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ILLUHA
Tobira (clear vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
12K US
Cat: 12K 2058. Rel: 16 Oct 23
Ambient/Drone
| Side 1 - Track 1. Mukaemizu |
| Side 1 - Track 2. Roji |
| Side 1 - Track 3. Tsukubai |
| Side 2 - Track 1. Nijiriguchi |
| Side 2 - Track 2. Monkou |
Corey Fuller and Tomoyoshi Date are the Illuha duo but for this new Tobira album they link with percussionist Tatsuhisa Yamamoto. He is a skilled drummer who has worked alone on Black Truffle but has also collaborated with Jim O'Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, Keiji Haino, Phew and Oren Ambarchi among others. This new record focusses on electro-acoustic sounds that are run through with all manner of precise sonic details and are carried by Yamamoto's unique playing style and singular sense of groove which were recorded over two sessions. That playing style finds him playing very lightly with closely mic'ed drums so plenty of softness is captured and then interwoven with layers of Rhodes, piano, distant synths and metallic murmurations.