Hinako Omori, Studies On A River
- Artist
- OMORI, Hinako
- Title
- Studies On A River
- Label
- Good Morning Tapes France
- Catalogue number
- GMV27
- Format
- Vinyl
- Genre
- Ambient/Drone
- Release date
- 2026-01-21
- Price
- £35.99
- Availability
- In stock, only 2 left
At the end of 2024 I was invited by Hanna Girma at Serpentine Galleries to write a piece of music for the first issue of their publication "Serpentine Reader" - a collection of texts from various authors on the theme of circulation. I was immediately drawn to Hana Pera Aoake’s essay on listening to a river - there was a line that especially resonated with me about how rivers and other waterways in Hana's native Aotearoa are "conceptualised as both or either atua (gods) or living ancestors, who have their own life force and spiritual strength". In Japan, water is also deeply instilled in our culture as a sacred source - as one example, we cleanse ourselves with water at the entrance of a shrine, to purify the body and mind. The composition is made of three studies relating to the three sections of a river, weaving together synthesizer soundscapes and field recordings from various sources of water between Yugawara, Kyoto and Osaka - starting with the upper section, the waterfall, travelling down to the middle, broader section where it slows in pace, and finally the lower section where the river eventually meets the sea. Each study is in 3/4 time broken up into 9 cycles of 9 bars, and the set of three studies musically runs 12 minutes in total. The pace of each study relates to the velocity of the water in each section of the river - the first study incorporates different synth motifs, and the second and third are made of recycled material from the first. Thank you so much: * to Hanna Girma and Serpentine Galleries for thinking of me for this commission * to Hanna Pera Aoake for the inspiration and for your generosity and openess in allowing me to use your recording of your reading of "Rivers / Water" * to Biscuit and Good Morning Tapes for giving this record a home * to you for your support and for listening All my love <3 Hinako x Limited to 300 copies.
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