New album from this Japanese saxophone outlaw, recorded live in August of 2007 in a converted saki brewery on the shores of Lake Biwa, with an orchestra of insects in attendance. This one has a massive depth of field to it, with blurry semi-audible environmental sounds positioned in various perspectives which Urabe by turns illuminates and obliterates. Some beautifully on-point playing here, running from tiny illuminated bubbles of breath through to gorgeous sunrise tones, with Urabe playing in a gentler and more straightforwardly gorgeous style than on previous releases. The second track features a guest appearance from Kiyoharu Kuwiyama of Kuwiyama-Kijima on metal-janks and cello, with Urabe switching to accordion, toy flute and harmonica. Recommended.

A compilation that culls tracks from a series of ‘lecture concerts' that took place between September 2003 and February 2004 at Mesar Haus, Tokyo. Kicks off with a fantastically dense hurdy-gurdy drone from Keiji Haino and also features tracks from guitarist Kazuo Imai, pianist Junichiro Okuchi, shamisen master Michihiro Sato, turntablist Otomo Yoshihide and saxophonist Masayoshi Urabe.