suketchi by jez riley french

REISSUED LIMITED EDITION PHOTO BOOK with download + 2 postcards

the sounds are often subtle or have a wide frequency range and so listening with headphones or conventional speakers is recommended .

to be in a place, one that overwhelms and can only be slightly touched upon, creates memories that seem to hover and shift. a few are set, like cornerstones perhaps, whilst others find their own position at each moment. recording, in whatever sense, becomes either document or abstract. these sketches (suketchi in japanese) represents the simplicity and freedom of field recording to remain, allowing the sounds to still hover.

36 page photo book on uncoated paper + 180 minutes + of field recordings + a 60 page pdf of photographs from trips to japan in 2011 and 2012.

recorded during a performance tour in 2011 and residency in 2012.

recordings, composition, photography & design by JrF

Tracklist

1.	dawn birds, nihonbashi, tokyo	2:23

2.	covered market, shimokitazawa, tokyo	2:23

3.	nursery, obuku, tokyo	0:51

4.	monk at crossroads, tokyo	3:46

5.	shinjuku station, tokyo	5:38

6.	sitting at train crossing, shimokitazawa, tokyo	2:26

7.	ryokan rain # 1, kyoto	5:10

8.	ryokan air conditioning # 2, kyoto	11:00

9.	peanut brittle factory, kyoto	3:00

10.	preparing ice in the arcade, kyoto	2:37

11.	deer, nara	3:35

12.	cafe tune, nara	2:24

13.	0081_001	0:51

14.	rail bridge, nara	3:40

15.	apartment fridge, tokyo	6:28

16.	mountain park dawn chorus	7:20

17.	cd and ribbon bird mobile, matsudai	4:11

18.	festival flags	3:56

19.	yamanoie railings # 1, matsudai	3:45

20.	golf netting	7:42

21.	onsen camping site	6:49

22.	parabolic ultrasonic near river	6:54

23.	village frogs, matsudai	10:00

24.	suikinkutsu, matsudai	5:40

25.	yamanoie railings # 2, matsudai	10:00

26.	construction of yamanoie	12:05

Credits

released August 2, 2013

thanks to the good folks at Gift_lab & yamanoie.

as always, thanks to Pheobe & Maureen

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