Leon Todd Johnson na Indianapolis ya shirya a karkashin abokin taro na Airport People tun 2020. A karkashin wannan sunan, mai ban sha'awa neoclassical aiki na Johnson ya flirted tare da Windham Hill / ECM jazz inflections yayin ƙirƙirar ƙaunar ƙaunar ƙaunar ƙaunar ƙaunar da ke aiki da aka shirya a cikin aiki da aka shirya. Kamar yadda da sunan yana nuna, aiki na Airport People ya yi amfani da ƙaunar Johnson na tafiya duniya tare da gabansa, taimakawa tare da ayyuka na ma'aikata mai ban sha'awa a Afrika - wani ƙaunar da ya rubuta cewa shi ne "a cikin tsakanin abin da mu tafi da abin da mu ne, kuma ba mu da yawa don ce."

Johnson ta biyu alama don Whited Sepulchre Records ya samu shi da sha'awar ta hanyar tafiya, amma kamar yadda alama da aka canza, ayyukansa ba ya dauke da alama tsakanin wani yanki da wani yanki. Yanzu, shi ne a kan tafiya zuwa yanki da kuma samu gida a cikin ku - duk da ilimi da kuma musically.

Johnson yana da tsawon lokaci da aka rage ga aiki na Ryuichi Sakamoto. A lokacin da ya rubuta songs don wannan rubutu, ya tafi zuwa daban-daban tsari na Sakamoto kamar Andata da daban-daban soundtracks ga sinema, musamman Minamata. Tare da wannan music a kansa da suka fara a cikin zane-zane meditation, Johnson tafiya zuwa Japan don tafiya da yawa da yaushe. Sa'an nan ya fara a cikin gida, ya fara shirye-shirye wadannan hoto a lokacin da ya sa da shawarar tare da Mine Somi Kubose game da tsari na Japan ta tsari. A shawarar da aka rubuta a 1977 a cikin Buddhist Temple a Chicago da Chungmoo Choi da aka haifar a Library of Congress; shi ne kawai abin da album ya kamata.

<pfseg id="0">Mornings da yaushe mafi girma a cikin aiki na Johnson. From Nine Mornings - yaushe ta gabatarwa tare da Whited Sepulchre Records - ya ƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙir

• Wa (和): Harmony or unity
• Kei (敬): Respect or reverence
• Sei (清): Purity or cleanliness
• Jaku (寂): Tranquility or silence

In these principles, Johnson found an analog to the tracks he was recording. Each seemed to embody a principle as he listened back, weaving samples from the interview throughout.

The four tracks on wa kei sei jaku build on the lushness of From Nine Mornings. The peaceful piano melody of “wa” is met with some of the most expressive bass work Johnson has recorded—muted runs blend with strings to explore harmony. “Kei” builds into a serene crescendo with arpeggiated piano and violin counter-melodies, while “jaku”, as the name suggests, lets piano melodies hang in the air with just enough time to land.

Dangane tare da kwanan wata mai ban sha'awa, Johnson ya ƙirƙirar kayan aiki na daban-daban Tea House gardens daga ta tafiya zuwa Japan, kazalika da sauti daga ta rana Tea Rituals a cikin kayan aiki. Kyakkyawan abubuwa, rami scrapes, da kuma daidaitacce na metal da China duk haƙƙƙoƙoƙi na yau da kullum - daya da aka ƙirƙirar da abokan cin abokan ciniki da suka amfani da musici don taimakawa a yau da kullum. The album za a halitta tare da wani samar-samar da Cincinnati-based Wendigo Tea, wanda zai ba da shirye-shirye-shirye mai ban sha'awa.

Dai ya rubuta wa kei sei jaku, Johnson ya zama dadin. Yana ba ya ba a cikin shi da cewa a cikin duniya-uping kwarewa na farko-tallace-tallace-tallace-tallace, ya tafi daga wani moniker da kuma daidaita da wannan songs tare da cikakken tafi - kamar yadda tafi za a iya zama cikakken sani.

Tracklist:

wa
kei
sei
jaku
wa (m)
kei (samarwa)
sei (samarwa)
jaku (samarwa)