Squidco: Volden, Havarad & Toshi Nakamura: Crepuscular Rays

Crepuscular Rays

A reference to rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from a single point in the sky around dusk or dawn, as heard through a combination of acoustic guitar, objects and no-input mixing board.

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Personnel:

Havard Volden-12-string guitar, objects

Toshimaru Nakamura-no input mixing board

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Label: Another Timbre
Catalog ID: at26
Squidco Product Code: 12982

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: UK
Packaging: Jewel Tray
"Scattering" recorded at [SICI], Oslo, November 17, 2008. "Perception" recorded at the Fri Resonans festival, Trondheim on November 15, 2008.

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"Crepuscular Rays, in atmospheric optics, are rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from a single point in the sky. These rays, which stream through gaps in clouds or between other objects, are columns of sunlit air separated by darker cloud-shadowed regions. The name comes from their frequent occurrences during crepuscular hours (those around dawn and dusk), when the contrasts between light and dark are the most obvious."-from the liner notes

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Artist Biographies

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"Toshimaru Nakamura is a Japanese musician, active in free improvisation and Japanese onkyo.

He began his career playing rock and roll guitar, but gradually explored other types of music, even abandoning guitar, and started working on circuit bending. He uses a mixing console as a live, interactive musical instrument: "Nakamura plays the 'no-input mixing board', connecting the input of the board to the output, then manipulating the resultant audio feedback."

Nakamura's music has been described as "sounds ranging from piercing high tones and shimmering whistles to galumphing, crackle-spattered bass patterns."

Nakamura founded the ensemble A Paragon of Beauty in 1992. He has recorded solo albums, worked as a session musician, and collaborated with artists including Sachiko M ("a kindred spirit"), Otomo Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, John Butcher, Nicholas Bussmann, Taku Sugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, dancer Kim Ito, and drummer Jason Kahn."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshimaru_Nakamura)
5/5/2025

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Track Listing:

1. Scattering 21:41

2. Perception 22:37

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