Collaboration between Shinya Sugimoto and Jesse
Perlstein. “I Confess” peeks its head from Nara, Japan, where Muzan Editions
has kindly released it into the world. Muzan is rightfully renowned as a fine
purveyor of experimental and ambient tape releases, and “I Confess” fits right
into the oeuvre. Sugimoto and Perlstein have composed a field recording
spectacular, a slice-of-life sound portrait that’s as immersive as it is
mysterious. “And the Streets Emptied” recounts the titular process, but the
sounds of life and bustle belie any sort of human absence. “I’ll Be Swimming”
picks up where side A leaves off, but it is joined and then replaced by the
gentle ambient sounds of Sugimoto’s piano and Perlstein’s voice. It gradually
is overtaken by waves of distortion, and the whole thing plays out like a Sigur
Rós demo, with just the bare
minimum of instrumentation but epic in mood and scope regardless.
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