Limited edition translucent blue double vinyl of the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky (Innova 368, 2024) featuring cover artwork and design by Jasmine Parsia, and the sounds of Sō Percussion, Longleash, and Lanzilotti.

In conjunction with the nationally touring exhibition Lanzilotti co-curated, Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, Lanzilotti produced this album of chamber and experimental sound art works that explore the resonance of Takaezu’s bronze bells and the playfulness of her ceramic rattles. Lanzilotti writes, “Growing up at The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, I remember Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramic works being the same size as I was—the greeting presence of one of her mahina, or moons, as you entered the museum.”

Longleash, bring for Toshiko to life with delicate timbres and expressive shaping of resonance. Sō Percussion breathes life to sending messages in their depth of listening. Through their long history of playing chamber music together as a group, there is a magical, spinning quality to the sound. In the resonance of the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky, we get the feeling of being inside Takaezu’s multisensory landscapes.

Lacquers cut by Scott Hull, and pressed at Microforum
Produced by Leilehua Lanzilotti
Innova Recordings