contact, by masaya kato

contact

by masaya kato

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about

Masaya Kato is an artist from Japan who has been active since 2011, with previous releases on Time Released Sound and Somehow Recordings.
Masaya’s influences tend to be from poetry as well as video and performing arts.

Typically his compositions will are born out of Fender Rhodes or Piano sketches along with additional sounds of magnetic noises. ‘Contact’ is an album which focuses on two elements: Fender Rhodes keys and layers of magnetic noise derived from tape reels, vinyl, 8mm film and VHS. Masaya has created a body of work that serves to relax, unrest and restore through passages of crackling, unassuming Rhodes drones.

The tone of Rhodes keys is typically an immediate rush of melody, instantly recognisable and usually used in soul, house and jazz genres for its deep tones. When used to create Ambient drones, the feint swells of decaying chords serve as the subtlest blend. Against the hiss, crackle and pop of the magnetic noise sounds, the minimalist melodic textures were created as Masaya has strived to extinguish his body into the empty air around him.
Contact is something that simply exists and seems to transcend time as if dozens of blank audio/visual recording mediums are combined, to reveal lulling caverns of light. If you’ve ever seen dust rise into a room when sunlight appears through partially open curtains, or puddles of water rippling in the rain, you’ll already know how this feels.

credits

released July 29, 2018

Written, produced and mastered by Masaya Kato
Artwork by Peter Nejedly

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Whitelabrecs England, UK

UK based experimental record label established in 2016, specialising in highly limited runs of vinyl-effect CDrs. We specialise in Ambient, Modern Classical and Electro Acoustic music.

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discography

wlr-t03

Dec 2019
Lowlands

Nov 2019
Timecuts

Nov 2019
Green Echo

Oct 2019

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