Artist: Aspidistrafly
Album: I hold a wish for you
Label: Kitchen.
Format: CD
Price: $17
Order: KI-002

Total time: 42.9 minutes

File under: ACOUSTIC / AMBIENT / EXPERIMENTAL

About:
Kitchen. Label is proud to present the first full-length album by aspidistrafly, a sound & visual project formed by April Lee and Ricks Ang.

'i hold a wish for you' is an artbook + cd with references to Banana Yoshimoto's literary classic 'Moonlight Shadow' weaving through their own
narratives inspired by several excursions outside the confines of their immediate surroundings. 'i hold a wish for you' invokes delicate moments and
a feeling of connection with people and places faraway with nine tracks that combine acoustic instrumentation across broad washes of warm vocal
harmonies, soft floating textures and binaural field recordings. From the pure lyrical intentions of 'On the Summer Solstice' to the densely layered
sonic scape of '花火', 'i hold a wish for you' shows a a group as equally invested in melody as it is in experimentation.

'i hold a wish for you' also features a collaboration track with Haruka Nakamura (schole records) and is packaged in a customized 6 fold accordion
photo album with photography by aspidistrafly’s April Lee and Kobe-based artist, Rika Motodoi. This album is an invitation to travel with sound and go
forth into the world created by the artists.

aspidistrafly is the sound, visual & music project formed by April Lee (b.1984) and Ricks Ang (b.1980). April is an art director, photographer and vocalist. She has a background of study in architecture. Ricks also works in design and curates the burgeoning Kitchen. label. He is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and also a music producer. April and Ricks are currently based in Singapore.

Since 2002, aspidistrafly had produced a couple of handmade self-releases, sound/performances for new media installations and art exhibitions, as well as participating in works for independent labels in North America, Japan, Australia among others. They have also performed internationally in Japan and other Asia-pacific regions. Their list of past collaborators includes Takayuki Fujimoto (Dumbtype), Daito Manabe, Haruka Nakamura among others. As a producer, Ricks has worked on “windvane & window” by Flica
and “Weekend” by Rist.