A beige palimpsest came under my door today. It started out clear and readable, the lettering confident, but as the paragraphs stretched out, the letters grew cramped and angular, as if carved by a shaky hand into the bark of a tree. What follows is my attempt at a transcript:
New album from Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi announced. Called something like Now While It’s Still Warm Let Us Pour in All the Mystery. Recorded late last year during annual concert at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo. Follows past collaborative releases recorded at same annual get-together as 2012’s Imikuzushi (TMT Review) and 2010’s Tima Formosa (TMT Review). Just heard screams down the street. Probably nothing. Nothing. Sky grey as pewter, swirling all toilet-like. Album is out April 30. Released by Black Truffle Records. Not sure if I’ll make it until then. Mind slipping.
What was that? Companion says it was nothing. She hardly speaks these days.
Album is six tracks long, each piece reportedly showing a different side of the trio. (Note: trio is cubic in shape and all shapes are meaningless arrangements of matter). Track one features guests Charlemagne Palestine (note: yes, that Charlemagne Palestine) and Eiko Ishibashi. My last guest was Clarence. He’s long gone now. Now While It’s Still Warm… broader musically than past releases. It moves from atmospheric folk-drone to jarring free rock. It moves. It’s moving! (Note: The dark creeps in. Fields that were once wide expanses are cordoned invisibly). (Note: Replenish stock of dried meats in morning). To be released as six-panel digipak CD and limited-edition gatefold LP. Design by Stephen O’Malley. Live photographs by Ujin Matsuo. Artwork by Shunichiro Okada. Their shadows gather in the distance. One day I will be free.
• Jim O’Rourke: http://www.dragcity.com/artists/jim-orourke
• Oren Ambarchi: http://www.orenambarchi.com
• Fushitsusha: http://www.fushitsusha.com
• Black Truffle: http://www.blacktrufflerecords.com