SEIJIRO MURAYAMA / MICHAEL NORTHAM - 'Moriendo Renascor' CD (Xing-Wu Records)
Between 2003 and 2004 Michael Northam and Seijiro Murayama met a few times in Switzerland and France. A comprehensive and extended document of these meetings has finally made its way in the form of "Moriendo Renascor" ("In death, rebirth"). Seeded from recordings taken in Lisbon, Portugal and Astoria, Oregon. Northam offered heavily mixed sources. Selections were made by trying to find segments of activated sonic 'matter' then finally to be passed through the ears and hands of Murayama. A shared desire to find some shared experience through the medium of sound. An unlikely meeting between a densely planned acousmatic 'composter' and a highly disciplined improvisor. Comes in a gatefold sleeve made from thick and weighted brown recycled card. Malaysian import.
