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Bruit Direct Disques

KUDO, TORI - Gala-Kei

This work is based on a small inspiration by Kudo Tori, with additional material added from the voicemail recordings made by Hashizaka Ai (and her family) and from a Maher Shalal Hash Baz 30th anniversary show in Shinjuku, to make up three levels of sound.
Hashizakas sounds are full of the highly entropic sadness of northern Wakayama and Maher at Shinjuku sounds like they were a little angry.
Kudo-san says that he picked up a sense of blankness and kindness from these fragments. Something like the feeling you get at an out of the way bookstore that has a nice collection of books, or at a small cheap bar that features fried organ meat, or a bakery, or taking a long trip, or when youre extremely busy with cooking, cleaning, housework and child care, or other real experiences that make life worth living. - Geshi Nodoka .

"Japanese underground musician Tori Kudo has a recording career spanning five decades. During this time hes played with many bands; Guys & Dolls, noise drone group Worst Noise, the free improv ensemble�Ch�-SHIZU, and others. Kudo is also the founder of�Maher Shalal Hash Baz, the experimental rock band he forefronts with his partner Reiko Kudo.�



He has claimed this latest release,�ガラ刑GALAKEI,�is his �life work�. The 55 track concept album is made up of various layers of sound, built from a methodical sequence of communication and interpretation. Whenever a melody popped into Kudos head, he would record it on his old style cellular phone. He would then send the tune from his location in Tōon, Shikoku, to his friend Ai Geshi and her daughter Mari in Wakayama, who would record their own version of the melody. This was then sent back and forwarded to the Maher Shalal Hash Baz ensemble, who played and recorded their version in Tokyo. Kudo describesガラ刑GALAKEI�as a �postal piece� themed around �the possibility of the transmission of inspiration sources�, inspired by ideas of Derrida and James Tenney." - The Wire, Jan 2018.
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