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1.
Tortusa, Jo David Meyer Lysne - Jazz Spot Candy 10:00
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Joar Renolen, Jo David Meyer Lysne - Udagawacho 05:32
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This 7-inch circle of curiosity is packed full of thought provoking expressions, unrelenting dedication to sound design and a clear curiosity for explorative structures.

Taken from Jo David Meyer Lysne’s concerts in Tokyo and Chiba in Japan, 2017 – the remixes by Joar Renolen and John Derek extract from and add to the original recordings in equal measure. What they maintain is a pensive and ethereal essence, complimented with personal sentiments that are reflective of the unique exchange between an artist and their environment.

An overarching message of this work was to focus on the feedback loop between an artist and their environment. The artist impresses their experiences, beliefs and feelings upon their surroundings and the surroundings reply with a life of their own.

Encapsulated in this dynamic relationship between artist and environment is the freedom to express spontaneously and build a journey distanced from traditional parabolic song structures. The desire to question and explore is overt, as always with Dugnad Rec, but it’s clear that the journey is what matters most. Maintaining the high standards of the label, this release bears a stamp of finery from the eloquent work of three pensive musicians.

A1
Not scary, nor dark, but curious. The warm resonance of low frequencies leaves little room for distraction as the song builds a foreboding mood and we appear to have taken our seats. Interludes of real-life conversation break from quiescence to life and we traverse forward between music and human interactions. The structure opens up into elongated, enduring tones that bear semblance to the whale call, or the eerie chant of ocean sirens.
The piece does not need to confuse for it to be complex. Textural layers allow leads to punctuate and give structure to the field recordings that rise to the fore. We experience feelings of fleeting security before rustling chimes and susurrus whispers lead us away once more.

B1
A less ominous introduction gives way to an airy and spacious beginning. Gentle chatter arises in the form of field recordings, this time coupled with a celestial tone of voice through thin chimes and pads that could glisten even in the dark. There is a warmth that remains subtle during the piece and as it progresses towards higher octaves, relief seeps deep into the fabric of the sound. Low and slow rumbles lead us away from these celestial gates as we fade back into reality and the song drifts gently to its close.

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released November 11, 2021

Track A composed by Tortusa
Track B composed by Joar Renolen
Recorded by Jo David Meyer Lysne in
Tokyo and Chiba in November 2017.
Prepared 12-string-guitar by Jo David
Meyer Lysne
Mixed by Tortusa and Joar Renolen.
Mastering by George Tanderø.

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