FUJIKURA Secret Forest, Okeanos etc

Dai FUJIKURA (*1977)

1 Secret Forest
Art Respirant & Ken Takaseki

2 Rubi (Co) N
Kate Romano – clarinet

3 Phantom Pulse
Lucerne Percussion Group & Michel Cerutti – conductor

4 Eternal Escape
Adrian Bradbury – cello

Okeanos:
5 Touch of Breeze
Bridget Carey, Kate Romano & Robin Thompson
6 Breathing Tides
Robin Thompson & Jinny Shaw
7 Cutting Sky
Bridget Carey & Melissa Holding
8 IV. Sakana
Kate Romano
9 Breeze
Bridget Carey, Kate Romano, Robin Thompson, Melissa Holding & Jinny Shaw

Art Respirant / Ken Takaseki conductor
Lucerne Percussion Group/ Michel Cerutti – conductor

Okeanos, Eternal Escape and Rubi(co)n were recorded at Coombehurst Studio, University of Kingston, London on 15-16 January 2011.
Secret Forest was recorded live at Kioi Hall, Tokyo, Japan on 5 November 2008.
Phantom Pulse was recorded live at its premiere on 11 September 2006 by the Lucerne Percussion Group, conducted by Michel Cerutti, at KKL Lucerne, Lucerne Hall, Switzerland as part of LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer.

Label: NMC – NMC D 0172
Barcode: 5023363017220
Format: CD, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 11 June 2012
Genre: Classical
Style: Contemporary

Dai’s music is inspired by the ‘beauty, form and movement of swarms of fish and birds’, and by the vivid colours and textures of sounds. This is explored in Secret Forest, and Okeanos which combines oboe, viola and clarinet with Japanese instruments. Dai’s works are frequently performed to an international audience and he has recently collaborated on a new album with experimental musician David Sylvian.