{"product_id":"hyunhye-seo-continuation-lp","title":"HYUNHYE SEO - Continuation LP","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-page__abstract\"\u003eA cascading piano improvisation by Xiu Xiu's Hyunhye Seo, recorded live during a Nam June Paik exhibition in Turin. On Side B, Japanese avant-garde pioneer Phew reinterprets Seo's performance into a new electronic landscape. Music as surrender, dialogue between performer, space and the present moment.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-page__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e200 copies. Comes with Obi. For over a decade, \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eHyunhye Seo\u003c\/strong\u003e a core member of \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eXiu Xiu\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ein her solo\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ework\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003enavigates\u003c\/span\u003e t\u003c\/span\u003ehe precarious edges where composition dissolves into pure gesture. Through ecstatic piano improvisations, restless percussive attacks and an expansive use of acoustic space, she constructs layered sonic environments that move across the boundaries of noise, avant-garde jazz, ambient and contemporary classical music. Her performances reveal an unfiltered process of listening and creation - a practice in which thinking becomes the enemy, and surrender the only viable strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"\"\u003eContinuation\u003c\/em\u003e captures one such surrender. Recorded live at MAO - Museo d'Arte Orientale in Turin during the exhibition \u003cem class=\"\"\u003eRabbit Inhabits the Moon – The Art of \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eNam June Paik \u003c\/strong\u003ein the Mirror of Time\u003c\/em\u003e, this cascading piano improvisation unfolds as a dialogue between performer, space and the particular acoustics of a museum built to house contemplative objects. \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eJamie Stewart\u003c\/strong\u003e processes the sound in real time; \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eGiuseppe Ielasi\u003c\/strong\u003e shapes the final mix. What emerges is a work of charged immediacy - restless gestures giving way to passages of unexpected tenderness, noise and silence trading places in continuous exchange. The title is precise: this is music that refuses conclusion, that exists in a state of perpetual becoming. On Side B, \u003cem class=\"\"\u003eContinuous Extension\u003c\/em\u003e offers an unprecedented response. \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003ePhew\u003c\/strong\u003e - the pioneering figure of Japanese avant-garde music since the late 1970s - was invited by curators \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eChiara Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eFreddie Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e to reinterpret Seo's performance. Working with synthesizer and subtle processing, Phew distills the resonances of \u003cem class=\"\"\u003eContinuation\u003c\/em\u003e into a new electronic landscape - waves of abstraction that echo like reflections in sound, tracing the harmonic tensions of Seo's playing into territories she herself did not visit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe accompanying booklet includes an essay by \u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eBruno Lo Turco\u003c\/strong\u003e exploring the deep connections between improvisation and Buddhist thought, and a written reflection by Seo on her own practice of surrender and listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"\"\u003eContinuation\u003c\/em\u003e is released on Ubi K\u003cspan class=\"\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" style=\"caret-color: #ff2600;\"\u003eū\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, the record label of the Unione Buddhista Italiana. The cover reproduces \u003cem class=\"\"\u003eAvalokitesvara \"Water and Moon\"\u003c\/em\u003e from the Museo d'Arte Orientale \"E. Chiossone\" in Genoa - the bodhisattva of compassion gazing at the reflection of the moon in water. Like that reflection, this music exists fully in the present, complete and unrepeatable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ubi Ku","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904410513675,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/3899\/7932\/files\/1-hyunhye-seo-continuation.webp?v=1771250775","url":"https:\/\/bisaufsmesser.com\/products\/hyunhye-seo-continuation-lp","provider":"Bis Aufs Messer Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}