Saturated in languorous emotion, 'Make Me Me' is the second single to be taken from 'Everis', the forthcoming album by Tokyo-born composer and producer aus (AKA FLAU Records boss Yasuhiko Fukuzono), due via London independent Lo Recordings on 26th April 2023.
Listen/Pre-order LP: https://aus.lnk.to/MakeMeMe
Following a major burglary at his home/studio and label HQ, from which he lost his entire catalogue of completed and work-in-progress music, Fukuzono decided to create something away from the precarious confines of his PC and more from the inner sanctum of his mind. Armed with only some basic stems salvaged from an audio/video installation project he had been working on with contemporary artist Karin Zwack, Fukuzono set about combining the long-existent melodies in his head with the video and remaining field recordings on his phone, in order to create musical synapses between memories which had remained unconnected.
Fukuzono states: “In doing so, I wanted to show that lost memories exist everywhere, without themselves, and are connected to the present. Like a Ekaki Uta [a Japanese drawing song] I wanted to convey the image of a circle in which all memories overlap.”
On 'Make Me Me', Fukuzono's unhurried piano and sibilant rhythms coalesce seamlessly with undulating strings and atmospherics, all crowned with an exquisitely restrained guest vocal from Melbourne's, Australian Music Prize nominated Grand Salvo.
Album 'Everis' is set for release via London independent label Lo Recordings on 26th April 2023.
Pre-order LP: https://ausmusik.bandcamp.com/album/everis