Out on the essential label 〈HIVE MIND〉, home to genre-bending works from the likes of RICARDO DIAS GOMES and reissues such as MAALEM MAHMOUD GANIA! A new album from JESSE HACKETT, the multi-instrumentalist/songwriter who moves freely between the experimental scene and the mainstream. The guest lineup is stellar too, with AKIRA UMEDA on electronics ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)and FINN PETERS (ex-ACCIDENTAL) on winds. Written during a difficult turning point in his life, and drawing inspiration from a bar tucked quietly away in London's bohemian underworld, the sound is beautiful yet shot through with darkness and shadow. Classical piano and wind-instrument chamber pieces such as "Rain Soaked Choker" (sample3) stand out, but with samples and cut-ups woven in, the result is a singular soundscape that feels like slipping into a scene from a film. (Original Japanese text by Akie)