N/S 1, by NRV

N/S 1

by NRV

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The physical release of N/S 1 features a high bias cassette tape with photos taken by Haruka Suzuki.

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1.	field (feat. Shinya) 03:57	buy track
2.	sea (feat. Shinya) 02:37	buy track
3.	sub (feat. Shinya) 05:32	buy track
4.	green (feat. Shinya) 03:12	buy track
5.	water organ (feat. Shinya) 04:17	buy track
6.	layers (feat. Shinya) 04:18 video	buy track

about

The collaboration between Shinya and NRV began in December 2021. Shinya had served as the mastering engineer and an advisor since 2006 behind NRV’s main music project Antennasia, and their friendship ensured shortly after working together. Shinya had compiled a comprehensive collection of field recordings throughout Japan over the years and asked NRV to subtly add synthesizers and effects alongside them, with the intention to be as unobtrusive as possible. The resulting pieces are akin to paintings on photos from Japanese landscapes — exploring simple and familiar experiences — and reflecting them back to the listener.

The artwork and photos were taken by Haruka Idachi, whose work NRV has always admired. NRV chose unique images to coincide with each track. The images will be available with the Bandcamp release only.

NRV is the drone/ambient project by Sendai-based musician Nerve (Manabu Ito). He is best known as the producer behind the electro-pop band Antennasia, incorporating dub, electronica, synth-pop, jazz, and drum’n’ bass alongside San’s magnetic vocals. Their albums, “23 Bluebird St., Velo-City”, "Howling", “Error Code : SFRN” and such, have been released from various labels around the world including Lemongrassmusic (Germany), Meze (Detroit, US), Double Life Records (Japan).

Nerve is also the vocalist of the improvisational group Jai Machine, and the director and selector of a radio show “OTO Radio” broadcast in Sendai, Japan. He is an active DJ and remixer, paralleling his work as a commercial composer.

N/S 1 is scheduled for release June 21 on the Brooklyn based label FOIL IMPRINTS.

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credits

released June 21, 2022

Music by Nerve
Field recordings by Shinya

Field recordings done with
DR-05 VERSION2 (TASCAM)
BME-200 (Adphox Corporation)

Produced by NRV + Shinya

Mix by Nerve
Mastering by Takanari Oyama (Studio O3 Tokyo)
Artwork photos by Haruka Idachi (aominawashashin)

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NRV Sendai, Japan

NRV is the drone/ambient project by Sendai-based musician Nerve (antennasia/Jai Machine). The impetus behind NRV lies in a soft simplicity — inspired by everyday life and places, giving rise to emotional spaces. The project started in the lockdown summer of 2020, where he was able to take his time trying out various approaches and sonic experiments, ultimately forging his sonic identity. ... more

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