artist: JASON KAHN & TAKEFUMI NAOSHIMA
title: In A Room
label: Winds Measure Recordings
country: USA
format: CD
title: In A Room
label: Winds Measure Recordings
country: USA
format: CD
"In this recording Takefumi Naoshima and myself were trying to listen to the room as
something like an equal partner in the development of the music. In other playing
situations this is often not the case, as the musicians are rather listening to each other (or
themselves) first and foremost, with the performance space as an afterthought. And for this
reason we chose the title "In a Room".
Due to the fact that we played very softly and sparsely the sounds of the room and even
those from outside take on equal importance with the sounds we are making with our
instruments. In a sense, listening to the CD could be approached in a similar way, with the
volume of the playback somehow melding with the volume of the listening environment, so
that the recording doesn't dominate the listening environment -- just as our playing didn't
dominate the recording environment, but worked with it."
(Jason Kahn)
"As I mentioned on Richard's blog, I wasn't at all sure at first whether or not the pervasive,
fuzzy kind of hum one hears was triggered or, as he pointed out, the result of upping the
volume on the room ambiance. Subsequent listening convinced me of the latter. Well, it's
nice that when you title a release, "in a room", the room in question has an approximately
equal say in things as the two humans, which it does, along with some activity outside the
venue. In any case, a delightful recording, Kahn and Naoshima, often retreating entirely,
elsewhere erupting in swirls of rubbed and tapped percussion and mixing board, though the
latter is tougher to pinpoint apart from some ultrahigh skirling. Very enjoyable, rich
recording that fits right in with my room very comfortably." (Brian Olewnick)
something like an equal partner in the development of the music. In other playing
situations this is often not the case, as the musicians are rather listening to each other (or
themselves) first and foremost, with the performance space as an afterthought. And for this
reason we chose the title "In a Room".
Due to the fact that we played very softly and sparsely the sounds of the room and even
those from outside take on equal importance with the sounds we are making with our
instruments. In a sense, listening to the CD could be approached in a similar way, with the
volume of the playback somehow melding with the volume of the listening environment, so
that the recording doesn't dominate the listening environment -- just as our playing didn't
dominate the recording environment, but worked with it."
(Jason Kahn)
"As I mentioned on Richard's blog, I wasn't at all sure at first whether or not the pervasive,
fuzzy kind of hum one hears was triggered or, as he pointed out, the result of upping the
volume on the room ambiance. Subsequent listening convinced me of the latter. Well, it's
nice that when you title a release, "in a room", the room in question has an approximately
equal say in things as the two humans, which it does, along with some activity outside the
venue. In any case, a delightful recording, Kahn and Naoshima, often retreating entirely,
elsewhere erupting in swirls of rubbed and tapped percussion and mixing board, though the
latter is tougher to pinpoint apart from some ultrahigh skirling. Very enjoyable, rich
recording that fits right in with my room very comfortably." (Brian Olewnick)