Space Music
for a Place
"This music celebrates all the designers and their projects at AnyTokyo 2015. Praising each piece with joy, becoming a part of the venue, becoming the air, claiming it quietly, minimally and with passion. This piece contains more silence that ever before written in any of my previous music. Silence. Space. Present, but without filling the space, leaving room for emptiness. Finding beauty in its blankness. This is a sensibility Japanese are likely to have inherited from their ancestors. Used in the recording is the piano at Zojoji. From the quiet resonance of the strings in this space, I felt the vastness of the universe. The recording was then layered with minimal additions of ambient sounds, synth and beats. In the keys lingers a beautiful, stimulating afterglow. Let go of time and bask in the sound.”
Kan Sano
Keyboardist/Track maker
Kan Sano studied jazz at Berkley Music College, performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival with his band while still a student. As a keyboardist, he has performed and recorded with a multitude of artists, and as a contemporary beat maker and producer, he takes part in loads of collaborations, both in Japan and overseas.
Mentioned by Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio numerous times, his constantly updated SoundCloud, tracks have enjoyed over 300,000 plays. His debut album ""Fantastic Farewell"" was released in 2011 and the following year, he released the hit club album “Sun Ya” as Bennetrhodes. His Blue Note debut came in 2013, playing keyboard on ""Toshio Matsuura presents HEX"" a project celebrating the 75th anniversary of BLUE NOTE. In 2014, Kan Sano brought together Benny sings, Monday Michiru, mabanua, Kenichi Hasegawa and other international artists for the releases of ""2.0.1.1.,"" which topped sales charts and was loved by fans. Whether throwing down new tracks for the beat music scene or playing improv piano, he fuses jazz and classical into a original sound that can fill both expensive concert halls and underground night clubs.
