Label: IIKKI

2020年に米Important RecordsのサブカセットレーベルCassaunaからソロ音源を出版していた1992年新潟県生まれの作家Akhira Sano。フランスの人気レーベルIIKKIよりリリースした2023年作[Shadow's Praise]を入荷。ドローイング・アーティストとしても活動しており、形の不完全さや不規則性に焦点を当てその視点から音作りも行っている模様。寂れた点描サウンドがポツリポツリとランダムに出現する、どこか埃っぽいテクスチャーが美しくとても印象的。アルバムとしてのトラック編成も見事な一枚。CD版は限定200。マーブルヴァイナル仕様にて限定300部。







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• Cutting lacquer
• 12’’ marble (crystal, silver and white) vinyl
• Selective silver pantone on the sleeve
• Matt laminated outer sleeve on 300 gm paper, white inner
• Hand numbered / Limited edition to 300 copies
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"Shadow’s Praise" is the result of the dialogue between the Japanese musician Akhira Sano and the French photographer David Nissen initiated by IIKKI, between December 2022 and March 2023.

the complete project works in two physical imprints:
a book and a disc (vinyl/cd)
it should be experienced in different ways :
the book read alone
the disc listened to alone
the book and the disc read and listened to together.

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Akhira Sano was born in 1992 in Niigata, Japan. Artist. Focusing on the imperfections and irregularities of form and sound, he creates, observes, records, and extends them secondarily through drawing, graphics, installation, videography, and music composition.
His major works include "Penetrating, For Filtration" (Important Records, 2019), "Particle Dialogue - Observation and Recording" (The Trilogy Tapes, Inc. 2022), and major solo exhibitions include "Perspectives of Possibility" (FAITH, 2021) and "mē on - Seeing the Absent" (TOH, 2022).