HB24 : Hakobune : Away from the Lunar Waters

There are two editions:

CD edition of 200 packaged in a digipak. The first 50 copies included a bonus 3" CDr and came packaged in a handmade fabric sleeve (these are now sold out).

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Digital edition via Bandcamp

Released: February 2011.

Photography by Keiichi Kondo.

Details:

Returning to Hibernate Records with a full album we welcome back Hakobune for whom in November 2009 we released a 3" Cdr ep called 'Isohel'. To date Hakobune has also had releases on U-Cover, Symbolic Interaction, Waterscape Install and his own label Tobira Records.

The man behind this project is Takahiro Yorifuji, born in a small town in Hyogo, Japan but now residing in Kyoto.

Yorifuji's music is characterised by the beautifully textured sonic landscapes he creates with his guitar. With this as the foundation of 'Away From The Lunar Waters', Yorofuji ran his improvised performances through pedals and recorded to a multi-track tape recorder. All the material on the album was recorded between the 28th October and the 2nd of November at Studio Kyoto, Japan. The result is a blissful shimmering arrangement of detailed drones, all the while punctuated by delicate jittering guitar fragments.

(Words: Harry Towell)

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