David Sylvian, Kazuko Hohki, Twinkle³
Upon This Fleeting Dream (LP)
LabelCortizonaGenreExperimental
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'On 'Upon This Fleeting Dream' Clive Bell's Twinkle3 embraces medieval and 16th-century Japanese poems and haiku about death and saying farewell. Bell and his trio, consisting of Dave Ross and Richard Scott, expand their sonic borders: bringing these pithy epigrams to a new Fourth World where electro-acoustic sounds glitches into a hypnagogic, if not the unconscious level of fragile beauty.
The distinctive voice of David Sylvian (ex-singer of Japan and known for his highly acclaimed solo work (Brilliant Trees, Secrets of The Beehive, Blemish...) - who reads the English version of the poems and created field recordings and the artwork for this album - blends in the most organic way with the shakuhachi, Thai reed flutes and mouth organs played by Clive Bell.
The narrative voices of David Sylvian and Kazuko Hohki's (Frank Chickens, Kahondo Style...) velvet timbre are the cornerstones of this compelling journey while the tangling and abstract rhythms transcending from Dave Ross' modular synths and Richard Scott's sampler and analogue electronics, unravel and unfold a mesmerizing universe with unknown dimensions and frequencies of a fleeting dream.
Recommended if you like: David Sylvian, Japanese poems, Jon Hassell, Pan Sonic, Laraaji, Brian Eno, excellent music.
Format
LP in printed innersleeve + insert.
| A1 | Upon This Fleeting Dream | 1:38 | |
| A2 | I Borrow Moonlight | 5:57 | |
| A3 | Throughout The Frosty Night | 2:28 | |
| A4 | My Coming, My Going | 3:08 | |
| A5 | If I Leave No Trace | 3:24 | |
| B1 | The Cicada's Song | 5:37 | |
| B2 | Kaite Mitari | 3:21 | |
| B3 | Cherry Blossoms Fall On A Half-Eaten Dumpling | 3:37 | |
| B4 | A Poppy Blossoms | 5:32 | |
| B5 | Empty-Handed I Entered The World, Barefoot I Leave It | 0:25 |
- Yoel Hoffmann
- Compiled By [Verses From Japanese Death Poems]
- Jef Cuypers
- Design [Sleeve], Layout
- David Ross
- Electronics [Droscillator], Synth [Modular Synths], Instruments [Various Wind And String Instruments], Producer [Produced By]
- Philippe Cortens
- Executive-Producer
- Gert Van Hoof
- Mastered By
- Richard Scott
- Producer [Produced By], Sampler, Synth [Modular Synths], Electronics [Analogue]
- Kazuko Hohki
- Read By [In English], Field Recording, Photography By [Cover]
- Twinkle³
- Read By [In Japanese]
- Clive Bell
- Shakuhachi, Reeds [Pi Saw], Khene [Mouth Organ]
