You can now stream, and purchase Śūnya CD from Bandcamp :
https://takatsunamukai.bandcamp.com/releases
12 tracks of collaborations with amazing artists from all around the world, please see the full credit list (with links to each artist’s own works) at the bottom of this page.
The CD features custom made paper box package and 24-page booklet with full lyrics and translations.
like he’s taken the role as the Twin Peaks hotel’s resident composer
Mat Smith, Documentary Evidence
From Art Brut to Austra, The Creatures to CocoRosie, Nick Cave to Cold Cave and David Lynch to Zola Jesus…
Sunya breeds the cinematic with the sinewy. Grinding its heels in the punk rock dirt one minute, then gracefully tiptoeing through exotic Lynchian halls the next…A genre/culture blending beast for those who roam darkened sticky bars and decadent concert halls alike.
Barnaby William Thornton
Śūnya Credits:
Photography – Natasha Xavier
Calligraphy – Jason Atomic
Artwork/Layout – Manko
Mastering : Denis Blackham
1: Śūnya I (Mukai/Corda/Orrù)
Takatsuna Mukai – Electric Violin
Silvia Corda – Piano
Adriano Orrù – Contrabass
Recorded in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy
2: Blank Strip is Black (Mukai/Charles/Mihalski)
Takatsuna Mukai – Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Programming
Mark Charles – Text, Vocal
Susan Mihalski – Zombie Radio
Manko – Backing Vocal
Kirsten Neil (The Du-Rell Family) – Outro Vocal, Autoharp
Jason Atomic – Backing Vocal
Fritz Catlin – Drums
Sarah Tobias – Alto Saxophone
Sarah Tobias recorded at her studio, London, U.K.
3: Ballade Chaotique (Mukai/Renay)
Takatsuna Mukai – Keyboards, Programming, Bass Guitar, Sounds
Valérie Renay (Noblesse Oblige) – Text, Vocal
Kevin Bass – Drums
Valérie Renay recorded at Noblesse Oblige HQ, Berlin, Germany
4: Traktat o Kvakama (Mukai/Josipović/Marušić)
Takatsuna Mukai – Keyboards, Programming, Electric Guitar
KPZ (Divlje Kvake):
-Adriana Josipović – Text, Vocal
-Kate Marušić – Text, Vocal
Kevin Bass – Toms, Hi-Hats, Cymbals
Adriana Josipović/Kate Marušić recorded at Teatar &TD, Zagreb, Croatia
5: The Store (Mukai/Asquith)
Takatsuna Mukai – Electric Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Bass Guitar, Programming
Gary Asquith – Text, Vocal
André Canniere – Trumpet
6: Radiophonique (Mukai/Renay)
Takatsuna Mukai – Keyboards, Programming, Electric Violin
Valérie Renay (Noblesse Oblige) – Text, Vocal
Gordon Raphael – ARP2600
Kevin Bass – Drums
Fritz Catlin – Analogue Processing, Echo Box
Valérie Renay recorded at Noblesse Oblige HQ, Berlin, Germany
Gordon Raphael recorded in his flat, Berlin, Germany
7: NAFAKA (Mukai/Zarifović/Frolo)
Takatsuna Mukai – Electric Violin, Programming, Baritone Guitar, Bass Guitar, Handclap
Olja Frolo (Loell Duinn)- Vocal
Alen Zarifović (Loell Duinn)-Text, Classical Guitar, Voice
Fritz Catlin – Bendir, Bongo, Darbouka, Guiro, Gungur, Shaker, Tambourine, Handclap
Kevin Bass – Toms, Cymbals, Snare, Handclap
Shirley Smart – Cello
Olja Frolo/Alen Zarifović recorded at Ivona’s apartment, Labin, Croatia
Fritz Catlin recorded at his studio, London, U.K. (engineer: Fritz Catlin)
8: Śūnya II (Mukai/Corda/Orrù)
Takatsuna Mukai – Electric Violin
Silvia Corda – Prepared Piano, Indian Harmonium
Adriano Orrù – Contrabass
Recorded in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy
9: Alle Belle Statuine (Mukai/De Palo)
Takatsuna Mukai – Electric Violin, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Programming
Chiara De Palo – Text, Vocal
10: Feast Proceeds the Carcass (Mukai/Charles/Shade)
Takatsuna Mukai – Electric Guitar, Synth, Programming
Mark Charles – Text, Backing Vocal
Sarah Tobias – Bass Clarinet
Sarah Tobias recorded at her studio, London, U.K.
11: Time That Don’t Exist (Mukai/Brändén-Whitaker)
Takatsuna Mukai – Keyboards, Eletric Violin, Bass Guitar
Kristina Brändén-Whitaker – Text, Vocal, Glockenspiel.
Gordon Raphael – ARP2600
Fritz Catlin – Analogue Processing
Kristina Brändén-Whitaker recorded at Tina’s loft, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gordon Raphael recorded in his flat, Berlin, Germany
12: Śūnya III (Mukai/Kamia)
Takatsuna Mukai – Electric Violin
Natalia Kamia – Toy Piano
Recorded at GEST, Gothenburg, Sweden
Additional production at Takatsunamukaistudio London, U.K.