‘JISEI (jisei no ku) means ‘death poem’ in traditonal Japanese culture. before dying a cultivated person used to write a short poem (often a haiku) revealing the most intimate feelings and thoughts at the moment. I tried to interprete some classical Japanese death poems (one by the famous haiku poet Basho, one from the famous painter Hokusai) in form of abstract ambient soundscapes – and to visualize them as generative abstract images. amongst the 12 tracks of ‘Jisei‘ there also 2 ‘tamuke’ pieces – tamuke being originally shakuhachi pieces played at the funeral of a person ‘to make the passage to the otherworld safe’. inspired by this I tried to interpret the mood and meaning by cello/ambient improvisations – dedicating one tamuke to Richard Lainhart, for me one of the most influential electronic composers and musicians, who died at the end of last year.’– FABIO KEINER, 2012 [presstext] Download “Jisei” of FABIO KEINER for free @ Treetrunk Records!
