Lunch in Nishinomiya

CD
Improvised Music from Japan, IMJ-527
Released on September 18, 2005
Purchase price in Japan: 2,000 yen (tax not included)
(For purchase outside of Japan, prices vary.)

• Composed and produced by Diane Labrosse, Martin Tétreault, and Haco
• Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Haco at Mescalina, Nishinomiya, Japan, 2003-2004
• Photos by Diane Labrosse and Haco
• Design by MGX.Factory
• Packaged in a cardboard jacket

1. What Is Today's Recipe? (5:33)
2. Kitchen Neon (5:07)
3. Cutting Vegetables (3:18)
4. The Steamer (4:59)
5. Boiling (7:18)
6. Buon Appetito! (3:55)
7. Afternoon Walk (7:36)
8. In the Fridge (5:54)
   
   mp3 excerpt: track 1
   mp3 excerpt: track 2

In the trio album Lunch in Nishinomiya, Haco (contact microphones, oscillators, effects) joins forces with two leading Montreal improvisers known for their innovative playing--Diane Labrosse (sampler) and Martin Tétreault (turntable, surfaces, small electronics). When Labrosse and Tétreault came to Japan in 2003, they found a kindred spirit in Haco. The three recorded an improvised music session at Haco's studio in Nishinomiya (near Osaka), and later completed the construction and mix through an e-mail exchange between Canada and Japan. This is not Haco the songstress. With exquisite balance, the trio combine a variety of grating, explosive, scraping, vibrating sounds (noises) with precise breathing and dynamism, tension and relaxation. The result is extremely delicate electroacoustic sound. Eight tracks in all.

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