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I found what I was looking for

by Liis Ring

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

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‘I found what I was looking for’ is more or less exactly what it says: a piece about finding something that I had been hoping to be able to find for quite some time. It is both concrete and abstract: a place and a sound as well as a feeling and state of mind.

The piece almost entirely consists of material derived from field recordings from my trip to Japan this summer. I knew from the start that I wanted those sounds to come together in one way or another afterwards, so one could say that the composition process already began from pressing record on my devices and immersing myself in the act of extensive listening back then. When going through my archive back at home bits and pieces started falling together: I improvised with and around these field recordings for a couple of takes, sampling and manipulating some of the material while leaving some unchanged. I deliberately did not want those takes to be perfect in any sense, but instead left space for the same kind of spontaneity and surprise that I would experience while encountering the original sounds in Japan.

One could say that ‘I found what I was looking for’ is a deconstruction – as well as a hyperrealistic sum-up – of one of the most beautiful experiences of my life. A manifestation of a place and feeling through sound that I can revisit at any time.

I would like to mention the following as great sources of inspiration: Higashi-Murayama; Lake Sayama; the Tamako-Kokubunji line; the Nezu museum garden; the town of Ikuno with its former silver mine and company housing; Tsuyu, the rainy season.

credits

released March 26, 2024

recording, composition, mix and artwork by Liis Ring
mastered by Simon Scott at SPS Mastering
documentation photos by Christoffer Rutström
originally released on Longform Editions, edition 36
digital file available for purchase on longformeditions.bandcamp.com

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Liis Ring Gothenburg, Sweden

Liis Ring is a (sound) artist, photographer, bird watcher and idealist based in Göteborg, Sweden.

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