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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Baskaru is proud to announce its new cd release
from Japanese sound artist Yoshio Machida.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Artist: <STRONG>Yoshio Machida</STRONG><BR>Title:
<STRONG>Hypernatural #3</STRONG><BR>Catalogue #: <STRONG>karu:10</STRONG><BR>8
tracks CD album packaged in a deluxe digipak</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Finally, the conclusion of the Hypernatural
electroacoustic trilogy...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Six years after the release of "Hypernatural #2",
Yoshio Machida is rounding up his magnificent trilogy of electroacoustic
collages with "Hypernatural #3". A unique and highly personal work, the
Hypernatural series has made of Machida a world-class sound artist. Assemblages
of field recordings and treated instrumental sounds, the music on "Hypernatural
#3" evokes simultaneously the universal and the intimate, Mankind and
Nature.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Yoshio Machida has been working on this series
since 1997. The first volume was self-released in 1999 and had for theme memory
in Eastern Asia ; Volume 2, released by Softl Music in 2001, focused on
transparency, unconsciousness and invisible existence. "Hypernatural #3", the
last instalment in this triptych, is about oblivion. Machida explains: "Oblivion
is characteristic of the correlation between matter and time. Oblivion has a
positive aspect: it appears as a natural phenomenon in the passage of time and
becomes a factor in creating new worlds. Nature consists of a myriad of
different memory-oblivion cycles".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Born in 1967, Japanese artist Yoshio Machida
studied minimalist art. While working for international cooperation, he had the
opportunity to travel and make field recordings. Since then, he has been using
these field recordings, combining them to the treated sounds of real
instruments, including gongs and steel drums (the latter instrument playing a
non-negligeable role on "Hypernatural #3"). Machida has performed at music
festivals, including ISEA2004 and Maerz Musik. David Toop has introduced his
music in his book "Haunted Weather", and a track from "Hypernatural #2" was
featured in a commercial on French television. He also runs his own Amorfon
label.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>More info and audio samples at </FONT><A
href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.baskaru.com/karu10.htm</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1><STRONG>:: Selected press quotes
::</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Some beautiful segments that inspire real moments
of wonder. [<STRONG>Cyclic Defrost</STRONG>]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>The effect is invariably impressive: all eight
pieces proving to be hypnotizing surreal ambient meditations of the utmost
quality. [<STRONG>Quiet Noise</STRONG>, translated from German]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Machida actually emerges with something that's
not only worth hearing, but is also exceptionally compelling and beautiful.
[<STRONG>The Sound Projector</STRONG>]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>"Hypernatural #3" is a sentimental ending to the
series, many of its pieces coming across as yearning meditations on things
beyond our control. [<STRONG>Tokafi</STRONG>]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Un concentré d'intelligence et de raffinement.
[<STRONG>Tapage Nocturne</STRONG>]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1><STRONG>:: Distribution ::</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>COD&S, </FONT><A href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.coddistribution.com/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>
(France, Belgium, The Netherlands)<BR>A-Musik, </FONT><A href=""><FONT
face=Verdana size=1>http://www.a-musik.com/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>
(Germany)<BR>P*Dis, </FONT><A href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.inpartmaint.com/pdis/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>
(Japan)<BR>Believe, </FONT><A href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.believedigital.com/labels/1467,baskaru.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana size=1> (Digital)<BR>Baskaru, </FONT><A href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.baskaru.com/shop.htm</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>
(Online)</FONT></DIV>
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