Distant Intervals

by MIZU

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Mister Meows this is just so dang LUSH. Pure washes of cello melodies

Ur Trommler First listen and I'm overwhelmed with the shimmering beauty of this remarkable set! WELL DONE and so lush and beautiful! Favorite track: Aubade (The Farewell Is a Beginning).

w/Heather The whole album is seamless and takes you on a journey. Issei Herr is genius and her music encompasses your soul. Thank you for this beautiful piece of art!

Brad Rose This album was featured on the April 17, 2023 episode of Foxy Digitalis Daily: foxydigitalis.zone/2023/04/17/foxy-digitalis-daily-4-17-23-issei-herr/ Favorite track: Fugato (Night’s Transfiguration).

daniemusique Une musique actuelle pleine d'un lyrisme conjuguant motifs classiques au violoncelle et jeux d'ambiances électroniques, le tout faisant vivre un merveilleux microcosme.

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1.	Prelude (An Eternity of Light) 04:00	buy track
2.	Aubade (The Farewell Is a Beginning) 04:23	buy track
3.	Aria (I Stand by the Reflecting Pool and Remember) 05:38	buy track
4.	Elegy (As Soft Night Marches In) 02:52	buy track
5.	Toccata (Kisses of Earth) 04:31	buy track
6.	Interlude (Sunken Citadels) 03:12	buy track
7.	Serenata (To a Hidden Moon) 02:31	buy track
8.	Fugato (Night’s Transfiguration) 05:35	buy track
9.	Aveu (The Beginning Is a Farewell) feat. Maria BC 04:53	buy track

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'Distant Intervals', the full-length debut from Brooklyn cellist and composer MIZU, is an exploration of memory, dreams, and the infinite possibilities within imagined worlds. Centered around themes of becoming and transformation, the music encompasses the liminal spaces between our past, present, and future selves - our ever-changing relation to personal memories, the ideals and dreams we have for our futures, and the distance and idealism of these infinite versions of self.

Composed and performed primarily through the vast sound-world of the cello, the album is built through layers of overdubbed improvisations, self-recorded entirely in MIZU's bedroom closet. There is an element of newfound wonder throughout the album’s nine parts; the sounds of a single cello, an instrument she has known intimately since childhood, are augmented and transformed through the infinite possibilities of digital production and manipulation - layered and processed audio samples, tape loops, and synth ornamentation. Combining up to a hundred layers of overdubbed cello and processed samples, the resulting sound world is lush, vast, and orchestral in scope. A closing feature by rising vocal star Maria BC transforms and elevates MIZU’s string-centered sound world into a euphoric bodily dimension.

Classically trained as a cellist at Juilliard, MIZU composed the album during a period of musical and personal transformation - as she moved away from a traditional classical performance path and notated music, while also beginning a long-awaited process of gender transition. While rooted in her classical background, the music looks outward and beyond limitations of style and genre; while song titles reference staples of the classical repertoire and traditional musical forms, they capture the poetry and fantasy of inner worlds through their improvisatory and deeply personal spirit. From the heavenly heights of "Prelude" to the darkest recesses of "Fugato", soft distant whispers of "Interlude" and "Serenata" to the rays of color and pulsating rhythm of "Toccata", the summation is a deeply personal account that conveys universal themes of memory, acceptance, and transformation.

“We may never touch queerness, but we can feel it as the warm illumination of a horizon imbued with potentiality. We have never been queer, yet queerness exists for us as an ideality that can be distilled from the past and used to imagine a future.” - José Esteban Muñoz, Cruising Utopia

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released April 7, 2023

Composed and recorded by MIZU
Vocals on Aveu by Maria BC
Mixed by Ben Shirken at 5950.exp
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio
Additional production by Rachika Nayar
Album art by Dayi Novas
Cassette design by Daedalus Li

"Prelude and Aubade" video credits:
Direction and cinematography by Dazhi Huang
Art direction and styling by Daedalus Li
Production and set design by Chong Gu

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MIZU New York, New York

MIZU explores themes of transformation and the infinite possibilities of self through her singular cello playing and daring performing.

Trained as a cellist at Juilliard, her experimental practice sees her transforming self-recorded explorations on her instrument into bold and distinct soundscapes.

Portrait by Honglin Cai. ... more

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