Label: Observatoire - obs049

ロシア拠点のサウンドアート系レーベルObservatoireの2014年新作。90年代始めから活動を続けているベテランMichael Northamのソロとしては2年振りとなるCD作品。氏の特徴でもあるサウンドスケープを素材にした作品の様ですが、所謂フィールドレコーディングもの、またアブストラクトな音響ではなく、かなり音楽的(?)な構築が上手い具合にハマった意欲作。限定200。

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An enigmatic new record from Michael Northam* tracing a reorientation process of moving from over a decade of nomadic life across Europe (2001-2013) to settling into rural life in the unique bioregion that is Southern Oregon. The tracks are improvisations recorded in distinct locations, each carrying a certain feeling-seed of this movement between September 2012 and September 2013. From resplendent Villa Waldberta in Bavaria to a humble shack along South Pacific Highway in Jackson County, Oregon. Guided by a series of visionary experiences regarding time, space and ever waking-up process of the everyday. These recordings transmit through their vibrations an ever shifting reorientation that everyone must learn to navigate one day or another…