Aucuba Replica - Atsume あつめ (2020)

« Atsume - あつめ » means « forms of collection » , each title of the album refers to a form
that could represent an accumulation, based on the typology in the book « Form in Japan » by
Yuichiro Kojiro. This album is our opening, the fondation of our collaboration in which we seek the
emergence, for the listener, of a mind of one’s own. To do so, we suggest that one shall explore
soundscapes associated to electronic and exotic lands, to be propelled into a space where
shamanic territories merge with artificial and sonic landscape. A virtual exploration to open fractal sensations

« Aucuba Replica », symbolizes for us the duplication of the natural elements. The
botanical genus Aucuba includes a few species of shrubs native to Central Asia or Japan. Starting
from the premise that plants can be multiplied and reborn almost identically, even if each
individual remains unique. This idea of multiplication and artificial landscape generates our sound
atmosphere. We have creating a sound replica emanate from our individual practice, by collecting
sounds that can combine organic and artificial elements, bringing out the possibility to perceive
landscape as an audible geography.