Editorial for SOLO Magazine, issue #12
Kazumi Sakoda is a Barcelona-based Japanese artist that defies definitions. In some sense, she’s a musician that crosses noise and ambient music, but in another, she’s a collector of sounds, recording and archiving the voice of a city that might go unnoticed by most. But at the end of the day, Kazumi says it’s a personal thing. She’s making a sound diary for herself to capture a moment to help her remember.
-- Words by Óttar M. Nordfjörd
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BLOOMING COFFEE / Barcelona, Spain 2021
Editorial for SOLO Magazine, issue #6
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