Life Signs in Staccatissimo by Iku Sakan - Open Hand Real Flames [OHRF04D]

Life Signs in Staccatissimo

Iku Sakan

A 1 track ambient album (51m 51s) — released August 10th 2018 on Open Hand Real Flames

#electronic #ambient

Iku Sakan, originally from Osaka but now resident in Berlin, bridges both the Japanese and Western European experimental undergrounds. He has collaborated with Muneomi Senju of The Boredoms, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Sun Araw and Damo Suzuki. Last year he released the stunning LP "Prism In Us All" for Japan Blues, which was played by Fourtet in his "Essential Mix".

"Life Signs In Staccatissimo" is a single, 51 minute long track, showcasing Iku at his deepest and most hypnotic. I specifically requested Iku to record a long piece for the label, as I loved his music but wanted to know what would happen if there was a piece long enough to get totally immersed in. For me it occupies the same deep joyous zones as tracks by Eliane Radigue, Gas or William Basinski. A deep dive into something magical and otherwordly, there is nothing quite like it.

“part kalimba, part gamelan, part E2-E4 - and at the same time, none of them. A hypnotic, musical mantra, centring the spirit, and resonating with the harmonics of the spheres” - Phonica

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