cubic music is proud to announce the release of Kyo Ichinose's
second album "lontano".
"lontano" is Ichinose's second album following his impressive
debut album "The Machieneries of Joy - Yorokobi no Kikai" (2002,
current/ directed by Yoshihiro Hanno).
"lontano" is an Italian word which means "from a distance" and
also be used as an instruction "play as if heard from a distance/like
echoes" in classical scores.
"I always wish if the sound could be free from cheap and common"emotions" and be heard from somewhere beautiful and far
beyond."
You will know that he successfully reflected the desire on his opus
after you went through the atmosphere that reminds us of humidity
of black forest, or rumbling from deep inside of the sea.
Ichinose smartly packed two different approaches - one is
structured by classical strings based on accurate scores, the other
is textured with modern electronica/ambient flavors.
Going through his career from installations in public spaces to
compositions for TV commercials, Ichinose brushed up his way of
sublimation of sensuous images to composition.
It can be said that "lontano"is not only an intimate snapshot of
Ichinose's existing worldview, also a monumental work which
points wonder of openness and sincerity of music which cannot be
covered with simplistic categorize or cheap tricks. |
