Drawing its material from the very same sessions that produced last year's Konoyo, prolific producer, Tim Hecker, has announced the release of Anoyo (which translates to "the world over there") a stripped back and more earthy accompaniment to his previous record.
The entire album is inspired by gagaku, a classical form of Japanese music, and like Konoyo it was recorded with members of Tokyo Gakuso.
An awe-inspiring nine-minute piece, That World, serves as the album's opener and our introduction to it, and it's a magnificent ambient piece that complements its predecessor through its directness and subtle grandeur.
Anoyo will be out May 10th, 2019 via Kranky.
Tim Hecker + The Konoyo Ensemble 2019 Tour:
February 17 – Miami (FL), IlI Points Festival
February 18 – Brooklyn (NY), National Sawdust (early show & late show)
February 19 – Brooklyn (NY), National Sawdust
February 21-23 – Los Angeles (CA), Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
March 29 – The Hague (NL), Re:Wire Festival
March 30 – Porto (PT), Vivarium Festival *
April 2 – Edinburgh (UK), Summerhall *
April 3 – Brussels (BE), Orangerie
April 27 – Marfa (TX), Marfa Myths Festival
May 8 – San Francisco (CA), The Independent
May 10 – Arcosanti (AZ), FORM Festival
May 11 – Santa Fe (NM), Meow Wolf
May 12 – Denver (CO), Bluebird Theatre
May 14 – Chicago (IL), Thalia Hall
May 15 – Toronto (CAN), Mod Club
June 1 – Barcelona (ES), Primavera Sound
June 2 – Copenhagen (DK), Lille VEGA *
June 3 – Stockholm (SE), Slaktkyrkan *
June 4 – Moscow (RU), Culture Center ZIL
June 6 – Paris (FR), Villette Sonique Festival
June 7 – Helsinki (FI), Sideways Festival
* = denotes solo performance
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