Tenderness
Described as an "ambient odyssey", "Tenderness" is the debut collaboration from Brazilian guitarist and producer Carlos Ferreira and veteran Japanese composer and lyricist Yumi Iwaki.
Yumi Iwaki and Carlos Ferreira met over Instagram, and shared influences and feelings led to swift collaboration. "Tenderness" is the first result of their creative friendship, and is driven by the differences in the culture of Brazil and Japan. "Diversity must also unite us," explains Ferreira. The Brazilian ambient don provides his signature bowed guitar textures, field recordings and loops, and Iwaki responds with more electronic treatments, using op-1, voice, synthesizers and samples.
From beginning to end there's a sense of euphoric motion, that links the duo's sounds to everyone from Cluster and Brian Eno to Stars of the Lid and William Basinski. Sounds are extended and washed out, and classical twinkles are hidden behind dense clouds of humming electronics. The most exceptional moments are the closest to Vangelis's soundtrack work - 'A Silent Canvas' isn't a million miles from his "Blade Runner" OST - which shouldn't be a complete surprise given Ferriera's work rescoring classic silent films like "Nosferatu" and "Frankenstein".
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Described as an "ambient odyssey", "Tenderness" is the debut collaboration from Brazilian guitarist and producer Carlos Ferreira and veteran Japanese composer and lyricist Yumi Iwaki.
Yumi Iwaki and Carlos Ferreira met over Instagram, and shared influences and feelings led to swift collaboration. "Tenderness" is the first result of their creative friendship, and is driven by the differences in the culture of Brazil and Japan. "Diversity must also unite us," explains Ferreira. The Brazilian ambient don provides his signature bowed guitar textures, field recordings and loops, and Iwaki responds with more electronic treatments, using op-1, voice, synthesizers and samples.
From beginning to end there's a sense of euphoric motion, that links the duo's sounds to everyone from Cluster and Brian Eno to Stars of the Lid and William Basinski. Sounds are extended and washed out, and classical twinkles are hidden behind dense clouds of humming electronics. The most exceptional moments are the closest to Vangelis's soundtrack work - 'A Silent Canvas' isn't a million miles from his "Blade Runner" OST - which shouldn't be a complete surprise given Ferriera's work rescoring classic silent films like "Nosferatu" and "Frankenstein".
Described as an "ambient odyssey", "Tenderness" is the debut collaboration from Brazilian guitarist and producer Carlos Ferreira and veteran Japanese composer and lyricist Yumi Iwaki.
Yumi Iwaki and Carlos Ferreira met over Instagram, and shared influences and feelings led to swift collaboration. "Tenderness" is the first result of their creative friendship, and is driven by the differences in the culture of Brazil and Japan. "Diversity must also unite us," explains Ferreira. The Brazilian ambient don provides his signature bowed guitar textures, field recordings and loops, and Iwaki responds with more electronic treatments, using op-1, voice, synthesizers and samples.
From beginning to end there's a sense of euphoric motion, that links the duo's sounds to everyone from Cluster and Brian Eno to Stars of the Lid and William Basinski. Sounds are extended and washed out, and classical twinkles are hidden behind dense clouds of humming electronics. The most exceptional moments are the closest to Vangelis's soundtrack work - 'A Silent Canvas' isn't a million miles from his "Blade Runner" OST - which shouldn't be a complete surprise given Ferriera's work rescoring classic silent films like "Nosferatu" and "Frankenstein".
Described as an "ambient odyssey", "Tenderness" is the debut collaboration from Brazilian guitarist and producer Carlos Ferreira and veteran Japanese composer and lyricist Yumi Iwaki.
Yumi Iwaki and Carlos Ferreira met over Instagram, and shared influences and feelings led to swift collaboration. "Tenderness" is the first result of their creative friendship, and is driven by the differences in the culture of Brazil and Japan. "Diversity must also unite us," explains Ferreira. The Brazilian ambient don provides his signature bowed guitar textures, field recordings and loops, and Iwaki responds with more electronic treatments, using op-1, voice, synthesizers and samples.
From beginning to end there's a sense of euphoric motion, that links the duo's sounds to everyone from Cluster and Brian Eno to Stars of the Lid and William Basinski. Sounds are extended and washed out, and classical twinkles are hidden behind dense clouds of humming electronics. The most exceptional moments are the closest to Vangelis's soundtrack work - 'A Silent Canvas' isn't a million miles from his "Blade Runner" OST - which shouldn't be a complete surprise given Ferriera's work rescoring classic silent films like "Nosferatu" and "Frankenstein".