FUJI||||||||||TA returns to Hallow Ground with his second full-length for the Swiss label after it had released his international breakthrough album "iki" in early 2020.
Active since 2006, the Japanese composer and sound artist has become prolific since the release of "iki," releasing a slew of records while also touring the world.
His new album "MMM" is Yosuke Fujita's most complex so far. Changing the set-up of his pipe organ by switching to an electric air pump allowed him to activate new sonic and compositional potentials of the instrument, while he also expanded upon his experiments with his own voice.
"MMM" is a masterpiece of conceptual and formal rigour-a testament to how multi-layered and versatile the music of FUJI||||||||||TA can be.
Previous releases had already showcased Fujita's interest in working with the rhythmic potentials of the organ he built himself in 2009.
Replacing its hand-operated air pump with an electric one allowed him to work with it more freely and simultaneously record its sounds.
This marked the starting point for the opener "M-1" for which he recorded the pipes by waving a gun microphone close to it, thus creating shifting rhythmic patterns.
The piece engages in a perpetual play of repetition and difference, balancing sonic intensity with compositional dramaturgy.
For "M-2" the artist uses his voice and works with a singing technique he has developed over more than a decade: constantly exhaling and inhaling, he puts a strain on his internal organs in order to create what he calls a "third voice" The resulting piece is built on a throbbing rhythmic foundation topped by wordless melodies."M-3" closes the album as a synthesis of these two pieces but is far more than the mere sum of its parts.
