{"product_id":"minazuki-from-dust-to-stars-ltd-ed-cd-book","title":"Minazuki 'From Dust to Stars' Ltd.Ed. CD \u0026 Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eFebruary 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinazuki is Andrew Chalk, Jonathan Coleclough, Hitoshi Kojo \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have the last few copies of this limited edtion of 100, which is now sold out everywhere else. The music has a very delicate 'acoustic' feel. \u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003eThe CD is released together with a beautiful hardback 28-page photobook by Kojo. The photographs were made using pre-treated black-and-white film and multiple exposures within t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003ehe camera. Plants, forest landscapes, film grain, melted emulsion, and dust adhering to the film layer upon one another, creating images as if several moments have settled onto a single surface. \u003cbr\u003eThese echoes the “layers” and “after-resonances” present in the music,\u003cbr\u003eevoking the quiet tremor of memory’s shifting surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"customHeaderWrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"band-navbar-wrapper flex\"\u003e\n\u003col id=\"band-navbar\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Dust to Stars centres on a shared time of music-making in June 2006 at Andrew Chalk’s studio in Hull, northern England—a time that later formed the core of a work shaped over the ensuing years through Kojo’s editing.\u003cbr\u003eIn Chalk’s wooden studio—its atmosphere shaped by soft humidity and gentle resonance—the three musicians let the music emerge at the pace of their breathing. What unfolded shared qualities with none of their solo works, yet carried traces of each: Chalk’s strings carried a warm wavering that embraced the resonance of the wood; Coleclough subtly altered the density of the air; Kojo, centring his interplay with Chalk’s strings, folded in overtones and found-object sounds that responded to the flow of the session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritish and Japanese sensibilities surface in equal measure. Pieces shaped by an East Asian sense of time-interval contain a wavering that could not have arisen from British musicians alone, while sustained tones conveying the subtle blending of grey skies and light carry a colouration distinct from Japanese performers. When melodies appear, the two elements blend into an unplaceable, mythical folk music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach track bears a name associated with rain—echoing the nuanced vocabularies that both Japan and northern England possess for describing rainfall. Through additional recording in Switzerland (2009) and final editing and mastering in Belgium (2025) by Kojo, the influences of three places and many years are gently interwoven into the music. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICR DISTRIBUTION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56214850109826,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1368\/7975\/files\/frontsmall_bbe59914-7418-46da-8f44-1463cbc22e9c.jpg?v=1771332543","url":"https:\/\/icrdistribution.com\/products\/minazuki-from-dust-to-stars-ltd-ed-cd-book","provider":"ICR DISTRIBUTION","version":"1.0","type":"link"}