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Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura: Aloft
ByMaybe it has been said a hundred million times before that the essence of haiku permeates the music of Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura, or by slim chance this is the first time, but it is the truth so it bears repetition. No matter how much of the couple's music those listening have previously absorbedtheir first revelation: How Many (Libra Records, 1997); their sublime third In Krakow In November (Libra Records, 2001); or 2020's crystalline Mantle (Not Two Records)the music, its telepathy, its topic of discussion, its slang, its metaphors hold an unseen power uniquely and singularly their own.
For example: "Lifting," a gravity-less meditation on the very idea of gravity itself. What holds us? What binds us? What bars our passage from one understanding to the next? It evolves with its bold determination. Its own clarifying intuition. "On the Flyway," perhaps the beating heart of Aloft, its ease, beauty, and temperament could serve as a highlight in anyone's experience of being here, then, or now. An instant treatise and testament, Aloft gathers power and energy from within and then freely releases it. A gift not often bequeathed.
Track Listing
Migration; Wintering; Traveling Bird; Lifting; On The Flyway; Waiting For Dawn.
Personnel
Natsuki Tamura
trumpetSatoko Fujii
pianoAlbum information
Title: Aloft | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Libra Records
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