leon todd johnson Shafin Second Single "kei" Daga New Album wa kei sei jaku a kan Whited Sepulchre Records a kan 07.25.25

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's second record for Whited Sepulchre Records yana samu shi da sha'awar da tafiya, amma kamar yadda sunan da aka canza, ayyukansa ba ya ƙaddamar da yanki tsakanin wani yanki da wani yanki. Saboda haka, shi ne a kan tafiya zuwa yanki da kuma samun gida a cikin ku - duk da ilimi da kuma musically.

Johnson ya dace da aiki na Ryuichi Sakamoto. A lokacin da ya rubuta songs don wannan al'amari, ya fara zuwa wasu sakamoto akai-akai kamar Andata da daban-daban soundtracks ga sinema, musamman MinamataBayan da wannan music a gane da kuma ya fara a yi amfani da Zen meditation, Johnson ya tafi zuwa Japan don wani da yawa-tallacewa tafiya. Bayan da aka fara a gida, ya fara saukar da wadannan hoto a lokacin da ya sa da wani gabatarwa tare da Mine Somi Kubose game da tsari na Japan ta tsari. A gabatarwa ya 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.

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

A cikin wadannan prinsipiyoyin, Johnson ya samu wani analogi ga takardun da ya rubuta. Kowane da aka yi amfani da kansa a lokacin da ya riga, tace samfurori daga mahada a ko'ina.

The four tracks on wa kei sei jaku build on lushness of From Nine Mornings. The daidaito piano melody na "wa" ya samu da wasu na mafi m bas aiki Johnson ya rubuta - muted runs mixed tare da sha'awar don bincike harmony. "Kei" yana gina a cikin m crescendo tare da arpeggiated piano da violin counter-melodies, yayin da "jaku", kamar yadda suna nuna, ya sa piano melodiya a cikin yanayi tare da kawai yawa lokaci don fara.

Tare da kwanan nan, Johnson ya ƙirƙirar kayan aiki na daban-daban Tea House gardens daga ta tafiya zuwa Japan, kazalika da sauti daga ta rana Tea Ritual a cikin halitta. Kyakkyawan abubuwa, m rubutun, da kuma daidaitacce na metal da China duk haɗari ta yau da kullum - daya da aka ƙirƙirƙirar da na'urorin da suka amfani da ta music don sauri a cikin kwanakinsa. The album za a tsammani tare da wani gabatarwa release daga Cincinnati-based Wendigo Tea, wanda zai ba da wani limited-edition blend ta halitta.

Dangane da ya rubuta wa kei sei jaku, Johnson ya zama dadin. Yana da ba a cikin shi cewa a cikin duniya-uping kwarewa na farko-shekara ma'aikata, ya tafi daga wani moniker da kuma daidaita da wannan songs tare da cikakkiya tare da cikakkiya - kamar yadda na iya zama cikakkiya.

Tracklist:

wa
kei
sei
jaku
wa (instrumental)
kei (instrumental)
sei (instrumental)
jaku (instrumental)