Tokyo EP, by Site Nonsite

Tokyo EP

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The fourth and final special edition cassette in the Japan series. Includes mini fold-out locations map, track-by-track notes and translations, diary entries and mirror sticker.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Remixed, The Japan Series, Tokyo EP, Osaka EP, Kyoto EP, and Hiroshima EP. , and , .

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1.	Caravan Tokyo (Fresh Air Mix) 05:25	buy track
2.	Creative Life Store (Fresh Air Mix) 06:01	buy track
3.	Angel Stain (Fresh Air Mix) 03:12	buy track
4.	Institute for Nature Study (Fresh Air Mix) 05:02	buy track
5.	Bar High Five (Fresh Air Mix) 02:44	buy track

about

"One of my favourite tape series in recent years... a wonderful multimedia project.”—Lippy Kid, Electronic Odyssey

The final EP in the Japan series paints Tokyo from multiple angles, portraying a welcoming, intimate and culturally ebullient metropolis with leafy neighbourhoods that feel more hushed than hurried.

Update: the five tracks needed a subtle remaster after release and the canonic versions now have Fresh Air Mix appended to the titles. The new versions will also be made available on streaming services as part of a Japan Series compilation from Spring 2024.

1. Caravan Tokyo recalls the disorienting wooziness of arriving in an unfamiliar place and the rush of excitement as apprehension becomes awe. The track remembers the first few days, living out of a custom-built caravan in Omotesando.

2. Creative Life Store remembers shopping in Tokyo as a kind of dream, representing everything from vast department stores to intimate independents. The mood changes halfway, as if awakening to embrace the joy of the Japanese shopping experience.

3. Angel Stain recalls hazy mornings in characterful neighbourhoods like Shimokita and Kichijoji and a broad spectrum of quietly spectacular coffee. The title honours Bear Pond’s signature espresso shot that embraces imperfection and finds beauty in bitterness.

4. Institute for Nature Study celebrates this dense green lung in the heart of Tokyo, supporting a wide variety of natural life, a peaceful place where the modern world is a barely audible background hum. The track concludes with a recording of young girls laughing as they sing near Meguro Station.

5. Bar High Five recalls cocktails at the renowned Ginza establishment, conversing with bartenders and other clientele as afternoon became evening. It’s a simple tribute to space and shadow, art and treasures, books and film, and Japan’s obsession with music of all genres.

Complete liner notes, location metadata and translations included with both cassette and download, and online at sitenonsite.com

Site Nonsite is a project researching and documenting a connection to place. Site is the source, a place rich with scattered information and experiences; Nonsite is the resulting document, a multimedia abstraction of that place. (These guiding thoughts are adapted from land artist Robert Smithson’s 1968 Theory of Non-Sites.)

credits

released October 6, 2023

Written, produced & mixed by Simon Collison.
Mastered by Simon Mills (One Half of Bent) and Simon Collison.
Artwork & photography by Simon Collison & Geri Coady.
Translation by Geri Coady.
Field recordings made during Spring trips to Tokyo in 2016 and 2018.

Catalogue no. OTSN-04, published by Obvious Things.

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Site Nonsite Nottingham, UK

“Eerily beautiful experimental compositions” (Electronic Sound) / Live shows this May-July / The Japan Series and Remixed albums out now

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May 12

Fat Lil's

Witney, UK

discography

Remixed

Feb 2024
The Japan Series

Feb 2024
Tokyo EP

Oct 2023
Osaka EP

Apr 2023
Kyoto EP

Nov 2022
Hiroshima EP

May 2022

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