Minamo + Lawrence English - A Path Less Travelled

 As the title suggests, 'A Path Less Travelled' is an auditory venture beyond the hinterland of the sound worlds
inhabited by Minamo and Lawrence English. It’s a collection of rich texture, pulsing vibration and reflective
melody. A compelling union of Minamo’s restrained instrumentalism and Lawrence English’s considered
sense of space and harmony.

Recorded and produced in Tokyo and Brisbane, this edition is an exchange of mutual curiosity and open
ended possibility. Rather than setting out with prescriptive or didactic ideals for their meeting, the musicians
looked further afield for influences to shape their interactions. Field recordings, for example, played an
important role in contouring the albums qualities and atmospheres. Locations removed and refocused,
moments captured and redeployed.

Drawing on Minamo’s sense of pace and sonic spatiality, English devised a number of arrangement
strategies to compress, accentuate and expand Minamo’s initial sketches. Carefully editing and adding to
the refined and measured contributions, the record took shape over two years of gradual process led
production.

A Path Less Travelled collects distant sonic smoke signals passed between one island and another.

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