{"id":17245,"date":"2021-03-09T11:44:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T11:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=17245"},"modified":"2021-03-09T19:09:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:09:38","slug":"masayoshi-fujita-details-new-album-release-bird-ambience-and-shares-first-single-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=17245","title":{"rendered":"Masayoshi Fujita details new album release, Bird Ambience<\/em>, and shares first single ‘Thunder’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: \u00d6zge C\u00f6ne<\/p><\/div>\n

There’s a new album on the way from Japanese master vibraphonist, multi-percussionist, and composer Masayoshi Fujita<\/a>. Entitled Bird Ambience<\/em>, it follows his 2018’s Book Of Life<\/em>. Drawing from influences he’d kept separate until now, his acoustic solo recordings, the electronic dub releases under his El Fog moniker, and his experimental improvisations, Bird Ambience<\/em> sees Fujita embrace a new sonic direction. Unlike previous works where the vibraphone was the signature instrument, on his upcoming album the marimba takes centre stage alongside drums, percussion, synths, effects and tape recorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way of playing the marimba is similar to the vibraphone, so it was kind of a natural development for me and easier to start with, yet it sounds very different\u201d, Fujita explained. \u201cThe marimba bars are made with wood and it has a wider range than the vibraphone, which gives me a bigger sound palette with more possibilities. I play the instrument with bows and mallets, and sometimes manipulate it with effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fujita also commented on his approach to improvisation:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI prioritised trying to capture the wonder which happens during those occasional magic improv moments. Sometimes the mic-ing and placement of instruments was pretty rough; things weren\u2019t perfect and everything was done quickly, but it turned out as the final recording. Overall when I couldn\u2019t decide between two takes, I told myself to go with the first.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bird Ambience<\/em> arrives on May 28th through Erased Tapes<\/a> and we can already hear the gorgeous and delicate lead single ‘Thunder’. The track was inspired by Anna Akhmatova’s poem You Will Hear Thunder<\/em>. The single comes with a fittingly stunning video directed and shot by Ryo Noda in the mountains near Hyogo where Fujita now lives.<\/p>\n