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Yugen

YUGEN   S/T
Cat. Number CDNUY024
label Disasters By Choice
CD/DL release date 14/10/2024
Distribution Goodfellas

Yugen is a  concept album composed of 6 seamless moments which are a metaphor for a physical and mental initiatory journey.
“Like fog and sun / my sounds / disappear / they become / the rain / and they come down” are the verses written by Nahid Rezashateri,
giving the titles to the tracks of the album.
Mutation, metamorphosis, synesthesia, Yugen is a sonic journey, an immersion in an inner and natural landscape where the sound
intermingles intermittently and insistently in a new deep sensorial dimension.

Photo and artwork by Gianluca Ceccarini, Nahid Rezashateri
The CD is wrapped inside a single sheet (poster) 39×32 that once folded forms a cover with a pocket. The poster is made up of a series
of black and white photographs and haiku poems in japanese calligraphy, while on the inside there are two poems, graphics and the
credits. The sheet is folded and set up by hand by a bindery in Rome and printed on Munchen print white 115 gr paper.

CREDITS:
Gianluca Ceccarini: field recordings, synth
Alessandro Ciccarelli: tuba, guitar, percussions, lyre, bass gopichand, xaphoon, coils
Tetsuroh Konishi: alto recorder, trumpet
Milena Punzi Anfossi: cello on track 6

Haiku by Tetsuroh Konishi
Calligraphy by Kaori Fujimoto
Mixing & Mastering by La chambre d’Éliae

YUGEN

Gianluca Ceccarini, Alessandro Ciccarelli, Tetsuroh Konishi
Yugen is an album born and developed thanks to the collaboration between various artists who collaborated on its creation.
The music written and performed by Gianluca Ceccarini, Alessandro Ciccarelli and Tetsuroh Konishi explores the liminal boundaries of the
field of electroacoustic music with brass, wind instruments and traditional percussion. Milena Punzi Anfossi on cello enriches the
album with a special solo ghost-track in the CD edition.

Gianluca Ceccarini
Guitarist, electroacoustic experimenter, luthier specialized in the restoration and construction of musical instruments for Ancient and
Middle Eastern music. He published records as a soloist and in collaboration with other authors, founding the duo Damavand with
Alessandro Ciccarelli and the duo Zakhme with Alessandro Barbanera. In 2028 he founded the SARAB collective with Nahid Rezashateri regarding photography, video art, graphics and independent publishing.
http://www.sarabcollective.com/

Alessandro Ciccarelli
Alessandro Ciccarelli is an author who ranges between different languages: photography, sound, video. He dedicates himself to
experimental music and improvisation in small and large ensembles as a trombonist and electroacoustic musician. His solo albums are released under the nom de plume Elnath Project.
www.alessandrociccarelli.com

Tetsuroh Konishi
Composer, improviser, trumpet player, essayist.
He has created music for Japanese Tv, Radio and performing arts.
In recent years, he has composed music for a film by Finnish director
Mika Kaurismäki.
https://tetsuroh-konishi.wixsite.com/it-is-artistic-life