Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
RECORDINGS FROM SADO ISLAND
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MASAYASU MAEDA plays TERRY RILEY's SCULPTURE
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Filmed by Vincent Moon
Sado Island is filled with surprises. Apart from Taiko drumming, processions and celebrations, the mystics and the poets, there is also the lesser-known presence of a very rare sculpture - one by Terry Riley himself, the legendary pope of minimalist music from the 60s, who now lives in Japan.
A few years ago he got commissioned to design a sonic piece in this almost deserted harbour of Aikawa. We pass by there with Masayasu, a member of the Kodo taiko company as well as our wonderful host on the island. We exchange clothes more than ideas, he gets into a short improv as if calling the sky, suspended as a puppet master being played equally by its instrument, and the resonance of the grey afternoon surrounds us with delicacy.
We hope you will enjoy this short homage to Terry-san and the sonic universe.
This music sequence is part of a series of films shot on Sado Island, thanks to Yoyo, Yasu, Marcus and many more.
#japan #terryriley #livemusic #sado #kodo
#vincentmoon #petitesplanetes #livemusic #fieldrecordings
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ABOUT VINCENT MOON / PETITES PLANÈTES
Petites Planètes is an ongoing project composed of films, music recordings, live cinéma performances, and installations created by Vincent Moon in 2010. This work aims to explore the boundaries between cinema, music, and expanded forms of modern rituals. It is shared under a Creative Commons license BY-NC-SA, making it available to everybody to share and re-use.
This work has been made over the years with author and photographer Priscilla Telmon, independant producer, curator and author Julie Henoch - www.powapowa.ch - and the music agency Murailles Music - muraillesmusic.com
Please do get in touch directly - vincentmoon@gmail.com
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FOLLOW PETITES PLANÈTES / VINCENT MOON
Official Website: vincentmoon.com
Music Label: petitesplanetes.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/vincentmoon
Instagram: instagram.com/petites___planetes
Híbridos, the Spirits of Brazil (In collaboration with Priscilla Telmon): hibridos.cc
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Moon
RECORDINGS FROM SADO ISLAND
Ⲷ𒊹Ⲷ
MASAYASU MAEDA plays TERRY RILEY's SCULPTURE
Ⲷ𒊹Ⲷ
Filmed by Vincent Moon
Sado Island is filled with surprises. Apart from Taiko drumming, processions and celebrations, the mystics and the poets, there is also the lesser-known presence of a very rare sculpture - one by Terry Riley himself, the legendary pope of minimalist music from the 60s, who now lives in Japan.
A few years ago he got commissioned to design a sonic piece in this almost deserted harbour of Aikawa. We pass by there with Masayasu, a member of the Kodo taiko company as well as our wonderful host on the island. We exchange clothes more than ideas, he gets into a short improv as if calling the sky, suspended as a puppet master being played equally by its instrument, and the resonance of the grey afternoon surrounds us with delicacy.
We hope you will enjoy this short homage to Terry-san and the sonic universe.
This music sequence is part of a series of films shot on Sado Island, thanks to Yoyo, Yasu, Marcus and many more.
#japan #terryriley #livemusic #sado #kodo
#vincentmoon #petitesplanetes #livemusic #fieldrecordings
✚✚✚
ABOUT VINCENT MOON / PETITES PLANÈTES
Petites Planètes is an ongoing project composed of films, music recordings, live cinéma performances, and installations created by Vincent Moon in 2010. This work aims to explore the boundaries between cinema, music, and expanded forms of modern rituals. It is shared under a Creative Commons license BY-NC-SA, making it available to everybody to share and re-use.
This work has been made over the years with author and photographer Priscilla Telmon, independant producer, curator and author Julie Henoch - www.powapowa.ch - and the music agency Murailles Music - muraillesmusic.com
Please do get in touch directly - vincentmoon@gmail.com
▼▼▼
FOLLOW PETITES PLANÈTES / VINCENT MOON
Official Website: vincentmoon.com
Music Label: petitesplanetes.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/vincentmoon
Instagram: instagram.com/petites___planetes
Híbridos, the Spirits of Brazil (In collaboration with Priscilla Telmon): hibridos.cc
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Moon
