Masahiro Takahashi – Flowering Tree, Distant Moon (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 38:48 minutes | 337 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
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Japanese multi-instrumentalist Masahiro Takahashi’s latest album is a meditation on seasons and distance, recorded in isolation at his temporary home studio in Toronto. Following “the coldest winter I have ever experienced,” he began crafting hushed, lush vignettes of color wheel electronics with an array of software synthesizers, granular samplers, plug-in FX, MIDI controllers, and a shruti box.
The songs sway, shimmer, and unspool in sparkling arcs, between reverie and lullaby, inspired variously by blooming apple trees, gagaku music, the “nostalgia of immigrants,” and longing for home. Flowering Tree, Distant Moon moves from soothing to surreal, a swirl of quiet melody and imagined landscapes, as transportive for its listeners as its maker: “I dreamt of places outside my room and traced the music from my memories.”
Tracklist:
01. Masahiro Takahashi – Torch Dance (05:54)
02. Masahiro Takahashi – Spring at Home (04:03)
03. Masahiro Takahashi – Frog into the Pond (03:09)
04. Masahiro Takahashi – Forget me not (02:38)
05. Masahiro Takahashi – Touji (03:30)
06. Masahiro Takahashi – Yellow Sunset (03:10)
07. Masahiro Takahashi – Endless Thought (02:04)
08. Masahiro Takahashi – Dripping Rain (06:08)
09. Masahiro Takahashi – Moon Rabbit (04:14)
10. Masahiro Takahashi – Pray (03:53)
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