Last Afternoon, by Takuma Watanabe

Last Afternoon

by Takuma Watanabe

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1.	Tactile 02:46	buy track
2.	Wavelength 04:39	buy track
3.	Last Afternoon 04:36 video	buy track
4.	Text 01:59	buy track
5.	Siesta 03:39	buy track
6.	Damned 05:41	buy track
7.	Clouds Fall 03:40	buy track
8.	Bruges 04:14	buy track

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The second release on Constructive (sister label of SN Variations) is Last Afternoon by Japanese composer Takuma Watanabe. Released in an edition of 300 clear vinyl and 200 CDs.

Having studied at Berklee College in America he is now living in Japan where he composes for film using a string ensemble founded by himself.

This is Watanabe’s first full length artist album.

Last Afternoon features collaborations with American vocalist and composer Joan La Barbara known for her recorded works with John Cage, Morton Feldman, Robert Ashley and composer and software developer Akira Rabelais known for his collaborations with Bjork and David Sylvian.

Watanabe has also collaborated with Jonas Mekas, David Sylvian, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Félicia Atkinson, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto and Seiichi Yamamoto amongst others.

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released May 7, 2021

String ensemble: Anzu Suhara (vn), Atsuko Hatano (vn2), Naoko Kakutani (va), Seigen Tokuzawa (vc), Hiroki Chiba (cb).

Wabi-sabi Akira Rabelais
Track 4. Voice Joan La Barbara
Mastered by Jim O Rourke
Cover photo courtesy of Anders Edström.

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Constructive London, UK

Constructive. An unspecified variety of music, sometimes with a visual counterpoint

Constructive is the sister label to SN Variations.
Recently migrated to its own Bandcamp site

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