KAZUYA ISHIGAMI - For Postcard

The FMOA Audio Postcards series by the Experimental label Fifteen Minutes of Anonymity is a nice example of pairing an otherwise completely digital release with a limited physical item.

In this case it's only - you just read it - a postcard with some debossed and silver-foiled details. Nothing spectacular, but nonetheless something which lets the release seep from the digital realm into the real world, adding sentimental value to it. And even with international shipping it only costs four US dollars, which is of course less than you would pay for many downloads anyway. I like ideas like this!

KAZUYA ISHIGAMI - For Postcard (postcard / download) (2025)

However, I didn't order this card from the American one-man label, but got it as free bonus directly from Kazuya Ishigami, featured artist on this eighteen's edition of the series, when I ordered a tape (more on that in the upcoming next part of my cassette craze chronicles!) from his Japanese label NEUS-318.

The EP is a twenty minutes long collage of birdsongs, civilizational noises, computerized and Electronic sounds. The beautiful randomness of field recordings merging with a decidedly vague sence of intent, a mixture definitely more sonic installation and Ambient exploration than music in the common person's understanding. In my ears this kind of Electroacoustic sound design demands at least as much artistic choice and musical sensibilty as any kind of "real" music, so I can enjoy it just the same.

Ishigami's recording "For Postcard" is an interesting soundscape, which of course recommends itself for being experienced with headphones.

And as a final note to save you the time: That Bandcamp download code  below is of course already taken, so don't bother! ;)