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Hiroyuki Ura, Zhu Wenbo

JYunishi (Tape)

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*40 copies limited edition* Hiroyuki Ura currently performs as a solo (composition & improvisation) and in collaboration with various artists both Japanese and foreign. Zhu Wenbo is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who is dedicated to "music that doesn't sound like music". and he has released「Four Lines and Improvisation」on Aloe Records.

Hiroyuki Ura and Zhu Wenbo collaborate across Tokyo and Beijing. This is a new album by the two musicians, who have been exchanging recordings and re-creating them using the "tape loop" method of composition. The two have been creating music using this "tape loop" method for several years now, but in a slightly different way. Side A of the cassette features Hiroyuki Ura processing Zhu's sound material, and side B vice versa. They have known each other for many years and this is their first album together. 


Details
Cat. number: ALOE-003
Year: 2024

Format

Hiroyuki Ura 浦裕幸 used 4-track cassette recorder and loop-tapes with Zhu Wenbo’s sound materials, including field recordings, mandola, tenor recorder, sine tones and percussion.

Zhu Wenbo 朱文博 used portable cassette players, loop-tapes, microphone and mixer with Hiroyuki Ura’s sound materials, including field recordings, mandolin, guitar and percussion.

Tracklist
A1Hitsuji 未04:35
A2Ushi 丑08:09
A3Tori 酉01:39
A4Tatsu 辰10:05
A5Saru 申01:55
A6U 卯01:00
B1Mi 巳01:05
B2Uma 午08:08
B3Tora 寅07:11
B4I 亥06:06
B5Inu 戌02:03
B6Ne 子00:53