charon's gaze by ko ishikawa / dirk wachtelaer
ko ishikawa: sho
dirk wachtelaer: drums
In june 2020 I was working on a series of videos, slowly moving meditative images that were never really what you thought you saw. These images always made me think of Ko Ishikawa whose music I so much loved, his instrument and playing evoking exactly the same atmosphere for me. So I contacted him and was so happy he loved the videos and wanted to work with me on the music. We both love improvisation so we played in an open, loose way, interacting with each other and the images, creating an organic whole of sound and sight.
This album contains all the music we made for the videos (track 5 - 13). Because we enjoyed the result so much we decided to create some extra tracks and these became the first tracks of this album (1 - 4)
- dirk wachtelaer -
You can watch the videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpfp5wXH8v6tKCeUgLW8w1tKlzCKDIFtr
drums recorded by alec ilyine at fly studio, brussels, august 4th 2020
track 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 mixed by ko ishikawa
track 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 mixed by alec ilyine
Tracklist
| 1. | saki | 2:34 |
| 2. | koto | 3:13 |
| 3. | nibi | 4:20 |
| 4. | kage | 6:45 |
| 5. | symmetry | 5:08 |
| 6. | brook | 5:39 |
| 7. | reflections 1 | 5:02 |
| 8. | charon's gate | 5:23 |
| 9. | interference | 5:43 |
| 10. | reflections 2 | 5:11 |
| 11. | alien dance | 2:28 |
| 12. | reflections 3 | 4:57 |
| 13. | embrace | 4:35 |
Credits
License
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Dirk Wachtelaer is a drummer and improviser who is also active in sound art. Born and based in Belgium, he constantly crosses borders by collaborating with artists from all cultures and disciplines. He plays with Dirk Johan Stromberg, Fabio Rambelli, JJ Duerinckx, Paul Schutze, Phillip Clemo, and many others.