Kazuya Nagaya Announces Remix album feat. Dubfire, Steve Rachman & Vril

KAZUYA NAGAYA ANNOUNCES ‘DREAM INTERPRETATION’ REMIX ALBUM 

FEATURING DUBFIRE, VRIL, STEVE RACHMAD & FLUG AND MORE, IT IS SET FOR RELEASE ON 23RD APRIL VIA SCI+TEC 

 

'sparkling, ritualistic ambience’ FACT   ‘pushes the boundaries of ambient electronic music……fascinating’ The Line of Best Fit

'delves into the subconscious on an ambient breeze of feather-light strings and consequent synthesizer arrangements. Not a note wasted’ The Vinyl Factory

‘THANATOS’ DUBFIRE REMIX - LISTEN HERE (PUBLIC)

‘There are dreams that I still remember. Although it has been decades since I had those dreams, they continue to pulsate, circulating their pellucid blood, vital and fresh as if dreamt just last night’

 

Singing bowls, bronze bells and gongs resonate through the mindful layers of Japanese percussionist and ambient producer Kazuya Nagaya’s music. In Zen Buddhism, bells are believed to wash away the cares of the mortal world, as the listener follows the resonance of the bell into the silence and stillness within all beings. It is a penetration into the depths of one’s self. Out last year via SCI+TEC, Nagaya’s ‘Dream Interpretations’ was an immersive masterclass in ritualistic simplicity. Floating in a cloud of billowing ambience, it’s nine tracks inviting the listener to traverse a broad spectrum of spirit. Now, almost exactly a year later, the Tokyo master returns, this time drafting in an impressive array of names to reinterpret the very same tracks. First up SCI+TEC head honcho Dubfire delivers a wonderfully atmospheric and glitchy rework of ‘Thanatos,’ (listen here) before EVS (the designer and owner of LA jewelry brand Parts of Four,) brings things down a level with a dark and hypnotic version of ‘Mother Wading In The River.’ Elsewhere German producer VRIL presents a distorted techno remix of ‘Heathen,’ the prolific Steve Rachmad puts his own unique spin on on the same track, and Argentinian master Flug showcases his magic with two sublime offerings.

 

Nagaya’s music is rooted in Buddhist (Zenzhu) philosophy and sensibilities unique to Japan. Concurrently, his work and interests are also contemporary and traverse a broad spectrum of cultures. This has led him to work with a wide range of collaborators that include Tibetan Buddhist Monks, Hawaiian Kahuna, artists such as Plastikman and Iris Van Herpen, and also to perform regularly in acclaimed festivals such as MUTEK.JP, MUTEK.MX and Today`s Art. His first album, “Utsusho”, was released in 1999 and later re-released with Minus. His latest album, “The Microscope of Heraclitus,” was released with Indigo Raw in 2018. 

 

Nagaya started out to pursue his talents in literature and is also an award-winning writer and a connoisseur on Japanese Literature, Buddhist Folktales and Zen Philosophical Works. These interests breathed life into his music, and the sensibilities and philosophical views which he developed during his literary years are now reflected in most of his music today. He spends half the week teaching courses at his University in Tokyo, and the other half composing and writing in his home in the Japanese Alps, where he resides with his wife, and many adopted cats and dogs. 

 

‘Dream Interpretations’ was composed at a difficult time in Nagaya’s life. While he worked, he listened closely to the sound of the knocking that reverberated from the paths of his unconsciousness and transformed that into music. In other words, this music is his dream interpretation.

Track listing:

 

A1 Thanatos (Dubfire Remix) 00:06:48
A2 Mother Wading In the River (EVS Remix) 00:04:19
B1 Heathen (VRIL Remix) 00:06:00
B2 Mother Wading in the River (Flug Broken Remix)  00:06:40
C1 Mother Wading In the River (Cassegrain Remix) 00:06:30
C2 Heathen (Steve Rachmad Remix) 00:05:46
D1 Wolfman’s Dream (Yotam Avni Remix) 00:06:59
D2 Heathen (Intercity Express Remix) 00:08:10
E1 Wolfman’s Dream (Markus Suckut Remix) 00:07:32
F1 Mother Wading In the River (Flug Trip Remix) 00:07:17
F2 Mother Wading in the River (Yagya Remix) 00:05:41