ひかりの邂逅

"A quiet ambient world that makes you feel light and shadow" A collaboration work by Kita Kouhei, a ambient musician and ArrayMbira player, and Mamiko Hirai, a musician and pianist, depicting a tranquil and fantastic ambient world where you can feel the light and shadow. This work is the venue music written for the exhibition "Hikari wo Kanaderu - okabe makiko special exhibition -" held at Gallery ONE AND ONLY in Kyoto in September 2023. Collected in one album. Kita kouhei's trademark ArrayMbira, which plays sounds like water, irregular kalimba, numerous percussion instruments that draw space, analog synths with cloudy textures, old tape noises and glitch sounds. Mamiko Hirai's free, beautiful, and bold improvisational piano sounds, harmonica that makes you feel the breath of life. In addition, field recordings of the sound of rubbing the glass works of this exhibition are comfortably layered, creating a unique soundscape that makes you feel light and shadow. And Naotaro Moriyama, the most famous folk singer in Japan, will participate in M9 "Ajyu no Yami" as a special guest. The unique and overwhelming power of expression adds further depth to this work.