The digital music artist known as Hesohi has released his fifth studio album, “Conversation.” The record contains six original Hesohi tracks and a bonus single for a total of an hour and fifteen minutes of listening. Five of these are available only with the entire record while tracks Two and Seven may be purchased as singles. The album has been proudly published on the LovethangBoomin'System independent record label without the involvement of the corporate music industry. An eclectic, post-modern take on trip-hop blended with ambient and classical composition methods, “Conversation” proves that Hesohi is an artist for the new millennium.
Hesohi cites as main artistic
influences Art of Noise, Cinematic Orchestra, Towa Tei, Avalanches,
Todd Rundgren, Kraftwerk, the Late Night Tales Series, and All Good
Funk Alliance. But he's not alone on “Conversation.” Joining
Hesohi in the studio for his fifth full-length album are Douglas T.
Martin, Derek Sibert, and Steve Fernandez.
Hesohi himself describes his new record
as “downtempo,” but admits that “The first term that comes to
mind is trip hop.”
“This music doesn’t contain the obligatory sample-based sounds that usually accompany the beats in this genre,” writes Hesohi. “The sound is synth-oriented, with live guitar and bass performances that sound like conversations between the instruments.”
This principle comes from classical music, where it is known as call-and-response, or antiphony. Also similar to classical composition forms is Hesohi's carrying of themes throughout tracks 10 and even 20 minutes long, as well as across the entire record – or as the artist himself puts it: “The idea of the 'track' is expanded and transformed into the idea of the 'composition,' in the way that one might paint a picture onto a large canvas and later paint a mural onto a wall.”
“This music doesn’t contain the obligatory sample-based sounds that usually accompany the beats in this genre,” writes Hesohi. “The sound is synth-oriented, with live guitar and bass performances that sound like conversations between the instruments.”
This principle comes from classical music, where it is known as call-and-response, or antiphony. Also similar to classical composition forms is Hesohi's carrying of themes throughout tracks 10 and even 20 minutes long, as well as across the entire record – or as the artist himself puts it: “The idea of the 'track' is expanded and transformed into the idea of the 'composition,' in the way that one might paint a picture onto a large canvas and later paint a mural onto a wall.”
“Conversation” is digital music for
the connoisseur of sounds. To steal a phrase from one of Hesohi's
cited inspirations, Towa Tei, it is a sound museum.
Hesohi's label, LovethangBoomin'System,
says of the record that “There is a feel of a producer exploring
the sensibility of techno at a much slower pace, and without the
constraint of fitting the end result into kind some kind of format.
The songs take their time to get where they are going. The attention
to detail provides dynamics that move the listener through the
arrangement effortlessly. The time passes in a comfortable manner.
The mix is lush but unquiet with a good amount of animation.”
Speaking to his fans, friends and
cohorts, Hesohi writes:
“Thanks to the people who have
introduced me to so many beautiful songs. I am forever on a quest to
listen and learn about the world and it's inhabitants through culture
and express myself with music. Thanks to the artists who inspire and
energize my spirit. Thanks for the Family love and support. I
appreciate very much the people of this planet. Partypeople, hold
tight. We are gonna make it. Everything is gonna be alright. Stay
positive. Spread love. Be kind to yourself.”
“Conversation” by Hesohi is
available from LovethangBoomin'System online worldwide at over 700
quality digital music stores now.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
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