China Life, by Masayoshi Miyazaki

China Life

by Masayoshi Miyazaki

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1.	Obscureness Knocks 03:28	buy track
2.	Bridge 03:55	buy track
3.	You Can Hide Your Love Forever 03:32	buy track
4.	Pessimistic 2 03:44	buy track
5.	Golf 04:27	buy track
6.	Bonfire 03:48	buy track
7.	60 Lovers Lane 03:19	buy track
8.	Digital Camera Loves Me 04:04	buy track
9.	Walk Out To Autumn 05:04	buy track
10.	Tokyo 0, Kamimeguro 4 02:09	buy track
11.	Risk 04:56	buy track
12.	Eden 03:30	buy track
13.	Last Train To Heaven 03:52	buy track
14.	I Have Met My Child Only Once 04:11	buy track
15.	Tokyo Pavillion 02:46	buy track
16.	300 Miles 05:27	buy track
17.	Cast A Long Shadow 04:04	buy track
18.	South Marine Drive 03:24	buy track
19.	Prior To My Previous Thinking 03:52	buy track
20.	Cornelius Is Innocent 01:06	buy track

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"pleasantly confusing, emotional and mysterious." IGLOO MAG

An encounter with another culture is always full of surprises, misunderstandings, joys and difficulties. In China Life Japanese musician Masayoshi Miyazaki explores the highs, lows and heartaches of his five years in China. At the centre of the album is the pandemic and the profound impact of its restrictions on travel. During this period Masayoshi's son was born in Japan, and as he waited to be able to meet him, and to be reunited with his wife, he turned to music as refuge, solace and escape.
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"I found his amazing album to be wonderfully expansive and a genuine thrill to master such a deeply immersive set of tracks." -- Simon Scott.

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released February 24, 2023

Mastered by Simon Scott
Photography Masayoshi Miyazake
Design Kate Carr

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“Flaming Pines is itself a topography of hidden global sounds." The Wire.

We are a label focused on field recording, sound art and experimental ambient music.

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