Robert Doherty
The sounds of the falling rain tapering off and night creatures are incredibly comforting sounds.
Favorite track: How to Spend An Aromatic Night ~ 23PM-1AM ~.
Created in collaboration between Tenka and Berlin based, Japanese scent designer, Ryoko - Hydration comes as a unique natural fragrance & essential oil. This fragrance was created specifically to be paired with the music of Tenka's Hydration album and comes with a copy of the album on CD including a 12 page booklet detailing the story of this collaboration.
The fragrance comes in a 10ml essential oil bottle, perfect for diffusers - we've also included an empty spray bottle which can be used to create a room mist or body spray by mixing with water for those who prefer this method. Detailed instructions can be found in the companion booklet.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hydration
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Following the release of his album trilogy (Kwaidan, Komachi and Kofū), Meitei has established himself as a defining voice in contemporary Japanese music. By sharing intricate sonic stories and impressions of his nation's rich culture, he has built an aural world around his notion of the ‘lost Japanese mood’.
His latest project, under the new moniker Tenka, aims to work without the boundaries of theme, storytelling or audience expectations. Spending many hours in the mountain forests that he lives close to, his latest project Hydration explores the rich sensory pleasures of his natural surroundings, focusing on colour, sound, smell, humidity, touch, atmosphere and taste.
“For me, making music is not a concept of enjoyment or pleasure, but something that becomes a part of my life, a record of my daily activities, like seeing something with my eyes or breathing in something with my lungs.”
A lot of the music on Hydration was created back in 2019, but Tenka felt that there was something missing in the final delivery of the work. Eventually this led to a conversation with the Berlin based, Japanese born scent designer, Ryoko, in which the pair discussed collaborating on a scent to pair with the audio.
Designed as a way to give the listener a deeper connection to their own senses and the experience of the music’s author, the combination of ollifactory and aural components connect a shared love of Japanese ecosystems and traditions.
‘I began to feel that in addition to music, there needed to be another essential element - and that it must be a "fragrance”.’
Hydration is available from September 14 on LP, CD and digital formats. The fragrance can be purchased directly from the Métron Records Bandcamp page and comes in a 10ml bottle of diffuser oil, great for home diffusers, as well as an empty 10ml spray bottle in order to create a body or room mist by mixing the oil with water (instructions included for best results). All customers who purchase the fragrance will receive a copy of the album on CD with a companion booklet with words from Tenka and Ryoko about the project.
credits
released September 14, 2022
Tenka is a presentation from Meitei.
Written and recorded by Tenka.
Mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama.
P & C Métron Records 2022.
Hydration also comes as a natural fragrance created as a collaboration between Tenka and Berlin based, Japanese scent designer RYOKO. A huge thank you to ryoko and Daniel for their incredible work on this project.
This album is truly magical. Especially the last two songs here make me feel incredibly melancholic. They give me the feeling of having to leave some place behind that you have the fondest memories of. The closing track makes me feel like you've accepted you're not going to return, so you take one last look before you leave. Fuck The Noise!
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An ever-shifting array of ambient tracks that simultaneously honors and deconstructs the artist's Japanese heritage: wistful, but warm. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 8, 2021
Just as the film Kwaidan is one of the most visually intoxicating cinematic feats ever, this Kwaidan is its musical analog. Tactile, uprooting, it puts you in-scene. Demands repeated listenings. pjnewman-364
