"La imposibilidad de tu nombre" by Peregrino soon at Ahora Eterno

A record inspired by Neoplatonism. The absloute and the silence. Lines of Angelus Silesius and the pseudo Areopagita guides to Peregrino. Piano and rhodes overlays.

Un rastro de luz que se filtra en el agua by Ahora Eterno Recordings

"Bells" reviewed by Beach Sloth

Hiroki Sasajima – Bells 7.2

"Bells” is an amplified form of life. All those tiny, almost insignificant noises you hear in your daily life are raised to a near-obscene volume. This is a giant sea of sound. Only the guitar reminds you that this is a composition, as its ambient quality makes the sound lean towards field recordings. Hiroki Sasajima allows the recording to evolve naturally, showing off the splendor and oftentimes elegance of the sound itself.

The transitions from one sound to the next are extraordinarily gradual. Eventually the amount of underlying tension breaks into elegant passages, such as the period around the ten minute mark where the background noises are blocked out for a vaguely classical drone. I’m heavily reminded of dark, isolationist work such as Illusion of Safety’s more recent work. “Bells” never gets outright violent or noisy, but the threat always exists for such an explosion of sound.

Around the twenty minute mark Bells gets tender. Tones slowly relax. Background noises become prevalent once more. Everything appears to slow down, to drop in intensity before the loud ending coda. What ends this album is a vibrating, near gong-like sound which sort of shocked me out of the complacency of the ten minutes of bliss.

Hiroki has an album which spans several different moods: from surreal to tense to mellow to an ending shock. Considering its short length and gradual passage (the album does move slowly) this is quite an accomplishment. “Bells” is best when played loud.

Beach Sloth

A review from ATTN:Magazine

Review: Hiroki Sasajima – Bells

Drones and tones are coaxed out of the rustle of field recordings in this 36-minute piece on Ahora Eterno

As the blur of tones mutates and blends between harmonic shapes, Bells changes from billowy ambient clouds into restless storms of noise, and then on into turbulent hums of microphone feedback. The presence of sound is a constant, but the atmosphere is not; one thing Sasajima accomplishes very effectively is the reconstruction of one landscape to form a juxtaposing one, and this 36-minute track is capable of feeling like music-centric drone at one moment and a toneless stretch of field recording the next.

Although some states are infinitely more intriguing than others. The combination of lo-fi crackles, phantom music boxes and deeply resonant drones during the first few minutes is a marvellous highpoint, only properly equalled by the rustles and soft murmurs that linger awkwardly at around the 25-minute mark. In contrast, the more explicitly “musical” sections (say, around 10 minutes in) break away into clichéd ambient harmonies, leaving Bells to gradually dissolve colourlessly into the air.

In fact, Sasajima seems to weaken once his stream of ambience rises into the higher frequencies. There’s a sense of resolve and freedom during these moments that renders the music without purpose, and Bells is at its most compelling when it rumbles and surges as though constantly fighting off the forces of gravity and silence. It’s here that the piece finds life and raison d’etre within the struggle and opposition.

ATTn: Magazine

"Bells" Preorder

We are really glad to announce that "Bells" by Hiroki Sasajima will be out. And the date will be August 10th. Shipping will be in that date. Those who buy "Bells" in preorder, will have and extra mini CD with "Tidelands", the track that Hiroki make to our future compilation, "Aurora".

Thanks to Hiroki Sasajima, Pedro Antivil Morgado, Julián Pedraza, Facundo Mataus and to everyone who support us.

We are very glad and proud!

Bells by Ahora Eterno Recordings

New record by Hiroki Sasajima

Bells by Ahora Eterno Recordings

“It presents a picture of me walking with Hiroki headwind in a field close to nothing. Like night, also appears to be near a route by traffic noise. In a moment it looks like rain and another seems to pass a train. The noise is constant. The combination of constant andsound recordings is perfect. I think Hiroki Sasajima walks through puddles.

It was a very good piece of work why is good at drawing on white paper. Evening Bell is the perfect title.

Hiroki I imagine abandoning any idea where he is recording all the sounds you hear. This is very good to use your imagination. With this work Art you can imagine many things.”

Written by Ignacio Tuxen - Bang at school when he was twelve years old.

"Evening Bell" by Hiroki Sasajima

Artwork from Evening Bell. Created and designed by BxAxDxG. This record will come with somre surpises: multimedia files and fisrt releases with an extra Cdr with new music.

Mastered by Pedro Antivil Morgado at Lefufu Estudio, Concepción, Chile

To listen some preview, follow the link:

http://soundcloud.com/ahora-eterno-recordings/evening-bell

Thanks for your support

Ahora Eterno

Sublamp – Wickerships – Ahora Eterno Records

Another delicious cocktail of sound here from Ryan Connor under his Sublamp guise, and a superb introduction for the Ahora Eterno label from Argentina if you’re not already aware of it.

Wistful drones and melancholy drifts of sound combine to make a compelling, enchanting and deeply beautiful collection of earthy organica. Similar to his previous and outstanding work for Dragon’s Eye this has a knack of sounding imperfect, yet perfect at the same time… the occasional hint of dissonance, a clashing note here and there, but always with a melodious feel that swathes everything in a very human warmth.

Sometimes guitar-based, sometimes electronic, the music is often accompanied by natural sound recordings and, in fact, my highlight of the album is the utterly magnificent ‘The Hauntingshell I’ which features a heavy dose of field recordings. Wind and clattering metal meld together to create a mini 5-minute narrative that allows the imagination to run riot picturing exactly where the recordings were taken. I favour a desolate arctic environment, although I could equally imagine a desert-scape with windswept dunes and rocky crags.

Whatever you picture in your own mind, be sure that this album is a refined, tightly honed object lesson in expansive, yet subtle sound design.

Beautiful and at times stark, this really is a majestic piece of work.

Posted in Reviews: Electronic, Reviews: Organic by remotethoughts on November 30, 2010