Track notes by the composers

"VARIANT"
This composition consists of four sound events produced by each performer: (1) a partial variation on an optional section of notated music and its repetition with a transformation, (2) the same as (1), but a partial variation on what other performers play, (3) a tacet carried out by a performer while listening to others’ performances, (4) improvisation with harmonics performed while thinking of a variation. I was inspired by plant breeding, gene fixation, splicing, mutation, etc., and loosely translated them in order to perform music.

"Trio for Tai Yanagisawa Shibatetsu 2021/3/15"
Rather than a general-purpose piece, this is a work created for this particular occasion. I wrote a 20-minute composition on one sheet of A4-size paper, sent it and answered questions by e-mail; then the performance was held after just a short rehearsal the same day. Cello, electric guitar and upright piano plus Bass Melodion. Four sections of about five minutes each, for a total of 20 minutes; no stopwatch was used. Each section was made up of harmonics, high-pitched tones, loudness and silence, low-pitched tones. A piece both near and far from improvisation in which nothing is predetermined.

"Kanji Compounds and Lines"
In this piece, Chinese character (kanji) compounds are performed as music. For each kanji, one performer plays one stroke of the character. Attack timbres and reverberation tones are interpreted from the kanji. The Japanese katakana (phonetic syllabary) character (イロハニホヘト / i ro ha ni ho he to) or music note (レミソラシ / re mi so la ti) contained in the kanji forms are the note names (for example, in "術" the central katakana "ホ" = the E note). The following kanji compounds were performed: 雅楽/gagaku, 独学/dokugaku, 分電盤/bundenban, 従順/jujun, 柔道着/judogi, 乗馬場/jobajo, 膳所/zensho, 午前午後/gozengogo, 浄財/jozai, 脱獄/datsugoku, 準備/jumbi, 事実上/jijitsujo, 売買/baibai, 段段畑/dandanbatake, 大吟醸/daiginjo, 銀座/Ginza, 議事堂/gijido, 源氏蛍/genjibotaru, 解脱/gedatsu, 貧乏神/bimbogami, 男女平等/danjobyodo, 現代美術/gendaibijutsu, 牛丼大/gyudondai, 残骸/zangai, 座禅/zazen, 便乗/binjo.

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Shibatetsu was born in Tokyo in 1959. He has been active as a pianist/melodica player, improviser and composer since the 1980s. His solo CD "Plastic Pneuma," documenting an improvised melodica performance, was released on the Hitorri label (hitorri-992) in 2016.

Cellist Tomoki Tai was born in Osaka in 1982. In addition to classical music, he performs improvisation and occasionally uses self-made electric instruments. The CD "Electric Powered Music Concert," a performance by the improvised noise project consisting of Tai (on self-made electronic instrument), Masamichi Kinoshita and Takumi Ikeda, was released on the Meenna label (meenna-877) in 2018.

Born in 1990, guitarist Kokichi Yanagisawa lives in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. He studied jazz in New York from 2013 to 2016. Since returning to Japan in 2017, he has been based in Nagano and also spends about a week in Tokyo once every month or two, playing jazz and improvisation. Yanagisawa also has a keen interest in contemporary classical music, and was awarded Premier Prix at the Luc Ferrari-related international competition Prix Presque Rien in 2017.

In a concert at Ftarri on April 5, 2021, Shibatetsu, Tomoki Tai and Kokichi Yanagisawa performed as a trio, playing one composition by each artist. All three pieces are presented on this album, in the order of their performance.


曲解説

「VARIANT」
この曲は各奏者が発する4つの音の出来事で構成される。(1) 楽譜内容の任意の部分に対する変奏と、変容を含む繰り返し、(2) (1) と同様、但し変奏は他奏者の演奏内容に対するもの、(3) 他奏者の演奏内容を聞き取る間のタセット、(4) 変奏を考える間のハーモニクスによる演奏。植物の (植物に限る必要はないが) 交配、遺伝子の固定、スプライシング、突然変異等から着想を得て、演奏のためにそれらを緩く翻訳した。(文：柳沢耕吉)

「Trio for Tai Yanagisawa Shibatetsu 2021/3/15」
汎用的な曲でなく、この機会のために作った曲。20分の曲をA4サイズの紙1枚に書き、メールで送り質疑応答し、当日短時間リハだけで演奏。チェロ、エレキ・ギター、アップライト・ピアノにバス・メロディオン。約5分のセクションが4つで20分、ストップウオッチは使わない。各セクションは、ハーモニックス、高音、派手と沈黙、低音。何も決めない即興演奏に近くて遠い曲。(文：しばてつ)

「熟語と線」
漢字熟語を演奏する曲。一漢字につき一奏者が一打奏する。アタックの音色、残響音名が各漢字から読み取られる。漢字形状に含まれるイロハニホヘト、レミソラシが音名 (例えば "術" は真ん中の "ホ" ＝ Ｅ音)。演奏された熟語は、雅楽、独学、分電盤、従順、柔道着、乗馬場、膳所、午前午後、浄財、脱獄、準備、事実上、売買、段段畑、大吟醸、銀座、議事堂、源氏蛍、解脱、貧乏神、男女平等、現代美術、牛丼大、残骸、座禅、便乗。(文：多井智紀)

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しばてつは1959年東京に生まれ、1980年代より活動を続けるピアノ / 鍵盤ハーモニカ奏者、即興演奏家、作曲家。2016年に鍵盤ハーモニカによる即興演奏を収録したソロCD『Plastic Pneuma』(hitorri-992) を、Hitorri レーベルからリリースしている。

多井智紀は1982年大阪生まれのチェロ奏者。クラシック音楽での活動以外に、即興演奏もおこなう。また、時には自作した電気楽器も使用。2018年に、木下正道と池田拓実との即興ノイズ・プロジェクトCD『電力音楽演奏会』(meenna-877) を Meenna レーベルからリリース (ここでの多井は自作電気楽器を演奏)。

柳沢耕吉は1990年生まれ、長野県松本在住のギター奏者。2013年～2016年に、ニューヨークでジャズを学ぶ。2017年に帰国後は地元での活動以外に、1～2ヶ月に一度は1週間程度東京に滞在してジャズや即興音楽を演奏する。現代音楽への関心も高く、リュック・フェラーリ国際コンクール「プレスク・リヤン賞 2017」で、第一位を受賞。

2021年4月5日、Ftarri でのコンサートで、しばてつ、多井智紀、 柳沢耕吉はそれぞれ作曲作品を用意し、それらをトリオで演奏した。本アルバムには、全3曲を演奏順に収録。