"The peculiar thing is that the terrain of the music – the sounds and melodies of the two instruments – do not on the surface listen vary that much, and yet the listener feels as though they have travelled an expanse within it. Much like meditation, where focusing on the process of mind itself can reveal greater depths than the most extravagant thoughts, the album explores the absolute depths of the instruments and modes of music Lyall and Machida are operating in."
- William Patrick Owen, Folk Radio UK/KLOF Magazine
credits
released April 30, 2020
Yoshio Machida : steelpans, gamelan, metal slit drums
Cal Lyall : 5-string banjo
Recorded by Yoshio Machida at Smallaxe, Yokohama (2016-2017)
Mixed by Cal Lyall and Yoshio Machida at Subvalent Studios, Tokyo and Smallaxe, Yokohama (2018)
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering, Montréal (2019)
Vinyl Cut by Fred Alstadt at Ångström Mastering, Brussels (2019)
Photos by Beata Szparagowska, Finland, USA, Belgium, Italy, Poland, France (2013-2017)
Artwork by Isabelle Vigier, Amsterdam, summer 2019
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