Turn On The Sunlight / Iseo / Music From Memory

Music From Memory’s next missive is a set of mellow, muted electro-acoustic mediations. Groovy group improvisations featuring Ko Ishikawa, Luis Perez Ixoneztil, Laraaji, Carlos Nino, Miles Spilsbury, Mia Doi Todd and headed up by Maui-based Jesse Peterson. The opening number is “Iseo” is a lullaby. A soothing session of loose chimes and rattles, with a warm, welcoming vibe, whose wordless harmonies, in tone, recall Robbie Basho. “Teamotanto” simulates nature stirring. Synthetic drones swirling with field recordings of insects, birds, wildlife calling. Rhythmic and tribal, “Cosmic Feathers” has the feel of a traditional ritual. A prayer, a celebration of song, woodwinds and hand drums. “Sayonara Glendale” is all gongs, reeds and shaken seashells, surfing a rising, rolling sound like crashing surf. “Medianoche En La Calle” twists seagulls singing around sparse keys, rich with reverb. Its modular emissions merging with waves splashing. Tides turning. Spiritually shimmering like cicadas.…