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10/12/2021 0 Comments

Iu Takahashi - Interspace (The Slow Music Movement)

WHAT YOUR EARS SAY & WHAT THE COVER LOOKS LIKE

WHAT WE SAY

If you need to wind down your week then Iu Takahashi's Interspace EP is finally out today in all its ambient, minimal, light of touch, precision soundscape glory. She really is cementing her position as one of the leading ladies in the overwhelmingly male Japanese ambient world.

Stream on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2VbA8iS39yqOChWVPxC0kA

WHAT THE RELEASE NOTES SAY

Japan has a long and fine history of ambient music, with environmental, minimal and kankyō ongaku music overlapping, fusing, evolving or regressing as the new generations of producers see fit. What unifies much of the work is an almost ubiquitous sensibility involving a lightness of touch. obsessive attention to detail and rare precision in sound placement, which makes much of the ambient works coming out of the country almost immediately identifiable 

Iu Takahashi: 

"All three tracks I created this time have a small number of notes. 
When I listen to ambient music, and when I turn down the volume, sounds of the outside world, such as the chirping of birds and insects, the sound of car engines and train brakes, will unexpectedly fuse with the music in my headphones. It gives me a different impression of the song, a change in the usual scenery, and a feeling of awareness and richness. 
Therefore, I created gaps (or blank spaces) in all three tracks. This is because I wanted to enjoy the coincidence with the outside sounds, rather than drowning them out." 

More about Iu (taken from her website): 

Born and raised in Kanagawa, Japan, iu takahashi is a sound artist based in Tokyo. She produces her own musical worldview mainly using synthesizers, ambient sounds, and voices. 

iu takahashi used to do her artist activities as a vocalist before, and now she has created mainly ambient music since 2018, provided her tracks to background music such as exhibitions and introduction videos. 

Inspired by Japanese ambient music such as Hiroshi Yoshimura and Satoshi Ashikawa, iu takahashi, too, creates beautiful works based on Japanese ambient music. 

And under the concept of soundscape, she always keeps in mind to deliver music that is considerate of the listener's thoughts and feelings, or music that is conscious of the unconscious mind.
  CreditsProduced by Iu Takahasi 

Website:  iutakahashi.com 
Bandcamp:  iutakahashi.bandcamp.com 
Youtube:  youtu.be/-L540x1j5xQ 
Twitter:  twitter.com/iutakahashi 
Instagram:  instagram.com/iu_takahashi 
Spotify:  open.spotify.com/artist/4UlECRY6JKXwdnZH6ESGuZ 
Apple Music:  music.apple.com/jp/album/depthscape/1536260248 
Soundcloud:  soundcloud.app.goo.gl/a2W7Ur35xk9sgVD69 

Artwork: Harriet Clare (www.harrietclare.com) 
Mastering: Ian Hawgood (www.homenormal.com)

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