Hi friends - hope all good :)
So happy to say the next album in the quiet details series is a creation born from the collaboration of two wonderful artists, Tomoyoshi Date and Bill Seaman.
Out now on digital and limited CD with long-form edition, six panel digipack and fine art print. Digital half price until 22nd November.
Tonight we’re having a Bandcamp listening party to celebrate the album - always one of my favourite parts of a release, please come and join us to listen and chat about the album (and any/everything else for that matter :)).
It’ll be Tomo and Bill’s first party so let’s make it a good one - all welcome x
21:30 UK time - bit later than normal so everyone could make it across time-zones :)
Individually, both artists have extensive discographies, stretching back many years and known for a cerebral and deeply musical approach to their work.
Tomoyoshi, solo and in collaboration (with the likes of Corey Fuller, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Federico Durand and Chihei Hatakeyama), with beautiful releases on labels such as LAAPS, 12k, Home Normal, Dauw, White Paddy Mountain and more.
Bill, also a consummate collaborator (with Craig Tattersall, Off The Sky, Stephen Vitiello, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera. Michael Grigoni, Xu and more), releasing stunning albums on Room40, Longform Editions, LAAPS, oscarson, Fluid Audio, Eilean Recs, Cotton Goods and others.
Together they’ve made something of astounding beauty - a masterclass in electro-acoustic composition, centred around the piano and all its nuances.
Working by slowly passing ideas back and forth, and influenced by Bill’s work with Wei Ping Lin of the Austrian Symphony and James Chu (who both feature on the album), and progressing while Tomoyoshi was heavily involved with the incredible Ryuichi Sakamoto Micro Ambient Music project - over time the album gradually took shape.
Building on an innate and natural understanding of each other, piano improvisations and sonic abstractions layer with violin and clarinet to form richly detailed soundscapes, full of micro-ambience and elegant textures.
You can feel how in-tune these two instinctive and highly-skilled musicians are with every passing moment - everything so carefully and precisely constructed while feeling completely natural and perfectly formed.
Along with piano, the micro-sounds are fundamental to this music - the fragments from the recording process, deliberately and meticulously prepared to show the listener a whole world of subtlety - delicate and arising from silence, this is a graceful and vivid experience for the senses.
So pleased to share it with you, a gorgeous album of breathtaking beauty.
Huge thanks to Tomoyoshi and Bill for everything, a wonderful addition to the series.
The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album - originating from a photo from Tomoyoshi and Bill which was then captured with analogue photography and processed here at quiet details studios.
As usual, the album is presented on the physical edition, a custom six-panel digipack with a separate fine art print too.
The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, representing the music in its purest form.
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Also out now is the second run of qd20 Plant43 - an ultra-deep journey into the hypnotic worlds imagined by the Tresor resident. Don’t sleep on these friends.
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Now some shout-outs - huge thanks and appreciation to all our supporters out there, support them however you can!
qd26 Tomoyoshi Date and Bill Seaman
Richard Heinemann on E-Lodie
Francis Beaubois on Electronic Therapy, also playing a track from qd21 James Bernard
qd25 r beny
Aural Canyon playing a track on Now Age Radio Ep.43
Lippy Kid playing a track on Electronic Odyssey
Chris Doherty-Ingram with a lovely review on HearFeel
Gilles Wasserman playing a track from qd25 and qd24 Brendon Moeller on The night Before 43, RADIO.D59B
Delayed Mag for including qd25 in their favourite releases from October 2024 - big thanks to them for the kind words!
“Ambient favorite r beny returns with a new release on quiet details that might just be among the year’s best, weaving a deep, contemplative journey that resonates beautifully in October’s mellow light”
qd20 Plant43
Perfect timing for the second run, Jo Johnson including a track in this wonderful mix for Deep Breakfast Series - tip!
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Thanks again friends and enjoy the music :)
Much love
Alex
quiet details studios - mastering and audio services
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