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rec72 on 05/16/2010 at 08:00AM
NISEI23 Soft Shapes
nisei23’s album Soft Shapes is an overture of Drone-driven and melodic textures & rhythmic loops at the same time. It is product of over 3 years of work. nisei23’s music on this album is designed to be amorphous, shifting through time and space. Soft Shapes contains 19 Tracks, including extensive cover arts and release credits.
“It’s like a dream where everything is familiar but everything is different”, he confesses. The sounds on his album were carefully constructed from acoustic instruments and natural sounds which were manipulated and molded into drones, rhythmical loops and melodic patterns. The only exception was “Don’t Panic” which is entirely electronic. The melodies themselves are equally unconventional, sometimes with slow and subtle movements and other times making dramatic and unexpected twists.
Tracklist # Soft Shapes
01 Prologue (Horizontal Afternoon) 02 Gela Alta 03 I Am Siam 04 I Dreamt of Music 05 Sakura 06 Drowned in Space 07 Don’t Panic 08 Gymnopedie 1 09 Interlude VIII 10 Saturn Dreaming of Mercury
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Artist Info
nisei23 aka. Rob Allen is currently living in Bangkok and has been making music and visuals for many years. In april 2010 he will also be releasing his Bare Bones EP via Lona Records. Rob also contributed with his eclectic remix track I love Special K to the remix album Fragment – Consider Revising by label mate Radio Scotvoid (half of Small Radio duo).
Websites
Official Website of nisei23/ nisei23 visual works on vimeo / nisei23 photography at flickr
