quiet scenes from tokyo [Vinyl]

Faitiche presents the debut solo album by cellist, sound artist, and composer Topu Lyo: quiet scenes from tokyo brings together sixteen miniatures for solo cello and tape echo that oscillate between abstracts drones and rhythmic pizzicato sketches -- all recorded at Topu's Tokyo apartment. The constant traffic noise from a nearby highway has become an accompanying soundtrack for his compositions and can be heard on the recordings. Topu's playing is marked by a distinctive idiom oriented more towards abstract electronic studio effects than classical technique.

01. living deep in the mountains (3:47)
02. moon over the lonely house (2:32)
03. old trees in lonely spring (1:58)
04. fine wind, clear morning (2:52)
05. windbell and scenery (1:38)
06. sun mu (the faceless painter) (1:41)
07. yuyake koyake (sunset glow) (1:38)
08. irises (0:46)
09. grass and insects (shin saimdang) (1:04)
10. the dream of the fisherman's wife (2:24)
11. a street car with announcement (1:43)
12. messe de requiem (2:34)
13. kichijoji (2:14)
14. pyongyang (1:27)
15. ears by the side of the wall (1:46)
16. the moon (2:26)