Thrilling Japanese death poetry in Hi Fi entering a new fourth world sonic spectrum
Clive Bell: Shakuhachi flute, pi saw and khene mouth organ
Dave Ross: Droscillator, modular synths, various wind and string instruments
Richard Scott: sampler, modular synths and analogue electronics
David Sylvian: vocals, field recordings and artwork/photography
Kazuko Hohki: Japanese voice
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...) and collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, Holger Czukay and Jon Hassell amongst others) - 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.
File under: electronica, spoken word, fourth world, sound art, shakuhachi, dub, minimal, ambient, abstract, and good music
Recommended if you like: David Sylvian, Japanese poems, Jon Hassell, Pan Sonic, Laraaji, Brian Eno, excellent music
TRACKLIST:
A1. Upon This Fleeting Dream
A2. I Borrow Moonlight
A3. Throughout The Frosty Night
A4. My Coming, My Going
A5. If I leave No Trace
B1. The Cicada's Song
B2. Kaite Mitari
B3. Cherry Blossoms Fall
B4. A Poppy Blooms
B5. Empty Handed
