| “Atmosphere and gravity lean into each other. They are simultaneously expansive, and anchoring. They hold us, and lend a sense of perspective. They provide a stability and a knowingness which is essential in the absolute, and yet we can’t help but find ourselves gazing upward, outward and reaching towards that which sits outside those things and ways we know. Selene is a record about that this lingering desire for that which sits beyond. It is work that seeks new perspectives snatched from familiar vistas, and it meditates on that sense of anchor and perspective. The work is also a speculative hymn to the visions of the celestial zones that spill ever outward. These visions, once merely what we could perceive with the naked eye are now so much more. Our mind’s eye is fed in equal parts by radio telecopy, filmic dreams and fiction renders of a place most of us will never know first-hand. This recording ties into a linage that reaches back, while stretching forward. It is just one story of so many, told across places, across cultures, across generations. It sits in the in-between of before and after, and in that moment invites us to situate ourselves and lean into it.” Review from the publisher http://www.temporaryresidence.com |
| AKIRA KOSEMURA & LAWRENCE ENGLISH Selene May 31, 2024 |
I have recently bought this album [Vinyl] in my ongoing search for “atmospheric” compositiions, music that feeds my hunger for slowing, silence, stillness, solitude. I have a growing collection on CD, Vinyl and streaming services – and video – but this is one I bought on the back of Lawrence English being a Brisbane based and well known and respected artist/composer. It is well worth the investment of time to listen and the money to buy. His partnership with Akira Kosemura was bound to have a strong outcome as Japanese compositions in this genre are in general, remarkable. Highly recommended. Peter Breen.
Lawrence English is an Australian composer, artist, and curator from Brisbane. His work is broadly concerned with the politics of perception, specifically he is interested in the nature of listening, and sounds’ capability to occupy the body. He is the director of the imprint Room40, started in 2000. Wikipedia
Born: 1975 (age 49 years), Brisbane
Record labels: Room40, Crónica Electrónica
Genres: French Indie, Dance/Electronic, Natural sounds
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