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Roof / Yane / 屋根

about

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laaps 053
season: summer
duration: 41.03 mn
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Tatemono (建物) is the third collaboration by Tomoyoshi Date and Stijn Hüwels.

Tomoyoshi Date and Stijn Hüwels met for the first time in 2015 in Tokyo, being introduced to each other by Chihei Hatakeyama. That same evening, they recorded what would later become Hochu-Ekki-Tou, their first album, released on Home Normal in 2019, followed by 遠き火、遠き雲 (A Distant Fire, A Distant Cloud) in 2021 on LAAPS.

Tomoyoshi Date creates acoustic and organic sounds with a little touch of digital processing. He began to create electronic music in 1998. In 2003, he forms the group Opitope with Chihei Hatakeyama (released by SPEKK), in 2012 the group ILLUHA with Corey Fuller (released by 12k), and the group Melodia with Federico Durand (Home Normal). His solo albums were released from Flyrec (2009, Japan) and Own Records (2011, Luxembourg). Also he worked as emergency doctor until 2014, and started his ambient oriental medical clinic "Tsuyukusa Clinic" in Tokyo since 2014. Tomoyoshi currently resides in Narita, close to Tokyo.

Stijn Hüwels has a profound fascination for minimalism. He's using mainly layers of processed guitar and field recordings. He released on Dauw, mAtter, Eilean Rec., Home Normal, White Paddy Mountain and Slowcraft/Lifelines. He released albums in collaboration with Chihei Hatakeyama, Norihito Suda, An Moku and Ian Hawgood. Together with James Murray he forms Silent Vigils. Stijn lives and works in Leuven and Brussels, Belgium. He's also curating Slaapwel Records since 2014, a label dedicated to music to fall asleep with.
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releases July 9, 2026

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Recorded by Tolga Tolun at Galiläakirche, Berlin, on 14 November 2024, during a two-day residency that concluded with a live performance on 15 November 2024.

Tatemono (建物) means building in Japanese. Each piece explores a different architectural element, gradually moving from the exterior to the upper structure of an imagined space.

Mixed by Stijn Hüwels
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu
Artwork by Matthias Heiderich
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
Track titles by Kim Pecheur

"Special thanks to Midori Hirano and Sorana Date."
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