Label: LAAPS - 004

フランスIIKKIのサブレーベルLAAPS。この人気レーベルの第四弾として発表されたのは、IIKKIの1stタイトルにして個人的大推薦作でもある[Stills]を制作したサンフランシスコ異色のコンポーザーDanny Clayの新作！！チェロ、ハルモニウム、ビオラ、バイオリン奏者を招き、自身はターンテーブル、エレクトロニクス、そしてコーラスで参加、[Stills]でも聴かせたあの独特の歪みやアナログノイズ、物音などを絡め、室内楽、現代音楽、アンビエントの進化系として提示した2編からなる[Ocean Park]を収録。何と本作のCD版も廃盤間近との事。200部限定。



Danny Clay is a composer / general noise maker from Ohio, now living in San Francisco. Chamber music, open forms, found objects, analog media, digital errata, toy instruments, and everything in between are his artistic guidance.

Whose work is deeply rooted in curiosity, collaboration, and the sheer joy of making things with people of all ages and levels of artistic experience. He builds worlds of inquiry, play, and perpetual discovery that integrate elements of sound, movement, theater, and visual design. Children's games, speculative systems, cognitive puzzles, invented notation, found objects, imaginary archives, repurposed media, micro-improvisations, and happy accidents all make frequent appearances in his projects.

Recent collaborators include Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, Third Coast Percussion, Volti, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Wu Man, Sarah Cahill, Phyllis Chen, and printmaker Jon Fischer. His work has been performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP), Ensemble Dal Niente, and has been presented in a bunch of various Museums, Foundations and Art Centers. throughout US.

After 2 years since his last solo release he come back with "Ocean Park" , a masterpiece evolving between ambient, chamber music and contemporary music.