SCH-005
SAWAKO + DAISUKE MIYATANI
hi bi no ne

01, p v g
02, small planet
03, tiny star
04, stkhlm
05, hanauta
06, 「 」
07, fell fall
08, am3:00
09, flash back
10, madonosoto
11, super no flat
12, sou
13, i'm home
14, oyaasuminasai

all written by sawako + daisuke miyatani

mastered by taylor deupree (12K)

cover art : shin kikuchi
art direction : yuma saito
a&r : akira kosemura

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Hi Bi No Ne is unfettered by agenda or inflexible identity, and is largely guided by musicians with enough technical ability and imagination to go wherever seems right for the moment.
The duo construct well-proportioned, arresting music that requires several listens before one can appreciate its nuances of expression. There are passages of cool abstraction, textual layering, animated chatter and occasional sequences of tender lyricism, all of which fit together with an almost dreamlike precision. "am3:00", the albums centerpiece at eight minutes, draws from the well of Daisuke Miyatani and the physical intensity of his traditional instruments, which heightens generative tension against Sawako's amniotic haze.
Miyatani's bowed lines and fibrous thrumming effectively form the linchpin of "Madonosoto", as Sawako adds subtle accents and coloration. In general the work maintains a lovely tone, but the pair don't settle for that. With "Sou", they enter into a more energetic phase, where synthetic dots and dashes chase each other like beads of electricity stuck in a circuit, while snatches of sung-soken narrative hover above. Hi Bi No Ne exerts a curious fascination, gently but insistently inviting one back for repeated attempts at falling under its sway.

Max Schaefer (earlabs)


Sawako is a Japanese sound artist now living in New York and Nagoya native where she studied studying the classical piano over 10 years. In Tokyo studied computer culture and graduated in 2002. Sawako obtained a Master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications at the New York University.
Since 2001 she has been active releasing CD-R’s, MP3’s and CD’s in various labels such as Portugal’s Grain Of Sound, and American’s Anticipate, Community Library and 12k.
Daisuke Miyatani is a Japanese graphic designer, art director and musician, and currently lives in Awaji Islands who has release some CD’s in international imprints.
‘Hi Bi No Ne’ is released by Schole Records and supported by Schole Japanese magazine run by Akira Kosemura.
The music has an organic and digital sound composed by gentle guitars, field recordings, marimba like and bowed instruments, clicks and electronics.
The atmosphere is fine and delicate, quite cinematic and ‘Super no Flat’ is good example of it. ‘Sou’ shows a nice melody along with the sound of a glass like object producing a rough tiny sound that flows perfectly.
Sawakos’s vocals are both enchanting and sweet that fixed properly in the music of this album. Refined ambient!

- Loop (Chile)