Simonp wrote:Anyone heard any news on the Fujikura collaboration? It's supposed to be out at the start of this year is it not?
Hey Simon, I probably should have begun a new thread rather than providing updates on the 'Just Under The Radar' thread...I'll put them here from now on.
baht habit wrote:
Update December 17th: Dai Fujikura completed his final remix, and is reported to be thrilled that Sylvian is so very enthusiastic with the results. Evidently, Sylvian is planning on working diligently enough to get this product mixed, mastered and released, so that they can focus on their full fledged collaborative project.
and this was from the 6th of February:
I know that there has been a lull in the conversation around here of late, so I'm thrilled to share with everyone the little tidbit that this first collaborative effort between Sylvian and Fujikura is moving forward exactly as scheduled. The mastering stage is now complete and the design for the cover art has been created. Now all that is left is some announcement from Samadhi Sound regarding a release date and pre-orders ... mid-March? early April?
Also, It seems as though Dai Fujikura will also be releasing a solo album on Samadhi Sound this year. I've been told that he happens to be writing more compositions with the guitar as the prominent instrument, much in the same vein of the piece 'Abandoned Time', which he wrote for ICE guitarist Dan Lippel backed by an orchestral combo....and supposedly Fujikura has been collaborating with musicians such as Jan Bang, Arve Henriksen, and composed a piece titled Peripheral Movements with Ryuichi Sakamoto -- yet there has been no clear indication of what the specific focus of this particular project will be, so we'll just have to wait and see.