Fire Records
Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou
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New
LP
pressing
on
Black
Vinyl,
standard
sleeve
with
printed
inner
sleeve.
There’s
a
mystery
to
Vanishing
Twin
–
from
their
name
to
the
multitude
of
sounds
that
inhabit
their
music.
They
don’t
sound
like
many
but
they
hint
at
plenty.
‘Ookii
Gekkou’
(Japanese
for
Big
Moonlight)
is
the
sound
of
ordinary
life
under
a
different
set
of
rules,
a
record
conceived
and
created
in
dark
times
–
a
sort
of
dream
catcher
for
all
the
madness
of
the
past
year.
Vanishing
Twin
explore
new
ground
on
‘Ookii
Gekkou’
incorporating
elements
of
afrofunk,
outer
jazz
and
avant-garde,
all
while
referencing
Sun
Ra
to
Alice
Coltrane,
Martin
Denny
to
Morricone,
Can’s
Holger
Czukay
to
meditative
Gamelan,
or
The
Free
Design,
to
library
music
of
the
late
‘60s
and
early
‘70s.
Locked
into
their
strangely-accessible
groove
is
a
history
of
‘other’
sound,
a
crafted
hauntology
that
evinces
something
completely
new.
Hurricanes,
organisms,
vibes,
bells,
and
percussive
rallies
purvey
throughout
‘Ookii
Gekkou’,
each
infiltrated
with
influences
as
diverse
as
Piero
Umiliani,
Art
Ensemble
of
Chicago
and
ELO
among
others.
Indeed,
even
a
cursory
earful
adds
to
an
ever-expanding
palette
of
sound,
no
mean
feat
for
the
newly-trimmed
quartet
of
songwriter,
singer
and
multi-instrumentalist
Cathy
Lucas,
drummer
Valentina
Magaletti,
bassist
Susumu
Mukai,
and
synth/guitar
player
Phil
MFU,
this
reduction
resulting
in
no
fewer
ideas
and
even
bigger
steps.
Track
List
Side
A
A1
Big
Moonlight
(Ookii
Gekkou)
A2
Phase
One
Million
A3
Zuum
A4
The
Organism.
Side
B
B1
In
Cucina
B2
Wider
Than
Itself
B3
Light
Vessel
B4
Tub
Erupt
B5
The
Lift
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