AA. - Ambient Not Not Ambient (2008, Audio Dregs, ADR 069) track: Nst
- VV.AA. - Sound Canvas - Compilation Of Sound Art, Minimal And Improvised Music | Part 1 (2008, Mikroton Digital, MD 1) track: Short Windy
- VV.AA. - 88 Tapes (2008, Kesh Recordings, 0088) track: Long Long Time Ago
- VV.AA. - Send + Receive: 10 Years Of Sound (2009, Send + Receive Editions, --) track: (2008)
- VV.AA. - Colorfield Variations (2009, Line, LINE_038) track: Flirting 07121602
- VV.AA. - 2 | Favourite,Places (2009, Audiobulb Records, AB026) track: The Town
- Hypo - Coco Douleur (2010, Tsunami-addiction, TA-LP04) tracks: Sic Slac (w/ Hypo, Nobuko Hori), Porque Ram Ram (w/ Hypo), Go Faya (w/ Hypo, Yama Boy)
- VV.AA. - Note Of Seconds - Schole Compilation Vol. 2 (2010, Schole, SCH-015) track: Ma Ba Ta Ki (w/ Daisuke Miyatani)
- Autistici - Autistici Reworked: Resonating Wires (2010, Audiobulb, AB032) track: Tide Ride
- VV.AA. - V-p V-f Is V-n - cs02 (2010, Winds Measure Recordings, wm20) tracks: 01, 02
- VV.AA. - Tasogare: Live In Tokyo (2011, 12k, 12k2019) track: Untitled (w/ Hofli)
- VV.AA. - For Nihon (2011, Unseen Records, Unseen004) track: Lightlit
- VV.AA. - Air Texture Volume II (2012, Air Texture, AIR002) track: Hovering
- Ghost And Tape - Home (2012, Schole, SCH-024) track: Pere IV (Sawako Remix)
- VV.AA. - Joy - Schole Compilation Vol.3 (2013, Schole, SCH-029) track: Day Light Dream (w/ Daisuke Miyatani)
- VV.AA. - Ftarri Third Anniversary Vol. 5 (2015, Meenna, meenna-884) track: dp
- VV.AA. - Andrei Tarkovsky - Another Kind Of Language (2015, and/OAR, and/44) track: Mirror
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Winds Measure Recordings Catalogue:
here
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Links:
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Winds Measure Recordings
