Anitya by Chisato Ohori

Toaq features the use of a classical guitar, with a 7-beat rhythm incorporating percussion techniques learned while staying in Bahia, Brazil. The bird songs were recorded at dawn near a clear, beautiful Japanese lake. The glockenspiel is used to add accents to both the band and melody.

Tokinokaze and Night Blue are released as unedited recordings of improvised performances.
Quaic incorporates various developments and rhythms. The rhythmic section in the final part applies elements derived from percussion playing to the piano.

Reflection is the only track in this album recorded at 44.1k. It creates an effect reminiscent of shifting and reflecting the timing of an initially improvised recording. The unique texture, distinct from other tracks, is achieved through saturation obtained by passing the sound through various outboard equipment.

At the Crack of Dawn is inspired by the sunrise viewed from the fifth station of Mount Fuji. The performance imagines the speed at which the sun rises—very slowly yet surely ascending. The Earth’s rotation speed is immensely grand on a human timescale.

A Feather evokes the image of a single feather fluttering and falling gently through the air.

Unlike the previous work Toanowa, this album is composed almost entirely acoustically, with minimal electronic approaches. In the acoustic recordings, no reverb or similar effects are used, capturing only the resonance of the room and instruments. Except for Reflection, all recordings were made at 24-bit 192k.

The photo used for the album artwork was taken with a film camera during a trip to India in 2004. It captures boys in a small desert village, visited during a 10-day camel safari from Jaisalmer.

Tracklist

1.	Toaq	3:35

2.	Tokinokaze	4:09

3.	Quaic	3:44

4.	Reflection	2:55

5.	Night Blue	2:23

6.	At the Crack of Dawn	5:11

7.	A Feather	2:42

Credits

released May 7, 2021

Produced,Recorded,All instruments played,Art work and Mixed By Chisato Ohori
Masterd By Bo at Calyx Mastering

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