KISEN KONGOU by Atsushi Izumi & Fatwires

Deep-diving in their trademark abyssal lows, ethereal fuzz and hypnotic percussion, Atsushi Izumi and Fatwires combine their crafts into this first of two EPs on Holotone. While „Kyūkan“, forthcoming in early 2025, will feature heavier slabs of noise, „Kisen Kongou“ sets out to gather more transparent and beat-oriented material.

Their workflow was sparked by a set of bass guitar soundscapes and bass lines sent by John Eckhardt to Atsushi Izumi spontaneously. Over one year of continuous sharing and co-developing beats and drones, ideas unfolded into a vast, twilit territory of organic industrialism in the orbit between Osaka and Hamburg (with more live bass playing infiltrated at different stages). Simultaneously futuristic and archaic, and strangely resting in its hypnotic forward momentum, the music balances primal rawness with a love for sonic detail. Like a self-organizing swarm of particles transmitted from a distant past or future into a worn-out, Buson-like tableau, eerie landscapes emerge that are populated by moving, ghostly shapes and bursts of colour.

Holotone does not limit itself to any particular genre but rather emphasises the freedom of the artists to express their vision as they see fit.

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