Miles Okazaki

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Thisness is guitarist Miles Okazaki's third album for Pi Recordings with his band Trickster featuring keyboardist Matt Mitchell, bassist Anthony Tidd, and drummer Sean Rickman. It is a sequel to The Sky Below, which was described by Allmusic as “an umbrella of labyrinthine lyricism, full of mischief and delight as a harmonic foundation,” and by Point of Departure as “overflowing with energy, and elegant despite its complexity.”

Unlike the first two releases from this band, which emphasized fantastical, narrative storytelling, Thisness is more about providing a platform for these masterful musicians to improvise in the construct of compositions that emphasize non-linear flow between musical ideas. Okazaki describes it as “a sound that discards notions of logic and control and strives toward something more like collective dreaming.”

PERSONNEL:

• Miles Okazaki (guitars, vocals, robots)
• Matt Mitchell (piano, Fender Rhodes, Prophet-6)
• Anthony Tidd (electric bass)
• Sean Rickman (drums)

TRACKS:

• 01. In Some Far Off Place
• 02. Years in Space
• 03. I’ll Build A World
• 04. And Wait For You