Photo: Ryo Noda

After enticing us with the beautiful and reverie-inducing ‘Tower of Cloud’, vibraphone wizard, multi-percussionist, and composer Masayoshi Fujita has unveiled today two celestial and delicate new singles, ‘Our Mother’s Lights’  and ‘Valley’, lifted from his much anticipated upcoming album, Migratory. ‘Our Mother’s Lights’ features composer, poet, vocalist and educator Moor Mother. “I love the creative work of Masayoshi”, she said. “To collaborate on such a beautiful composition is really exciting and I’m honoured for the world to hear it.” Fujita has also commented on the track:

“I didn’t intend to add any vocals to ‘Our Mother’s Lights’. But through some lovely encounters with Camae (Moor Mother), it just happened. And I’m glad that it did, because her voice and lyrics are so powerful and fit with the image of the song very well. She has just brought this song to another level.”

Speaking about ‘Valley’, Fujita says:

“I had this bowed marimba phrase idea whilst I was scoring a film last year. When I made this song, I envisioned clouds crawling over mountains and valleys from the point of view of a bird.”

Listen to both singles below and be sure to grab Migratory when it’s out on September 6th through Erased Tapes.