LA-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick Shiroishi considers the escalating violence against Asian-Americans on "Evergreen", his Touch debut.
Shiroishi is well known in Los Angeles for his heady improvisational live shows, where he fluidly mutates from itchy free jazz into plaintive ambient or complicated math rock. "Evergreen" shows a different side to his personality, taking inspiration from the Touch back catalog as well as the issues apparent to him as a Japanese-American existing in the USA in 2023. The name is a reference to a cemetery where several generations of his family are buried, and he began work on the album by taking his Zoom recorder there and letting the environment guide his art.
Over this solemn backdrop, Shiroishi layers peaceful synths, clarinet, saxophone and vocals, creating a slowly-evolving ambient haze that's always melancholy, but never hopeless. Echoing Touch tomes from Fennesz, Simon Scott, and others, "Evergreen" is a deep dive into an unseen LA that promises to grow and grow.
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LA-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick Shiroishi considers the escalating violence against Asian-Americans on "Evergreen", his Touch debut.
Shiroishi is well known in Los Angeles for his heady improvisational live shows, where he fluidly mutates from itchy free jazz into plaintive ambient or complicated math rock. "Evergreen" shows a different side to his personality, taking inspiration from the Touch back catalog as well as the issues apparent to him as a Japanese-American existing in the USA in 2023. The name is a reference to a cemetery where several generations of his family are buried, and he began work on the album by taking his Zoom recorder there and letting the environment guide his art.
Over this solemn backdrop, Shiroishi layers peaceful synths, clarinet, saxophone and vocals, creating a slowly-evolving ambient haze that's always melancholy, but never hopeless. Echoing Touch tomes from Fennesz, Simon Scott, and others, "Evergreen" is a deep dive into an unseen LA that promises to grow and grow.
LA-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick Shiroishi considers the escalating violence against Asian-Americans on "Evergreen", his Touch debut.
Shiroishi is well known in Los Angeles for his heady improvisational live shows, where he fluidly mutates from itchy free jazz into plaintive ambient or complicated math rock. "Evergreen" shows a different side to his personality, taking inspiration from the Touch back catalog as well as the issues apparent to him as a Japanese-American existing in the USA in 2023. The name is a reference to a cemetery where several generations of his family are buried, and he began work on the album by taking his Zoom recorder there and letting the environment guide his art.
Over this solemn backdrop, Shiroishi layers peaceful synths, clarinet, saxophone and vocals, creating a slowly-evolving ambient haze that's always melancholy, but never hopeless. Echoing Touch tomes from Fennesz, Simon Scott, and others, "Evergreen" is a deep dive into an unseen LA that promises to grow and grow.
LA-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick Shiroishi considers the escalating violence against Asian-Americans on "Evergreen", his Touch debut.
Shiroishi is well known in Los Angeles for his heady improvisational live shows, where he fluidly mutates from itchy free jazz into plaintive ambient or complicated math rock. "Evergreen" shows a different side to his personality, taking inspiration from the Touch back catalog as well as the issues apparent to him as a Japanese-American existing in the USA in 2023. The name is a reference to a cemetery where several generations of his family are buried, and he began work on the album by taking his Zoom recorder there and letting the environment guide his art.
Over this solemn backdrop, Shiroishi layers peaceful synths, clarinet, saxophone and vocals, creating a slowly-evolving ambient haze that's always melancholy, but never hopeless. Echoing Touch tomes from Fennesz, Simon Scott, and others, "Evergreen" is a deep dive into an unseen LA that promises to grow and grow.