TETUZI AKIYAMA / GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO / JIM O'ROURKE
Duos With Guitars
(Silent Water - SW011) 2xLP $30.00
Side-long improvisations recorded between 2011 and 2013 at various locations in Brussels and Tokyo. “Ave Rara” has Di Domenico on Fender Rhodes and Lobo acoustic guitar; “Metaphysical Cowboy” has Di Domenico on piano and Akiyama on acoustic guitar; “Body Made Ear” has Di Domenico on piano and Rhodes, and O’Rourke on electric guitar. The fourth side is blank, in honor of the late Hans Reichel, who passed away before his duet could be recorded.
Have a listen here: https://soundcloud.com/giovannididomenico/duos-with-norberto-lobo-tetuzi-akiyama-jim-orourke-soon-out-on-monotype-records
GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO / JIM O'ROURKE / TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO
Delivery Health
(Silent Water - SW010) LP $23.50
This highly idiosyncratic album, recorded in Tokyo at GOK Sound and mixed at Steamroom, blends early ’70s ECM drum sonics with long, unfolding travelogues, the transparency of the mix, electronic drones, and a most organic rock sound.
Listen to “Passe Muraille” here: https://soundcloud.com/giovannididomenico/passe-muraille
II (Machinery)
(Silent Water) Used LP $10.00
Two slow-evolving tracks of rhythmic cycles and polyphonic densities, recorded in 2013 in the mountains of central Italy. Number 222 in an edition of 313
I
(Silent Water) Used LP $10.00
Electronic hacks; crushed, mistreated keyboards; rhythms pushed to their limits; space saturated by opiate loops. To be heard laying horizontally, while passing out. Numbered edition of 500
Otona No Kagaku
(Silent Water) Used LP $15.00
Spartan duos by Giovanni di Domenico (Fender Rhodes and electronics) and Mathieu Calleja (drums), built around the use of melody and punctuated noise that are at moments truly hypnotic. Numbered edition of 199