POSTCARDS by THE KYOTO CONNECTION

SKU127318
ArtistTHE KYOTO CONNECTION
TitlePOSTCARDS
LabelTEMPLES OF JURA
Catalog #TEMPLELP004
Tag
ReleaseW 10 - 2023
FormatVinyl - EULP
Exclusive
 € 23,99 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. kansai
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/1._kansai-02.mp3
  2. dna
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/2._dna-01.mp3
  3. kamakura
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/3._kamakura-02.mp3
  4. mindscape
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/4._mindscape_-_lights-02.mp3
  5. inoue
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/5._inoue-02.mp3
  6. rain
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/6._rain-02.mp3
  7. tea house
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/7._tea_house-02.mp3
  8. suikinkutsu
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/8._suikinkutsu-02.mp3
  9. birds
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/9._birds-02.mp3
  10. wave notation
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/10._wave_notation-02.mp3
  11. postcards
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/11._postcards-01.mp3
  12. the matsuyama mirror
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/templelp004_postcards/12._the_matsuyama_mirror-01.mp3

Description

The original environmental album from the Kyoto Connection available on Vinyl for the very first time. The album was composed, produced and recorded by Argentinian producer Facundo Arena over the course of one month in early 2018. A classically trained pianist and analogue hardware obsessive, for this project Facundo wanted to move out of his comfort zone and compose the album purely using plugins and sequencing software on his iPad, running the songs directly onto tape, in this case his trusted 1978 Akai GXC-70D tape recorder.

Why an iPad? Facundo explains “In the 1980’s Japanese ambient producers experimented with hardware sequencers and computer sequencers on the Atari ST. Today thanks to IOS apps like Samplr, Korg Gadget and Fugue Machine it’s possible to experiment like the old days with new ways of composing and recording. Each track was recorded live into the Akai, so there were many takes to get the right result with each take recorded on the same cassette (recorded and erased over and over again) which helped to achieve an ‘old tape saturation’ effect”.

The image for the album is taken from an original 1960’s Japanese postcard featuring the famous Arashishama Bridge. The album is pressed on heavyweight 180 Gram Vinyl with sleeve design by Bradley Pinkerton.

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