Pawn - Islet EP

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3...according to our Business Lady on Wed 27 Apr, 2011.

Pawn is the work of Japanese ambient purest Hideki Umezawa. This 3" CD collects his early works, dating from 2007-'09, performed using piano, glassharp, guitar, synthesizer and field recordings. A student of the piano from an early age, Umezawa's ears and mind are clearly attuned to the subtleties needed to compose great ambient work outs. These five tracks are like real scientific experiments with each sounding like it was composed with intense scrutiny to each sound and the part it plays in the grand scheme of Umezawa's vision. As you can imagine, this has a lot in common with Eno's stuff as well as the current crop of ambient players doing Eno's work in the 21st century, but don't let that put you off as this is high quality stuff indeed. A true ambient player yo!

Pawn is the musical project of Hideki Umezawa born 1986 in Japan. His interests lie
in the tiny sounds in his surroundings. Pawn takes a holistic approach to
experimenting with sound, as if listening through a microscope, paying close
attention to how each sound changes with his state of mind.

Beginning on Piano as a child, Hideki's works with electronics, glass harp,
household items and found sounds. Culminating in light moments of wonder,
hovering and timeless.

For "Islet" all tracks were made between 2007 ~ 2009, using piano, glassharp, guitar,
synthesizer and eld recordings. "This EP is my collected early works that express
my pureness for electronica, ambient music"

Hideki has had recent releases on Dynamophone and Symbolic Interaction, with a
forthcoming album out on mOAR & Dynamophone. The Islet EP will be released
through Drifting Falling as a limited 3” cdr, and digital formats.