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by Sam Gendel
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 October 2022
- Label: Leaving
- Country: United States
- Length: 52:01
- Community rating: 3.81/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded in a cabin in Oregon, the prolific saxophonist overlays his signature processed horn melodies onto traditional Japanese sashiko embroidery patterns. The resulting compositions blur the lines between avant-garde jazz improvisation and minimalist, lo-fi ambient textures.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, lo-fi, technical, experimental, improvisation, minimal, acoustic, electronic
Tracklist
- Tate-jima (縦縞, vertical stripes) (2:39)
- Tate-waku (竪沸く, rising steam) (5:14)
- Hishi-igeta (菱井桁, parallel diamonds or crossed cords) (2:37)
- Shippō (七宝, seven treasures of the Buddha) (3:46)
- Toridasuki (鳥襷, interlaced circles of two birds) (3:02)
- Fundō (分銅, counterweights) (7:02)
- Kōshi (格子, checks) (3:46)
- Amime (網目, fishing nets) (5:16)
- Uroko (鱗, fish scales) (2:54)
- Hishi-moyō (菱模様, diamonds) (3:46)
- Kagome (籠目, woven bamboo) (3:36)
- Nakamura kōshi (中村格子, plaid design of the Nakamura family) (1:15)
- Yarai (矢来, bamboo fence) (2:20)
- Yoko-jima (横縞, horizontal stripes) (4:43)
Credits
- Sam Gendel - primary artist, design
- Craig Weinrib - drum programming, engineer
- Matthew David McQueen - mastered by