Christopher Willits OPENING

Opening is multimedia artist Christopher Willits' third solo outing for venerable electronic label Ghostly International. The San Francisco-based musician's warm experimental fare has shifted subtly from record to record, often radiating with a strong visual imagery, but Opening takes this a step further, blending seven new expansive ambient pieces with 45 minutes of corresponding video which he captured during four years of travel throughout Japan, Thailand, Hawaii, and California. Additionally, there is a limited-edition photographic print available for each track with all of the various elements tying into his multi-sensory live performances for the album. Prior to this, Willits was last heard collaborating with Japanese pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto on 2012's Ancient Future as well as adding his production skills to labelmate Tycho's 2014 album Awake. Musically, the supple, dreamlike tones of Opening have far more in common with Tycho's pastoral summer hues than with Willits' moody Saka