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• FOCUS ON: Aube

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• Label: Blossoming Noise >>
• Genre: Avant Garde/Experimental

Aube is a solo project, begun in 1991 by Akifumi Nakajima. Many tend to lump together Aube with other noisicians from Japan. Nakajima however, does not agree. "I dont think of myself as a musician or an artist. Im a designer. I therefore

Taking a minimalist approach for his recordings, Nakajima uses simple source sounds which are fed into his system, then heavily processed into a vast, dimensional, landscape of sonic textures. Source sounds can range from the organic sounds of gurgling water, to isolating elements of technology, such as the curious hum of luminous lamps. The result is a mixture of controlled manipulation and beautiful accident.