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01. The Leaf Library + Teruyuki Kurihara - Distal
02. The Leaf Library + Teruyuki Kurihara - Kite Beach
03. The Leaf Library + Teruyuki Kurihara - Constant Waves
04. The Leaf Library + Teruyuki Kurihara - Various Futures
05. The Leaf Library + Teruyuki Kurihara - Paper Area
06. The Leaf Library + Teruyuki Kurihara - Artefact
07. The Leaf Library + Teruyuki Kurihara - Boundary
08. The Leaf Library + Teruyuki Kurihara - Vertical Margins
ARTIST
TITLE
Melody Tomb
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
MP 041LP MP 041LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/28/2022

Melody Tomb is the first album in a new collaboration between Tokyo artist Teruyuki Kurihara and London drone pop band The Leaf Library. The nine tracks here have in common a metallic hum and a minimal, austere kind of beauty that recalls Teru's work on his 2020 Frozen Dust album (MP 004LP). Machine tones mix with static, noise, and warm drones, whilst in other places the lineage of classic mangled Warp hardware is visible. In March 2020, The Leaf Library sent their friend Teru a batch of synth drones to play with in the hope a new collaboration would be born. "From the first time we heard Teru's music we knew we wanted to make something with him," say the band. "It has been such a pleasure seeing him take our minimal synth parts and turn them into something really strange and beautiful." The track "Kite Beach" was the first to arrive, featuring on The Leaf Library-curated Object Ten compilation on Objects Forever in 2021, with the rest of the album slowly appearing over the last year. The artists hope to continue the collaboration with another album in the near future. For fans of: Autechre, Biosphere, Ben Frost.