The Garden - In Sea-Land

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4...according to our Ant on Fri 15 Jul, 2011.

A fine collaboration here from New York based musician David Tagg and Kyoto's Hakabune which is the alias of Takahiro Yorifuji. Recorded in both cities in the winter of 2011 it is unclear whether they actually recorded together or if they collaborated through the internet. Anyway details aside what we have here are six strong tracks of gently caressing ambient guitar music that's the perfect soundtrack to gazing endlessly into pre-sunset hazy summer skies. For some reason I'd like to listen to this on a boat during a peaceful ride on calm seas while squinting at the horizon. The gentle fluctuating drones ripple their way into my consciousness and really make me just want to lay down on the floor. This does bear the duo's individual signature styles but is also something a little different too. Lovely stuff. Initial copies come with Install label logo sticker.

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It isn't often that collaborative projects bear such bountiful fruit right from the start of their conception, but sometimes, nature seems to have another motive in mind, and we're given a very special and very unique result. Hailing from near-opposite sides of the globe, David Tagg and Takahiro Yorifuji (also known here at Install and elsewhere as Hakobune) decided to combine their complementary approaches to ambient guitar music and make something new together. The Garden - In Sea-Land, certainly conjures images of organic growth in a surreal landscape, and the album colors in the empty spaces with watery blue melodies submerged in ocean water and triumphant overarching towers of weathered stone drones surrounded by sea spray and thin clouds. Both similar to what David and Takahiro have individually created before, and also unique to itself, these two men have found an alchemical assurance in combining their crafts with The Garden. Sure to please fans of either musician's work, or anyone who appreciates gentle guitars unspooled over a canvas of water and green. Deep and lush, alive and vibrant. A multifaceted pleasurable listen for the hot Summer months.

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