Flagments of Paradise

by Taku Sugimoto

Flagments of Paradise cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 35:11
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A pioneering release in the Japanese Onkyo movement, composed entirely of stark, unhurried electric guitar improvisations. Taku Sugimoto demands intense focus, presenting an incredibly sparse, minimalistic, and deeply lonely nocturnal sound defined by pure free rhythm.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic, minimal, experimental, avant-garde, acoustic, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Improvisation (1:24)
  2. Last Letter (2:56)
  3. A Wispering Page (3:02)
  4. Prime Opere (3:37)
  5. Peter's Burg (An Advance Notice) (0:50)
  6. E (2:47)
  7. Rub Sand (1:42)
  8. Fragments Of Paradise (3:08)
  9. Blue (0:43)
  10. Birds Of Winter (3:28)
  11. Peter's Burg (3:18)
  12. Sub Rosa (1:46)
  13. Improvisation (2:52)
  14. A La Ligera II (3:38)

Credits

  • Taku Sugimoto - primary artist, electric guitar, piano
  • Hisao Mashida - electric guitar
  • Shigeru Yokoto - harmonica
  • Tetuzi Akiyama - viola, electric guitar
  • Fukuoka Rinji - piano

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