![]() Christopher Willits is a young talented artist who has shown he can do just about anything. His numerous releases in YMO, and his grammy award-willing solo work has inspired two generations of fans and artists. This release is dedicated to the healing and restoration of our fragile oceans. We hear the artists exploring their relationship to each other, new sounds, and the ocean’s boundless force and importance. The improvisations found their final form through some further editing in the months to come, and final mastering by Clayx in Berlin. Ocean Fire was recorded live at Sakamoto’s studio in NYC in spring 2006. Together, their sounds merge effortlessly, creating deep and seamless swells of gigantic melodic waves. Sakamoto’s gorgeous processed piano sound reflects Willits’ beautiful shimmering clusters of notes, a new aspect of Willits’ pioneering guitar/computer approach. ![]() ![]() Each artist has gently pulled the other into new sonic territory. Willits + Sakamoto surprise with rare form in this collaboration, creating a sound world unlike anything they have produced previously. It is an intense and stirring wash of cascading tones and textured harmony. Christopher Willits and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s new release, Ocean Fire, is a sublime soundtrack for the ocean. ![]()
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