Yama Yuki is a Japanese composer now based in São Paulo. In 2020, he released the album “Panelaço” on Cafe OTO's Takuroku label, which was inspired by the noise of South American political protests. The album “Gibon” also reflects his current home, taking as source material the music of Brazilian improviser Guilherme Darisbo (who is active in the Latin American improvisation scene and hosts the experimental music label Antena.art.br),including noise music produced under the alias Crise Vitória. From this, Yama crafts airy electroacoustic landscapes of richly textured drone punctuated by wayward electronic squalls and looped guitar.
"The idea for this album came when I listened to the recordings of improvisation by Guilherme Darisbo and Crise Vitória. These recordings inspired me to weave new compositions from them. The fast, minimal, raw and sometimes gentle sound of Guilherme Darisbo / Crise Vitória’s improvisation made me think of the paintings of Sengai Gibon, who is a 18-19th century Japanese zen painter. For me, Sengai Gibon’s paintings share various similarities with Darisbo’s improvisation, because of the above mentioned characteristics. Listening to Darisbo’s improvisation, I chose certain moments of the recording, looping them, adding effects and subtle layer sounds, and finally editing them in accordance with the aesthetics I sensed in the paintings of Sengai Gibon." - Yama Yuki
1. Lotus Pond 01:59
2. Enso 05:54
3. Meditating Frog 04:24
4. Chanoyu 03:45
5. Tiger Poem 02:56
6. Hakozaki 03:23
Original improvisation by Guilherme Darisbo and Crise Vitória.
Edit and composition by Yama Yuki
Mastered at Casa Metaesquema
Cover art by Evan Lindorff-Ellery
1,2,6 (Yama Yuki + Guilherme Darisbo)
3,4 (Yama Yuki + Guilherme Darisbo + Crise Vitória)
5 (Yama Yuki + Crise Vitória)
