{"product_id":"frkwys14","title":"FRKWYS Vol. 14: Tashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends - Nue","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCAT: FRKWYS14\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease Date:\u003cbr\u003e September 28, 2018 (digital)\u003cbr\u003e September 28, 2018 (physical)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposer \u003cstrong\u003eTashi Wada\u003c\/strong\u003e has performed for years with his father \u003cstrong\u003eYoshi Wada\u003c\/strong\u003e—artist, composer, and early member of the Fluxus movement. However, they have rarely appeared together in studio settings. \u003cem\u003eNue\u003c\/em\u003e, the fourteenth entry in RVNG Intl.’s intergenerational FRKWYS series, finally brings Tashi and Yoshi, along with an eclectic group of close friends and extended family, together on tape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNue\u003c\/em\u003e draws on aspects of Tashi’s background for his widest vision to date—among them the minimalist bagpipe music of Yoshi, who co-composed three of the tracks, the psychoacoustic and perceptual explorations of his mentor, composer \u003cstrong\u003eJames Tenney\u003c\/strong\u003e, and reimagined forms of ancient and devotional music. The album, however, is not a tribute to the past or a recapitulation of familiar sounds. Instead, \u003cem\u003eNue\u003c\/em\u003e is an intertwining of people and ideas as a means of growing, of looking inward to move outward, and of looking back to move forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo achieve this growth, Tashi assembled a core group of fellow travelers, including Yoshi, composer \u003cstrong\u003eJulia Holter\u003c\/strong\u003e, producer \u003cstrong\u003eCole MGN\u003c\/strong\u003e, and percussionist \u003cstrong\u003eCorey Fogel\u003c\/strong\u003e, to give life to this multifaceted suite. As an experience, \u003cem\u003eNue\u003c\/em\u003e subtly navigates the interactions, intimacy and spaciousness of this group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album’s title itself is a nod to Tashi’s abiding interest in duality and the unknown: \u003cem\u003enue\u003c\/em\u003e is a mythological Japanese chimera with the face of a monkey, the legs of a tiger, and a snake for a tail, a composite form, at once disturbing and otherworldly. But, as the composer points out, nue is also French for naked—stripped of complexity, bare and exposed, but also raw and essential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the doubling of tones—and the world of harmonic nuances such an action produces—to the rich interplay between individual musicians, all baring their own personalities and experiences through shared performance, Tashi’s compositions allow space for these elements to join and grow. The multipartite creature that is an ensemble melds in the simplicity and purity of the music itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs explained by Tashi, each part was written with an individual in mind, not simply an instrument. And each individual performer makes their mark, from Holter’s vocal performances on the cresting, oceanic “Mutable Signs” and “Ondine” with guest vocalists \u003cstrong\u003eSimone Forti\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJessika Kenney\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLaura Steenberge\u003c\/strong\u003e, to Fogel’s resonant, precise percussion on “Bottom of the Sky.” Producer Cole MGN, who has worked extensively with artists like \u003cstrong\u003eBeck\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eAriel Pink\u003c\/strong\u003e, helped to create a world of sound with minimal yet multi-dimensional materials. Like many of its influences, \u003cem\u003eNue\u003c\/em\u003e uses deceivingly simple means to create complex, coherent worlds and narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTashi notes the influence of legendary Brazilian writer \u003cstrong\u003eClarice Lispector\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose work looked inward, investigating memory and emotion and dream, to understand the often overwhelming world outside the self. Like Lispector’s classic novel \u003cem\u003eNear to the Wild Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNue\u003c\/em\u003e cleaves these archetypal dualities—world\/self, old\/new, complex\/simple—to create a work that allows them to coalesce into something singular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Tashi states in his liner notes: “My desire was to create something both old and new sounding—ancient and futuristic—and ultimately something of its own world and other. \u003cem\u003eNue\u003c\/em\u003e is a vision, an endless night of dreams, and a personal history of sorts, full of joys and demons.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNue\u003c\/em\u003e was released on September 28, 2018 on LP, CD, and digital formats. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0026\/6993\/6709\/files\/updated_-_Tashi_Wada_Group_-_Spring_2019-01_large.png?v=1553541454\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ovuv96LY15M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5QguWBOE5oc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ogWuAWXy8Do\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRKWYS14","offers":[{"title":"DIGITAL - $9","offer_id":16607424675909,"sku":"FRKWYS14DIGI","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - $25","offer_id":13131136892997,"sku":"FRKWYS14LP","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD - $15","offer_id":13131136958533,"sku":"FRKWYS14CD","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0026\/6993\/6709\/products\/FRKWYS14-Digital-Cover-500px.png?v=1535219844","url":"https:\/\/igetrvng.com\/products\/frkwys14","provider":"RVNG Intl.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}