Hidemi
by Patrick Shiroishi
- Type: Album
- Released: 29 October 2021
- Label: American Dreams
- Country: United States
- Length: 25:48
- Community rating: 3.59/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Constructed as a deeply personal tribute to his Japanese-American grandfather's experience in World War II internment camps, this solo saxophone project is a staggering feat of looping. Shiroishi utilizes multi-tracking to layer various woodwind instruments over each other, building overwhelmingly dense, chaotic walls of sound that suddenly drop into mournful, isolated melodies. It stands as a profound, historically charged masterclass in avant-garde composition.
Genres
Descriptors: technical, complex, repetitive, instrumental, melodic, polyphonic, avant-garde
Tracklist
- Beachside Lonelyhearts (3:57)
- Tule Lake Like Yesterday (3:24)
- Jellyfish in the Sky (2:28)
- What Happens When People Open Their Hearts (2:46)
- Stand Up and Let Us Go and Witness This Ourselves (1:46)
- To Kill a Wind-Up Bird (3:04)
- Without the Threat of Punishment There Is No Joy in Flight (2:59)
- The Dowager's Clipped Wings (2:36)
- The Long Bright Dark (2:44)
Credits
- Jimenez Lai - artwork