Breathmint

"My Noise Valentine; Hiroshi Hasegawa & Desiccant on WFMU!

A monumental, momentous occasion is upon us, as Hiroshi Hasegawa makes his first visit to WFMU’s My Castle of Quiet. A living legend of Japanese long-form/improvised/psych-noise, Hiroshi Hasegawa co-founded C.C.C.C., cementing a near-Krautrock approach to Japanoise, one that had been hovering over it since Magical Power Mako, and later Merzbow, but C.C.C.C. really brought it home—with disk-long compositions/performances, that allowed listeners to float off on a cosmic bed of multicolored squeal and rumble. Hasegawa has continued this creative arc, through such projects as his solo Astro material, and the glorious, long-form Astromero collaborations with Damion Romero (Speculum Fight.)

Returning to our show are two seasoned and celebrated Castle guests; Mat Rademan (of FUN, Newton) and Andy Borsz (of Slasher Risk & countless collabs.), playing together as Desiccant; both of them natural improvisers, intuitive players who work at ease with unconventional sounds, their union sure to be full of excitement and surprise."

- Wm. M. Berger


recorded February 15, 2016

Live sets, recorded exclusively for WFMU and My Castle of Quiet, aired Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, February 16-17 @ approx. 12:15 a.m.

Engineer - Ernie Indradat

WFMU 91.1FM
WMFU 90.1FM (Husdon Valley)
91.9FM (Rockland)
wfmu.org live stream

https://breathmint.bandcamp.com/album/live-wfmu

Live @ WFMU, by Hiroshi Hasegawa • Desiccant 2 track album