Michael Ranta // Azabu CD

He has been active since the 70s and has also collaborated with Takehisa Kosugi. Michael Ranta, a percussionist who currently operates Asian Sound, an Asian percussion specialty store in Cologne, Germany, will be performing an experiment in Belgium in November 2022. This is a CD released from the drone label Metaphon.

Recorded in Nishi-Azabu and edited at NHK Music Studio.Digipak, shrink specification. Includes 2 page booklet.

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Includes DL code. CD and 12 page booklet in gatefold cardboard sleeve.

Metaphon:

"Even though only being fully terminated 50 years after its conception, 'Azabu' can be regarded as the starting point of Michael Ranta's creative self-discovery. The recordings that form the base of 'Azabu' were mostly made in the Tokyo district with the same name (Azabu-Juban). Next to abstracted field recordings 'Azabu' is also pervaded by a rich variety of percussion, string and wind instruments, all played by Ranta himself. Subsequently Ranta edited, layered and processed the recordings at the NHK electronic music studio in Tokyo. Both pieces display a vast array of acoustic, electronic and concrete sound events meticulously sequenced to a complex fusion symbolizing the entire spectrum of earthly and heavenly sounds. Dynamic extremes evoke a restless flight through space, or through the depths of human subconsciousness, between dream and reality. Ultimately the music disappears, like a dot in the sky gradually fading into nothingness – an “ascension” that closes the loop in a ritua l of life that can begin anew again at any time."

Artist: Michael Ranta

Label: Metaphon