mariaは朝７時からin redという雑誌の撮影で清里へ。
僕は１日中、家で仕事。

今日は色々やってみたけど何もうまくいかなかった。
気圧のせいで腰が痛かったりしたせいもあるけど、こういう
日もあるということなのか。
結構長時間費やしたりしたので少し落ち込む。

そういえばロエル・メールコップががstaalplaatのメールマガジン、
vital weeklyに60 soundとATAK002について書いてくれた。
以下添付。

V.A. – 60 SOUND ARTISTS PROTEST THE WAR (Compilation CD by ATAK)
Well, the title really says it all: this CD contains 60 tracks by 60
artists and they are all protesting the war (the war in question being the
invasion of Iraq by the so called allied forces), simply by being present
on this disc. The initiative for this compilation came from Keiichiro
Shibuya, himself a musician and working for the ATAK label. Of course, it
is easy for people to come up with a one minute sound bite and yes, it has
been done before, but somehow, this sampler seems to be better than the
others I have heard before. This is probably due to the artists involved
and the order in which they are presented (even if this was decided
entirely randomly). It would go way too far to name them all, although that
could be enough for many people to order the CD at once. Let me suffice to
say that everybody that matters is on it (well, almost everybody) and that
it is a pleasure to listen to. It was my personal pleasure to listen with
the cover in my hand and try to guess who’s who. At which I failed
miserably of course……..All those opposing the aforementioned war will
have to buy it anyway, so all the others will have to depend on its
quality. Very well done! (MR)
Oh well, here’s the list anyway: roel meelkop/shirtrax vs. shirtrax/keith
rowe + toshimaru nakamura/stephan mathieu/pomassl/slipped disc/bernhard
gunter/kim gascone/doron sadja/yamataka eye/numb/steve
roden/steinbruchel/go taneda/akira yamamichi/tiziana bertoncini + thomas
lehn/yuji takahashi/freiband/cm von hauswolff/keiichiro
shibuya/motor/stilluppsteypa/coh/mikael stavostrand/radboud mens/miki
yui/andreas tilliander/minimalistic sweden/nao tokui + take3tsu
nagano/frank bretschneider/evala/taeji sawai/fennesz/kenneth
kirschner/i8u/john hudak/aoki takamasa/mitchell akiyama/burkhard
stangl/goodiepal/hideki nakazawa/aelab/christof kurzmann/jos
smolders/masahiro miwa/janek schaefer/tv
pow/pix/kimken/saidrum/merzbow/m.behrens/maria/klon/mondii/richard di
sant/christophe charles/william basinski/carsten nicolai/yasunao tone.
Adress: http://atak.jp or info@atak.jp

KEIICHIRO SHIBUYA + YUJI TAKAHASHI – ATAK 002 (CD by ATAK)
I believe this CD is a debut, but I wouldn’t put my money on it. It
contains 15 tracks in the genre now known as glitch or clicks ‘n cuts. But
there is something strange about this record: tracks are quite varied and
only slightly rythmical. It is certainly not the type of music that will
fill the old dancefloor. And that makes it all the more interesting of
course. The general tendency on this disc is minimalistic, but with a
certain humoristic twist. Rythms are constructed from looped cuts and other
sounds are layered on top of that. Things are sometimes on the edge of
going berserk, but never really do. Noise is always lurking somewhere
around the corner, waiting for the right moment to erupt. And that keeps
things exciting and fun. (MR)