Two Views Of Amami Oshima vinyl

The latest short-run missive from Antwerp imprint Edicoes CN is an intriguing proposition. It was inspired by the painter Isson Tanaka, who spent his final years living and making art on the island of Amami Oshima. The album's two lengthy pieces were directly inspired by both the island's landscape and Tanaka's isolated life during the 1970s. Japanese sound artist Hideki Umezawa, who visited Amami Oshima three years ago, handles side A, expertly fusing field recordings he made on the island with electronic pulses, ambient chords and becalmed aural textures. American producer Andrew Pekler takes over on the flip, offering a swelling, humid and soft-focus piece where exotic bird noises and rainforest sounds wrap around gaseous and weightless new age movements.