Fuubutsushi

Fuubutsushi is a quartet -- Chris Jusell, Lake Mary, M. Sage, Patrick Shiroishi -- formed in 2020. They began working together by way of remote collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic; they created four albums, one for each season, from 2020-2021. In 2024 they return with their first vinyl release, a double LP titled "Meridians." This new album is their most refined, focused, and developed release to date; it solidifies many of the ideas they've explored in their previous works and elevates their unique genre-spanning musical stylings across nearly 80 minutes and 15 songs. Inspired by ECM, cool jazz, ambient, minimalism, experimental, and neoclassical music, but wandering across many genres and moods, the group has established themselves as a brotherhood of musicians who find catharsis, joy, play, and meditation through creating together. Their sound often forefronts melody and compositional grace but makes room for experimentation and abstraction throughout their songs. Jusell plays with many groups and ensembles as well as in many classical combinations and orchestras. Prymek (aka Lake Mary) has established a place in the overlaps of ambient music and finger style folk music. Sage is known for his solo and ensemble work that explores ambient, experimental, and electronic music interacting with jazz idioms. Shiroishi is a regarded free jazz improviser and composer.