{"product_id":"kimimi-има-イマ","title":"KiMiMi -  ИМА (イマ)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Conatala – 010\u003cbr\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Japan\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Folk, World, \u0026amp; Country\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Experimental, Field Recording, Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngrossing, multi-layered musical composting from multi-instrumentalist Shin-Ya Ohno’s solo KiMiMi project released via the esteemed in-house label arm of Tokyo’s Pianola Records, Conatala.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was probably a few years ago now that we first encountered KiMiMi’s work via a self-released cassette with an unpronounceable name.  It felt totally original - a disorientating array of culturally and aesthetically disconnected field recordings and deliberately clashing acoustic elements that congealed into a wonderful mess with a life of its own.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eИМА (IMA) is grounded in the everyday field recordings captured over a period of time in the experimental Arimasuton Building, the ongoing sounds of construction, people living, laughing and inhabiting a space, fortified and overlayed with KiMiMi’s wonderful nomadic folk additions.  It’s like asking, why paint on a blank canvas?  Incorporating the chance elements and unexpected unities of sound reveals hidden harmonies, uncovering strange new sonic journeys.  The wistful nature occasionally recalls the sound works of Lovely Music alumni “Blue” Gene Tyranny, whilst the cosy yet off-kilter arrangements evoke favourites from Woo, Jam Money or Tori Kudo.  Ultimately, it’s a sound project rooted in nostalgia and the passing of time, underpinned by a dazzlingly diverse tapestry of multi-instrumental folk music that showcases a brave artist with a unique voice.  A beguiling trip unlike any other!  (Mint \/ New - with free DL)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘ИМА (Ima)’ is a work by KiMiMi, the solo project of a musician Shin-ya Ohno, which captures the layers of time and the presence of people inhabiting ‘Arimasuton Building’—a self-built structure created over 20 years by architect Keisuke Oka, located in Mita, Tokyo, and reconstructs them into music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA multi-instrumentalist who masterfully handles a diverse range of instruments, with the gaida (an ancestor of the bagpipes) – which he studied in Bulgaria – at the core of his sound, KiMiMi has previously brought traces of daily life and folk melodies recorded during his travels back to the scale of home recording, weaving fantastical folk soundscapes through cassette tape works and stage music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside his musical activities, he has participated in the construction work for ‘Arimasuton Building’, recording the sounds of hammers and steel beams echoing on site, lunchtime chatter, the melodies of instruments played by others, and the sound of cars passing by. From the end of 2022, a zine titled ‘Monthly Arimasuton Building Urimasu’, based on this construction project, was launched. KiMiMi incorporates these recordings into the musical works he contributes to each issue, layering sounds from live instruments—including the gaida, accordion, guitar, flute, ukulele, piano, foot-pump organ, melodica and xylophone—alongside a few synthesiser tones, to shape a soundscape imbued with the humidity and breath of the site.\u003cbr\u003eKiMiMi’s creative process is characterised not by planned construction, but by an attitude of entrusting the work to chance, intuition and the passage of time. Fragmented recordings are layered, set aside for a time, and then unearthed again. Through this repetition, the music naturally takes shape. This resonates perfectly with the process of ‘Arimasuton Building’, which was built up improvisationally, layer by layer, without any pre-prepared blueprints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘ИМА (Ima)’ marks the current stage of KiMiMi’s sonic journey and represents an attempt to gracefully transcend the boundaries between architecture and music, documentation and creation, and the individual and the community. The clamour of the city, the tranquillity of manual labour, laughter, and every sound resonating at the Arimasuton Building site blend with KiMiMi’s music, reflecting the very passage of time in which people live.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Missai Odoritamae 07:15\u003cbr\u003e2. Jarry to Aragane Strip 02:50\u003cbr\u003e3. OD DO 09:53\u003cbr\u003e4. Toki yo 04:39\u003cbr\u003e5. 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