Pocco by CHAM / PHANTOM MUSIC
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Artist's notes:
I live two hours drive northwest of Tokyo, and my studio is at the foot of a mountain inhabited by spirits. A further hour away from there is a forest at the foot of a famous active volcano. It's just an oddball place to live! I'm better known as a house DJ under another alias in Japan. But it is necessary for me to get balance. After the party is over I like to spend time alone. I like to walk the dog and listen to the sounds of the forest. Cham is there in such day-to-day. And this is something that is in the most inner surface of my musical multiple personality. This work was influenced by the ringing sound of the forest inhabited by me, and also the voice of animals that live there in the background. The feature of this music is determined by moment and consciousness, and it leads to a deeper musical experience. Longform Editions has made me remember this.
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Has released numerous works, mainly on the independent label PHANTOM MUSIC. Extremely personal fusions created through experimentation with life and the senses in the forest life. Ambient music, sometimes like imaginary folk music, but with a structure different from any other kind of music, 'music that only exists here'.