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Yes Strings Attached

by Da Wei Wang / Tatsu Aoki

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Material Source 18:33
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Yes Strings Attached 24:50
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Cross Country and... 20:30
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Relative Duration 20:06
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On this long recording, Da Wei Wang plays electric guitar, while Tatsu Aoki punctuates with electrified shamisen. It's floaty, swirly, a ...

... misty oneiric fog ...

... the sharp shamisen ... the sound of completion ... infinitely slowed ... turned around ...

After the performance, the endless stream of life, the search.

...

When haven't you searched?

Yes Strings Attached will be available digitally or as a limited double-cassette from FPE Records September 30, 2022.


... About Tatsu Aoki ...

Tatsu Aoki teaches experimental filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He heads the non-profit Asian Improv aRts Midwest, managing classes in Japanese taiko and shamisen. For decades, he has been a leading member of Chicago's jazz and experimental music scenes, leading his own groups including MIYUMI Project, Bass Dreams minus B, Trio WAZ, and collaborating with legendary performers such as Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Mwata Bowden, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Michael Zerang and Nicole Mitchell.


... About Da Wei Wang ...

For over a decade, Da Wei Wang has been a veteran guitar hawk of the Chicago avant-rock scene. He is best known for his work in the legendary industrial-gospel-punk band, Ono. He is also an improviser in Street Tentacle and the defunct Suckling Pigs. He has toured throughout the United States and internationally to disseminate the hymns of experimental guitar music.

Da Wei’s fractured, atonal guitar style spans from dada funk to existential doom to ambient raga. He applies extended techniques and tools on his guitar to conjure dense, textured landscapes. His solo guitar work is like a storm cloud whose gaseous firmament is carpeted with hoary sprouts and dust geysers.

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released September 30, 2022

** This project is supported in part by Asian Improv aRts Midwest Arts Initiatives Program.

© ℗ 2022 FPE Records


DA WEI WANG guitar, electronics
TATSU AOKI shamisen, electronics

ALL COMPOSITIONS
© 2022 DA WEI WANG & TATSU AOKI

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MATT
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Asian Improv aRts Midwest

Recorded at Caleb Willitz FB Studio, Chicago
MIXING AND MASTERING Caleb Willitz
PHOTOGRAPHY Da Wei Wang / Tatsu Aoki
GRAPHIC DESIGN Al Brandtner

This is FPE Records #46, 2022.

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