Nagisa Ni Te - New Ocean - VINYL LP

Clerambault / Labelle / Krueger / Stepner - Music from Aston Magna [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/25/2012

Nagisa Ni Te's 1999 third album stands as the most unique in the band's history, a double-album masterpiece that remains a secret favorite among many fans who cherish the original LP version from Org Records.The motivation behind this recording was to explore whether the concept Shibayama tested with Hallelujahs-pursuing the inherent one-time nature and improvisational quality of performance within the of pre-written compositions-could also be effective in a fixed band rather than a session setting, and what form that might take.While the raw concept inevitably creates some dissonance in the punk-infused playing and vocals, the sheer momentum of this wild band captured in such high fidelity is rare among Japanese rock bands. Regardless of it's merits, it possesses undeniable persuasive power.

Recorded with an acoustic arrangement of acoustic guitar and djembe, this is Nagisa Ni Te's 1998 second album and their only live recording.A real-life documentary of a solo performance held in July 1997 in Tokyo, amidst a scorching heatwave, in a room of a wooden apartment building that was nothing more than a so-called Inchfree space.InchMoreover, the venue lacked air conditioning-a harsh condition forcing the performer to play with the windows wide open, occasionally blending outside noise and dog barks into the music, creating an Inchenvironmental musicInch piece.This unique work was created precisely because the performer resolved never to play in such a place again, finding the very idea both peculiar and intriguing.