Journal for People
by Takagi Masakatsu
Catalog No. MC-535
Shorts Compilation,
Video Art / Film Art
2006, 35 minutes
DVD,
Region: 0 (All)
TV System: NTSC
UPC: 677517003222
Label: Blackchair Collection
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Takagi Masakatsu is one man trying to make sense of the world. He travels the globe recording people's everyday lives, and then returns home to Japan where he delicately molds the everyday into the sublime. A classically-trained pianist, a multimedia documentarian, an art-gallery exhibiting jet-setter, Takagi Masakatsu is clearly a renaissance man of our times.
After releasing two CDs and a DVD with Carpark in 2001 and 2002, Takagi returns to us once again with his Journal For People DVD and CD. Lilting piano lines, digitally enhanced melodies, and sturdily constructed ambient pop tunes comprise the audio. The video features people from all over the world intersecting with Takagi's painterly palette of organic and psychedelic imagery. It's what art at its best is capable of: a sensually gratifying and spiritually healing experience.
This DVD has never been screened
Reviews and Other Info:
Includes CD:
1. Uter 1 2. J.F.P. 3. Uter 2 4. Piano 5. Ketle 1
6. Kettle 2 7. Kettle 3 8. Wonderland 9. Birdland
10. Aqua 11. Waltz 12. Salida del Sol 13. Light Song
DVD:
1. Birdland 2. Light Park #2 3. Pia #12 4. Kettle 5. Aqua
6. Wonderland 7. Salida del Sol 8. Baraisou
9. Light Park #3
2006-12-07
By Zoltan Frasch
An unbelievable concoction of Sigur Ros's hopeful attitude, Guy Sigsworth's and Bjork's discombobulation, as well as Bonobo's simplicity and DJ Krush's traditional-meets-electronic. Takagi Masakatsu's "Journal For People" is a beautiful soundscape of emotion, lush with optimism and hints of classical piano. Bits of his country (Japan) and its musical past intermingle with the modern-day disguises of synthesizers, and the warmth of every song is enough to spur one's heart into a calm and promising rhythm of glee.
Do not pass up this album, it must be discovered before you sleep on it entirely.
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