The album of the band "The Noise Birds" which unites Suishou No Fune and Numinous Eye.　On Release, Mar. 20 from riot season (UK).
https://riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-sea-hides-a-bright-light

The band's name, The Noise Birds.
We named like Japanese birds and American birds are migratory birds flying in each other's country. An album recorded in the San Francisco studio in May 2018.
Improvisation instrumental music with three guitars and drums.

Mason (g) & Mike (drs) lives in San Francisco
Kageo (g) & Pirako (g) lives in Tokyo

During 15 years, Pirako & Kageo(Suishou No Fune) and Mason & Mike(Numinous Eye) have made some show and US tours and Tokyo / Kansai tours.
Enjoy our conversation of Improvisation and the music of ”The Noise Birds” playing the scenery!

Past works
Collaboration album "Suishou No Fune (Pirako, Kageo) & Numinous Eye (Mason, Mike)" Essence Music (Brazil) 2013 https://www.essence-music.com/releases/black-flowers-of-the-forest-in-the-cosmos-boxset/


Pirako

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Back in 2007, the Tokyo-based duo known as Suishou no Fune visited San Francisco, and during their stay participated in a recording session with old friends Mason Jones and Mike Shoun, who were operating under the name Numinous Eye. That session was released in a very small edition several years later by the Essence Music label from Brazil as "Black Flowers Of The Forest In The Cosmos". When Suishou no Fune were planning their latest trip to San Francisco in May of 2018, as part of filming for a documentary, plans were made for a follow-up recording. The quartet crammed themselves into a small rehearsal space, along with two guests who filmed the proceedings, and spent the afternoon creating dark, heavy psychedelic atmospheres.

Pirako and Kageo, on high-end and low-end guitar respectively, have an uncanny way of melding inner-space psychedelic drone with free-form guitar lines and spiritual sonic flow. Suishou no Fune has been a key part of Japan's scene for two decades now, playing as a duo as well as in extended format with drums and bass. San Francisco's Numinous Eye, started by guitarist Mason Jones after parting ways with his previous band SubArachnoid Space, has... released a string of albums bridging noise-drone with psychedelic rock. Prime collaborator Mike Shoun, on drums and synthesizers, has also played with Thee Oh Sees, Peacers, and many others.

Noise Birds, as a trio of guitars driven by drums, demonstrates a cohesive vision and melding of minds as the layers of sound shift around each other. Improvised together on the spot, these songs ebb and flow as the players communicate without words, focused on working together with the goal of taking the music as far in, and out, as possible. This is music as speech, as collaboration, as friends coming together across an ocean to express themselves as one, presented here for everyone else to hear and enjoy.

For fans of : Suishou no Fune, Bardo Pond, Kousokuya, Fushitsusha, Carlton Melton, Les Rallizes Denudes etc 


Riot Season Records https://riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/



This album was created by Pirako Kurenai (guitar) and Kageo (guitar) of the Tokyo psychedelic rock band Suishou no Fune,
with Mason Jones (guitar), who heads CHANNEL MUSIC and has been releasing a number of Japanese artists' recordings since the early '90s, and Mike Shaun (drums), who is in NUMINOUS EYE with Mason.
The album was recorded in May of last year in San Francisco, where Mason and his bandmates are based,
and released by a London label.

The first track on side A is "When the Light Showers Down it Gives us a Sign (10:03),"
the second track is "Beyond the Ocean, Flying in the Sky (11:00),"
and side B is "A Dance Loved by a Lost Friend (20:55)."
Although described as an improvisation,
the performance is hook-filled, as if it were a pre-written song. Despite containing three lengthy instrumental tracks, it never feels long, and it's a blissful piece that unfolds images just as the track titles suggest.

From what I've heard, many records pressed in recent years have a dead sound,
but it's been a while since I've heard an LP with such a wide dynamic range.
I'm captivated by the natural depth and breadth of the sound image that only a record can provide,
as well as the deep sculpting and soft texture of each individual sound.

Light shines in from the faintly sparkling opening,
but with a sound that's too strong to be called sunlight filtering through the trees, it's as if the four members are slowly weaving life into themselves,
and the first track sounds like a fetus stirring.
The second track also progresses leisurely before slowly accelerating,
with flickering, intense guitars overlapping and the melody spilling out possessing a gentle expression,
creating a subtle groove.
The final track, taking up the entire B-side of the record, features a graceful "song" woven by three electric guitars and drums.
The haunting melody emanates gracefully,
and even without a bass guitar, the volume of the sound is captivating, with just the right amount of pressure.

As you listen, you'll be enveloped in a rich, real psychedelic sensation,
but despite the black artwork, this album also suits the daytime.

The Great Daffodil.


Kazuhiko Namekawa