Kazuya Nagaya Dream Interpretation

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Dream Interpretation is the beautiful and highly atmospheric new album from contemporary Japanese percussionist and ambient producer, Kazuya Nagaya. Before he was a musician, Nagaya was a writer who focused on elements of Japanese society that were being lost to modern life. This sentiment spilled over into the music that he creates, with him manipulating sacred sounds of bronze bells, gongs and singing bowls that draw on Buddhist folklores and Zen philosophy. Dream Interpretation is no different, unfurling a slowed down, deep and meditative journey of inner peace. The record is highly atmospheric, calming and deeply intimate. Stretched-out sounds search for eternity as gentle melodies and light, jangling tones drift over the top, creating a timeless, weightless feel that almost detaches your consciousness from your body completely. In Zen Buddhism, bells are believed to wash away the cares of the mortal world, as the listener follows the resonance of the bell into the silence and stillness within all beings, and here Nagaya is at the helm of this incredible journey into the soul. Combining traditional sounds and structures with modern synthesisers, keyboards and guitars, Nagaya bridges the ancient and the contemporary. A masterclass of patience, subtlety and simplicity, Dream Interpretation is a stunning and emotionally affecting record that lingers on long after it has finished playing. Tom Jones ADD THESE TO YOUR PLAYLIST:

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