Artist: Fjordne
Album: The Setting Sun
Label: Kitchen.
Format: CD
Price: $17
Order: KI-003

Total time: 60:24

File under: HOME-LISTENING / MODERN CLASSICAL / AMBIENT

About:
"THE SETTING SUN" is FJORDNE's 4th album since the succession of 3 albums released in 2008 by Ryoondo Tea (Japan), Dynamophone Records (US) and U-Cover (Belgium), which received rave reviews mainly in the European community for his visually concoctive compositions. FJORDNE is also known as Shunichiro Fujimoto (b.1980). Born in Japan, he grew up in South East Asia and America before moving back to Tokyo, where he is currently based.

In the winter of early 2009, FJORDNE worked on “THE SETTING SUN” inspired by the evocative descriptions of simple things in Dazai Osamu’s novel of the same name (Shayo), a story of an aristocratic family in decline and the moral lapses of its members. Sidestepping the novel’s content, FJORDNE recreates through sound the introspection and pastoral lyricism of Dazai’s language. "THE SETTING SUN" pushes FJORDNE’s work into a more classical domain compared to his previous works, underlining his mastery of melody and dissonance through an ensemble of acoustic instruments such as piano, guitars and strings embodied in layers of dense sonic textures and disorder, transforming his sounds into a new time span.

Packaged in Kitchen. customized 6 fold accordion photo album, the essence of “THE SETTING SUN” is made visible by artwork provided by April Lee (one half of aspidistrafly and artist for Kitchen.). Employing the progression and pause of time, the flow of the images gently echo FJORDNE's interpretation to reveal this carefully hidden world. (Kitchen)