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Clay Kin
Vevey
Squama Recordings
- Cat No: SQM034
- updated:2025-09-01
様々な民族音楽の影響も伺えるパーカッション、エレクトロニクス。曲名は録音した地点の方位だと思われ、主に山や森の奥深く屋外で即興的に録音され、鳥のさえずり、水のせせらぎ、子供たちのおしゃべりなどのフィールドレコーディングを交えた、躍動感溢れる瑞々しい魅惑のサウンドが産まれています。是非じっくりチェックしてみてください。
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Swiss percussionist Julian Sartorius and UK electronic artist Dan Nicholls team up as Clay Kin, presenting their debut record on Squama.
They had never planned to make an album yet through pure improvisation and spontaneity, Clay Kin have crafted Vevey. An album of seven tracks, distilled from over seven hours of improvised percussion and electronics. Recorded mostly outdoors––on pedalo boats, up mountains and deep in forests near the namesake Swiss town of Vevey, it is imbued with the soft fascination of birdsong, rushing water and chattering children.
Vevey resists genre. As musicians, Sartorius and Nicholls bridge the divide between acoustic and electronic soundscapes. Sartorius’ raw, organic percussion interweaves with Nicholls’ keyboard-triggered samples and harmonic landscapes, creating a dialogue where the lines between rhythm, melody and noise dissolve. Clay Kin identify their outfit as an audio-visual collective, with visual artist Lou Zon (Louise Boer) rounding out the group, creating videos to accompany both the recorded music and the live experience.
They had never planned to make an album yet through pure improvisation and spontaneity, Clay Kin have crafted Vevey. An album of seven tracks, distilled from over seven hours of improvised percussion and electronics. Recorded mostly outdoors––on pedalo boats, up mountains and deep in forests near the namesake Swiss town of Vevey, it is imbued with the soft fascination of birdsong, rushing water and chattering children.
Vevey resists genre. As musicians, Sartorius and Nicholls bridge the divide between acoustic and electronic soundscapes. Sartorius’ raw, organic percussion interweaves with Nicholls’ keyboard-triggered samples and harmonic landscapes, creating a dialogue where the lines between rhythm, melody and noise dissolve. Clay Kin identify their outfit as an audio-visual collective, with visual artist Lou Zon (Louise Boer) rounding out the group, creating videos to accompany both the recorded music and the live experience.
先鋭ジャズとエレクトロニクスがクロスする、ドイツの先進レーベル〈Squama Recordings〉から、Enjiの最新作のキーマンの一人でもあり、Valentina MagalettiやHerbert、ECMのColin Vallonはじめ多くのセッションに参加しているスイスのパーカッショニストJulian Sartoriusと、We Jazz等に合流しているUKの電子音楽アーチストDan Nichollsによるプロジェクト Clay Kinのデビュー作。素晴らしい一枚。再ストックしました。180g重量盤グレーのカラー・バイナル。 (サイトウ)