The latest release from Makoto Oshiro and Takahiro Kawaguchi, who have been collaborating since around 2008.
Side A, loco, reconsiders the nature of improvisation by weaving together sounds from self-made devices and (non-)instruments—air horns, electromagnetic relays, air compressors, washers—alongside environmental recordings captured outside the studio.
Side B, loci, brings together field recordings captured by both artists, each starting to record at the exact same moment in different locations on a summer day—as if synchronizing their awareness alone were enough to constitute collaboration.
This 12-inch analog LP is limited to 200 copies, including liner notes by Chifumi Kubota and Tomotaro Kaneko, as well as a download code.
credits
released August 25, 2025
Recorded & Mixed by Makoto Oshiro
Mastered by Yasushi Utsunomia
Cover art by Mitsuru Tokisato
Designed by Hirozumi Takeda (HAUS)
Liner notes by Chifumi Kubota and Tomotaro Kaneko
Cut by Andreas Lubich
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