Label: Room40

伝統音楽からのインスピレーションを落とし込んだ激激高内容！！オーストラリアはメルボルンにて活動する女性音楽家Maria Molesが本国の人気レーベルRoom40より発表した2022年新作。フィリピン南部の伝統ゴング音楽"クリンタン"に着想を得た小気味良いミニマル・ドローン作で、その作曲技法にてシンセサイザー、パーカッション、テープループ、ドラムキットを演奏。各楽器の倍音を調和させた美しいレイヤー揺蕩う持続音、クリンタン音楽のリズムパターンを使い柔らかな響きの連なりを生み出すリチュアルなパーカッション演奏、一貫したミニマルな姿勢が貫かれた傑作。エンボススリーヴ仕様、インサートカードが付属。





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A Note from Maria Moles


'For Leolanda' was created during the lockdown in Melbourne 2020. Listening to and making music was healing and I'm very grateful I was able to create during that time.

Most of the pieces are inspired by listening to Kulintang music of the Philippines; some of the compositional techniques are applied to the combination of synthesizer, percussion, tape loops, and drum kit.

The name 'In Pan-as' refers to my grandfather's farm in Pilar that my mum regularly played at. The drum kit part is adapted from a rhythm I heard on a beautiful album 'Muranao Kakolintang - Philippine Gong Music'. The initial inspiration for this track struck me after a conversation on the phone with my mum, during which, out of the blue, she requested I spread her ashes on the farm Pan-as after she passed.
I realised I would never really know how that would feel until it happened, and I wondered what kind of ritual I would perform to help me celebrate the life of one of the dearest people to me. I thought that perhaps dancing to rhythms similar to this one would feel right.

The track 'Mansaka' was inspired by the Mansaka tribe in Compostela Valley, I fell in love with the music I heard from them. The piece developed into something entirely different, something that felt like me. Being a drummer, I usually compose from the drum kit as a starting point, but this album was an attempt at composing on the synthesizer and harmonically matching the overtones from singing bowls, bowed cymbals, and bells.