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ARTIST
HINODE TAPES & HIROKI CHIBA
TITLE
Ita
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
INSTANT CLASSIC
CATALOG #
CLASSIC 101LP
CLASSIC 101LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
9/12/2025
"
Ita
is the third album form Polish trio
Hinode Tapes
. This time,
Piotr Chęcki
,
Piotr Kaliński
, and
Jacek Prościński
are joined by Japanese double bassist
Hiroki Chiba
(who has collaborated with
Jim O'Rourke
,
Eiko Ishibashi
, and
Otomo Yoshihide
, among others). Their joint album is titled
Ita
and features four new compositions at the intersection of ambient and free jazz. This extraordinary collaboration came about thanks to Piotr Kaliński. 'We were connected by a mutual colleague who understands the music of Hinode Tapes and Chiba quite well. He recommended that I go to one of his concerts and it just blew me away, because Hiroki explored the territories between jazz and ambient in a masterful fashion,' explains Kaliński. 'From my perspective, Chiba's presence adds a new color to Hinode Tapes' music. Apart from the fact that objectively he is a great musician, this is our first album to feature a double bass player. This aspect determined the way we made decisions on this album in terms of managing sonic space,' adds Prościński. At the beginning of 2025, Hinode Tapes played a short tour in Japan. 'It was a very strong experience. We saw a genuinely great interest from the audience, and we were watched on stage by such legendary and important people to me as
Inoyama Land
and
Chihei Hatakeyama
,' recalls Kaliński. 'During the concerts we tried to compress our approach and musical aesthetics. We also played strongly improvised concerts with Japanese artists --
Hiroki Chiba
,
Momose Yasunaga
(known from our previous album) and
Ko Ishikawa
, a virtuoso playing the traditional Japanese instrument shō. Ko collaborated with
Ryūichi Sakamoto
on the album
Async
. It was an honor and a big challenge for us.'
Ita
brings another change of aesthetics in the context of the Hinode Tapes discography. 'Our previous album was quite dark, you could even say gloomy. On this one there is more sun, colors in a higher register, like bells, triangles, janissaries,' says the drummer."
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