Kawashima, Makoto
Zoe
With each release and performance over the last 10 years, saxophonist Makoto Kawashima has continued to stake his claim as one of today's most captivating improvisers. 'Zoe' is Kawashima's first ever studio album and his second with Black Editions. Recorded at Tokyo's storied GOK Sound, the album is one of the most beautiful and stark renderings of his voice to date. Over two side-long excursions Kawashima's music springs to existence with striking clarity and power, yet remains rooted in the more obscure, spiritual realm from which all of his work seems to originate. Rather than let the studio smooth out the performances, 'Zoe' is direct and unvarnished, the only adornment added being the ghostly, faint pre-echo of the reel to reel. This deluxe LP edition includes a gloss film laminate photo mounted on the cover plus a printed inner sleeve.