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Lethe / Catastrophe Point #7 & #8 (2CD ib003 USA)

disc one - catastrophe point #7 - 50.50
sound materials recorded at arsenic: lausanne, switzerland
2004.10.21 - 11.28

disc two - catastrophe point #8 - 58.00
sound materials recorded at ex power station : edinburgh, scotland
2006.10.23 - 10.28

all compositions by lethe
photos by kuwayama kiyoharu
sleeve design by invisible birds & kuwayama kiyoharu
letterpress printing by ben owen at middle press, brooklyn
liner notes by giancarlo toniutti

http://invisiblebirds.org/

Lethe / Catastrophe Point #5 (CD int034 USA)

Catastrophe Point #5 is the latest in Kuwayama Kiyoharu’s signature series of compositions that explore the charged, mysterious atmosphere of disused industrial sites. For this album, Lethe turns his attention to an abandoned warehouse by a pier in his hometown of Nagoya, Japan, using objects discovered in situ to perform a ritual of sonic resurrection. He brings a dead space back to life, giving it a voice and allowing it to speak. Metal chains, sheet metal, broken machinery, and factory debris are bowed, struck, and dragged across the concrete floors of the massive hall, reverberating and responding as Kuwayama and his microphones scuttle across the desolate terrain. Growling cello and unstable horns underscore the torrents of percussive clatter. Catastrophe Point #5 is a haunting album of volatile, malevolent ambiance.
Kiyoharu Kuwayama began working with sound in the late 1980s, using half-scale violin, cello, and found junk objects in the group Minotaure. In 1999, he and violinist Rina Kijima formed the improvisational acoustic duo Kuwayama-Kijima to bring their instruments outdoors and perform in environments with unique acoustic properties, notably underneath a highway overpass and in a construction site. Between 1999 and 2003, Kuwayama organized the five-day-long Lethe.Voice.Festival in an unused grain warehouse.
Lethe’s previous release on Intransitive was Tsurumai, a stellar collaborative CD with Dutch noise legends Kapotte Muziek. He has also appeared on albums with bassist Matt Heyner (Malkuth, Cold Bleak Heat, No-Neck Blues Band), Jonathan Coleclough, Hidekai Shimada (Agencement), Carter Thornton (Enos Slaughter, Izititiz), Kiyoshi Mizutani, and Campbell Kneale (Birchville Cat Motel).

http://www.intransitiverecordings.com/

KIYOSHI MIZUTANI - HIDEAKI SHIMADA - KIYOHARU KUWAYAMA / GAMBETTA
( CD by Monochrome Vision Russia )

Kiyoharu Kuwayama: contact microphone, hand made electronics
Hideaki Shimada: violin, live electronics
Kiyoshi Mizutani: feed back, drumstick
Recorded at Gambetta, Tokyo, on November 18th, 2001
Remix by Kiyoharu Kuwayama, on May 04th, 2008

http://www.monochromevision.ru

ZASHIKI-WARASHI / mail wars! ( LP cc 9 USA )

Released 4/01/09, full length vinyl limited to 550 copies.

Collaborations with a variety of opponents,
all built through mail correspondence Includes
Burning Star Core
Alan Dubin (Khanate)
Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards/Zaimph)
Pigeons, David Shuford (NNCK)
Kuwayama Kiyoharu
Greg Wildes (Gas Tank Orchestra)
Marshall Avett(Zandosis)
Darwin Smith
Dr. Mijin Kim
Carl Smith/Derek Phelps
Smith Harrison