Electronics – Utah Kawasaki. Instruments – Takahiro Kawaguchi. Mastered By – Taku Unami. Photography By – Ujin Matsuo.

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Before listening to Takahiro Kawaguchi and Utah Kawasaki's Amorphous Spores, one first experiences Hirozumi Takeda's beautiful design for the album. The photographs that adorn the packaging are alluring precisely for how they draw out specific qualities from various objects-the shape of the mushrooms, the contrast in color between them and the dirt, the general form and movement of the leaves-and bring them to the forefront via thoughtful framing. When one lifts the disc from its tray, an upside down mushroom is revealed. It's unexpected and equal parts charming and hilarious. It all captures the essence of Amorphous Spores perfectly and acts to prepare one for engaging with the music. When "12:32" begins, a low rumbling is heard.

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So, James has once again produced an incredible album that evokes a strong sense of place and finds the beauty in our often times ugly reality. 3. Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls. Frozen Niagara Falls is the sound of Dominick Fernow grappling with romance and religion against the backdrop of a frostbitten urban hellscape. If you make it through the subdued intro of Amorphous Spores, you will be rewarded with some of the most mind-bending EAI to be crafted in years. The marriage of Kawaguchi's homemade instruments and Kawasaki's electronics has resulted in something playful and seriously far out, at least to my ears. 5. Ikue Mori - In Light of Shadows.

They're presented as is below: About Production of "Amorphous Spores".

1 Untitled 12:32 2 Untitled 10:59 3 Untitled 4:17 4 Untitled 10:01 5 Untitled 5:20. Design – Hirozumi Takeda Electronics – Utah Kawasaki Instruments – Takahiro Kawaguchi Mastered By – Taku Unami Photography By – Ujin Matsuo Producer – Jon Abbey. Recorded in the summer of 2015 at Ftarri and Pool, Tokyo.

Amorphous Spores Takahiro Kawaguchi/Utah Kawasaki. Three Exercises Devin DiSanto/Nick Hoffman. Severe Liberties Kevin Parks/Vanessa Rossetto. Parazoan Mapping Éric La Casa/Taku Unami. Schwarze Riesenfalter Graham Lambkin/Michael Pisaro. Matterings Jeph Jerman/Tim Barnes. The Abyss Kevin Drumm/Jason Lescalleet. Teatro Assente Taku Unami/Takahiro Kawaguchi. 2 seconds/b minor/wave Michael Pisaro/Taku Sugimoto. Keith Rowe/Radu Malfatti. Air Supply Graham Lambkin/Jason Lescalleet. motubachii Annette Krebs/Taku Unami. Musik: Ein Porträt In Sehnsucht Burkhard Stangl/Kai Fagaschinski. Soba To Bara Ami Yoshida/Toshimaru Nakamura.

Album of the Week Top Ten Tuesday TTT Results Spreadsheet. Wed. Essential Album of the Week Last. fm thread: What have you been listening to? Thu. Throwback Thursday. Merzbow & Maurizio Bianchi - Amalgamelody (this is newer and is what I've been playing the most. Takahiro Kawaguchi, Utah Kawasaki - Amorphous Spores (though I'm not sure if this really fits noise). Wold - Screech Owl. Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind.

Amorphous Spores’ is the name of the Takahiro Kawaguchi & Utah Kawasaki’s debut release together (out on Erstwhile Records), and it serves as a near perfect description for their music. Made by bonding Kawaguchi’s air horns and home-made appliances with Kawasaki’s electronic devices, the two are able to blend familiar ingredients but make them grow into something strikingly strange, dramatic and often beautiful.