CHIE MUKAI + JUSTIN SIMON - "日月" LP

A haunting suite of solemn, sober wonders for strings, vocals and synth from Japanese improvisor Chie Mukai (Ché-SHIZU) and NYC’s Justin Simon (Invisible Conga People).

Finally emerging some 15 years after it was written between NYC and Tokyo, the four tracks glide from Oskar Sala-esque synth melded with acoustic guitar and Mukai’s floating vocals in Sugita Hi No, thru to an exceptional centrepiece in the gentle, listing keen of percussion, vocal and synth wheeze in Hi Tsuki, along with the more rustic strings of Nami No hate, and the Loren Connors or Jandek-like tape vignette Untitled.

Each record comes folded inside thick Italian pastel paper, and each copy has been individually decorated with a design in sumi ink by Simon. The jackets and two-sided inserts were silkscreened by Keegan Cooke at The Circadian Press. Edition of 300.