TIMELESS

AN AMBIENT WORK EXPLORING STILLNESS, RESONANCE, AND SUSPENDED TIME

YEAR

2020

Format

AMBIENT ALBUM + MUSIC VIDEO

Medium

KOTO

CYMATICS

Duration

45 min

TIMELESS IS A SIX-PIECE AMBIENT ALBUM BLENDING JAPANESE KOTO, CHURCH-INSPIRED HARMONY, JAPANESE STILLNESS, AND THE CEREMONIAL ATMOSPHERE OF GAGAKU. MOST PIECES UNFOLD WITHOUT A FIXED BEAT, USING SLOW HARMONIC MOVEMENT AND GRADUAL MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE A SENSE OF SUSPENDED TIME. RATHER THAN REMAINING STATIC, EACH TRACK EVOLVES THROUGH CHANGES IN TEXTURE, HARMONY, AND SPACE, COMBINING MEDITATIVE CALM WITH A MORE CONTEMPORARY AMBIENT LANGUAGE.

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Project NOTES:

THE ALBUM IS ACCOMPANIED BY A MUSIC VIDEO FOR 7TH PHASE, BUILT AROUND CYMATIC PATTERNS AND AN OPTICAL WATER-LEVITATION ILLUSION. SOUND FREQUENCIES SHAPE THE SURFACE OF A WHITE WATER POOL, WHILE FALLING WATER IS SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE CAMERA’S SHUTTER SPEED TO APPEAR SUSPENDED IN SPACE. A BLACK GRAPHITE SCULPTURE AND MINIMAL, ZEN-GARDEN-INSPIRED ENVIRONMENT EXTEND THE ALBUM’S THEMES OF STILLNESS, RHYTHM, AND ALTERED PERCEPTION INTO A VISUAL FORM.

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