Country : Japan Label : Disciples Genres and styles : Ambient / Avant-Rock / Drone / Electronic / Industrial / Minimalist Year : 2020

Vertigo KO

· by Alain Brunet

To describe these 37 minutes of music spread over seven tracks, a compilation of unreleased material including a deconstructed cover of Brit band The Raincoats, Phew suggests “unconscious sound sketch”. Formerly a punk singer, member of the band Aunt Sally, the 60-year-old Japanese singer has been weaving her avant-rock network since her collaborations in the ’80s and ‘90s with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell, and Jim O’Rourke. Needless to say, her artistic relationships all evolve between popular and experimental forms. Today, Phew pursues an essentially electronic practice, a variety of superimpositions involving all the digital tools and modular synthesizers within her reach. Different states are thus expressed, it can be silky, meditative, it can also be austere, corrosive, industrial, dark, partially luminous. The artist’s words, spoken or sung in Japanese, are always presented in the form of fragments or ornamental complements, never at the centre of the work as any form related to song suggests. The composer’s wordless voice can also enter the stage and merge into an mix of subtly processed sounds. The drone effect is often perceptible, as is the legacy of American minimalism. In some of the pieces on the programme, Phew triggers different rhythmic patterns and gives an unsuspected impetus to what at first glance appears to be ethereal and contemplative. There can be no doubt that we have the work of an essential avant-gardist on the global soundscape between our ears.

Latest 360 Content

Semaine du Neuf | The Power of the Organ and the Wind

Semaine du Neuf | The Power of the Organ and the Wind

Semaine du Neuf | Sturm und Klang

Semaine du Neuf | Sturm und Klang

Semaine du Neuf | Collectif9 : musical hero for everyone

Semaine du Neuf | Collectif9 : musical hero for everyone

Semaine du Neuf | Afghanistan, looking back at us

Semaine du Neuf | Afghanistan, looking back at us

Turtle Skull – Heavy as Hell

Turtle Skull – Heavy as Hell

Bob Em – Johnie Worker

Bob Em – Johnie Worker

Semaine du Neuf | There Is No Music Without the Wind. L’être contre le vent by Matthias Krüger

Semaine du Neuf | There Is No Music Without the Wind. L’être contre le vent by Matthias Krüger

Lemon Lemon – Hammock

Lemon Lemon – Hammock

Ooberfuse – “Hard Times ft Snoop Dogg”

Ooberfuse – “Hard Times ft Snoop Dogg”

Semaine du Neuf: Architek Percussion au service de 2 architectures

Semaine du Neuf: Architek Percussion au service de 2 architectures

Deena Abdelwahed’s Swana electro: syncretism, commitment, a new standard

Deena Abdelwahed’s Swana electro: syncretism, commitment, a new standard

Disaster Pony

Disaster Pony

The Cool Trad of Nicolas Boulerice and Frédéric Samson

The Cool Trad of Nicolas Boulerice and Frédéric Samson

Semaine du Neuf | VIVIERMIX // QUASAR + NEM + FIOLÛTRÖNIQ

Semaine du Neuf | VIVIERMIX // QUASAR + NEM + FIOLÛTRÖNIQ

Jeremy Leon – Affinity

Jeremy Leon – Affinity

Florie Valiquette / Ensemble Il Caravaggio / Chœur de l’Opéra Royal / Camille Delaforge, dir. – Mademoiselle Duval : Les Génies

Florie Valiquette / Ensemble Il Caravaggio / Chœur de l’Opéra Royal / Camille Delaforge, dir. – Mademoiselle Duval : Les Génies

Reinoud van Mechelen / a nocte temporis / Choeur de Chambre de Namur – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre : Céphale et Procris

Reinoud van Mechelen / a nocte temporis / Choeur de Chambre de Namur – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre : Céphale et Procris

Semaine du Neuf | Lascaux + Mad Max

Semaine du Neuf | Lascaux + Mad Max

Semaine du Neuf | Psychedelic Afghanistan by Sam Shalabi and Shaista Latif

Semaine du Neuf | Psychedelic Afghanistan by Sam Shalabi and Shaista Latif

Semaine du Neuf | Sixtrum: the magic of… aquatic percussion!

Semaine du Neuf | Sixtrum: the magic of… aquatic percussion!

Semaine du Neuf | Ice, Creation, and Immersion

Semaine du Neuf | Ice, Creation, and Immersion

Tristan Murail – Le partage des eaux / Terre d’ombre

Tristan Murail – Le partage des eaux / Terre d’ombre

Subscribe to our newsletter