LA-based multi-instrumentalist Patrick Shiroishi delivers a powerful sonic meditation on memory and cultural preservation with Forgetting Is Violent. This deeply personal work weaves together layers of spoken-word recordings with Shiroishi's distinctive saxophone playing, creating a complex tapestry that explores themes of family history and cultural identity.
The album opens with cascading voices that immediately establish its intimate, documentary-like atmosphere before Shiroishi's quick-fingered, scattered sax notes join the mix. His music serves as what the liner notes describe as "one source of hope" against the erasure of history, with tracks bearing evocative titles like "To protect our family names" and "There is no moment in my life in which this is not happening" that reflect the album's urgent, deeply felt exploration of memory and resistance.
- Format: Vinyl
- Release Date: 09/19/2025
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TRACKS
01. To protect our family names
02. Mountains that take wing
05. One last walk with the wind of my past
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