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umami​-​music

by Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis

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    by purchasing the album you will also receive 3 bonus tracks, which were recorded live from the actual durational improvisation session in November 2015 at Helsinki Music Centre.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited run of the original CD press, comes in a handmade card cover with a unique design and handwritten text. If you want a specific front cover, let me know which one (either in order or by taking a screenshot).

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  • Book/Magazine

    an accompanying book written for umami-music

    this book contains my own thoughts, extracts from writings, and ink paintings which form part of the compositional process. the content appears in all directions and the book can be read from either end.

    it was originally written for a five-hour long durational improvisation with Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis and Chris Bartholomew at Helsinki Music Centre in 2015, exploring improvisation, mindfulness, presence, listening, and the idea of how can one be out in the hunt for concentrated sonic moments in response to natural sounds: a haiku of music.

    this is a limited set of copies which are left over from the original print run.

    square format, 124p
    dimensions 15cm x 15cm
    published Helsinki 2015     ... more
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two 07:33
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three 05:10
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four 04:54
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about

this album was recorded at an old bomb shelter / bunker (Vapaan Taiteen Tila) in Helsinki, Finland, on 13 November 2015. following a 5-hour durational performance earlier that week, the three of us (Laonikos, Chris, Amanda) spent a day inside the bunker improvising with the huge echo of the space and making this recording.

the original improvisation featured a 5-hour long natural soundscape with field recordings from the Finnish wilderness, including the sound of water against the paddle and canoe, dawn chorus on a chilly May morning, the sound of wood crackling on a cold autumn night in Koli national park. some of these sounds are also used to stimulate our senses and help us place our sounds, not on a blank studio canvas, but a living and constantly changing quietness.

credits

released April 16, 2016

Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis (electric guitar, xiao flutes, percussion)
Chris Bartholomew (live electronics)
Amanda Kauranne (voice, kantele, stones, percussion)

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Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis London, UK

Laonikos (he/him) is a shakuhachi player and composer based in London. He improvises, teaches, repairs shakuhachi and enjoys spending time outdoors and improvising long, unhurried plays with the more-than-human.

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