Spaces In Between | TRS087
The idea behind the album title Spaces in Between is conceptual, imagining the space between Berlin and Reykjavik as Hoshiko and Mikael were sending ideas back and forth over the internet from their respective homes without having actually met in real life. They held their first (but probably not last) concert at the Extreme Chill Festival in Reykjavik this fall, and the receptions from the crowd were very positive. Musically, they both have a knack for creating mesmerizing ambient music with classical influences. With violin, viola and piano being at the forefront, and synths and sound design wrapping their themes up as a larger musical environment, they have created something extremely special here!
As well as being available digitally, this beauty will also be released in two distinct physical versions. The first limited edition version comes in the form of 60, re-purposed, vintage 35mm film cans. Each can has been hand modified front and back, with labels hand typed on an old typewriter, and each one is then stickered, hand stamped and further manually distressed. Inside each unique receptacle is a selection of 35-40 hand rounded 5″ circles/prints cut from a variety of papers, blueprints, schematics, sci-fi book covers, transparencies, maps and other antique ephemera. The circles are textural, textual, and are all meant to be in keeping with the album’s title of “Spaces In Between”. Also included is an especially printed image we created of the imagined city of “Berlinkjavik”, overlaying maps of the two cities where our musicians live. The track listing circle is painstakingly hand typed on a vintage typewriter, and many of the circles have also been hole punched and modified to show part of what spaces lie beneath, or between. Some of the punched out bits are included loosely in the cans. Each can is quite weighty, and feels exactly as though there is a reel of film in it still. At the bottom of each can, and underneath its own stacked “paper film” of sorts, lies the factory pressed disc in a rounded cotton sleeve. You’ll have to work for the music this time!
There is also a beautiful digipak version of this album in an edition of just 150 copies.
This release will ship the week of Nov 28th 2019. As usual the unique copy you receive may or may not be the one seen in the photographs.
Hoshiko Yamane is a classically trained violinist, and a current member of the legendary band Tangerine Dream. She’s also an accomplished composer, and whether releasing and playing under her own name, or as Tukico, her unique sound often features looped strings together with Moog synths and effects.
Mikael Lind has released several albums of experimental ambiances, often drifting between either more classical Warp style electronica, or a modern classically oriented sound. Early this year, Hoshiko and Mikael decided to try to compose two tracks together, mostly out of curiosity. Thrilled by the outcome of the first two songs, they ended up finishing this entire album!
