Kinsugi is the Japanese art of repairing things like broken ceramic goods with gold to keep them, useable, but also "a reminder to stay optimistic when things fall apart and to celebrate the flaws and missteps of life".
That is a wonderful philosophy.
Last night Mattias uploaded his track Kintsugi to YouTube. He gives me a credit, but the video I took in Osaka of him is really such a small part of this video:
For the love of Japan I put together a tune called Kintsugi, celebrating imperfections and the impermanence of all things.Filmed by Yogev Gabay (Sweden) and Adrian S. Bruce (Japan).Much thanks to Keiichi Ishida and the crew of Zanshin Musical Instruments for everything.For more information about Freak Guitar Lab and the Ulv guitars, please visit https://freakguitarlab.com/
A really small part, must only be a few seconds.
Mattias brought this track to Japan in early May. He seems to work on many things at the same time in his Freak Enterprise, like recording tracks and videos, preparing for, then doing his Freak Guitar Camp, handling his online store, promoting his guitars, other clinics or performing. Kintsugi is quite a complicated video to edit together, but he has done more than a few of similar complexity, so guess it didn't take him as long as it would me to do. From the little I heard of it in May to the release yesterday has been 4 months. Think it indicates just how busy he keeps himself "being a modern, successful, musician in the age of streaming and social media".
What a guy! 😮
Listening carefully I can hear a synth part or three in there as well as the Toontracks drums and guitars. The kind of thing I do too. Not as skillfully though!
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