Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

78601

news

Listen: Download Fujiya & Miyagi - 'Chichikov'
JoeDiddly by Luke Slater August 22nd, 2011

The concept of the "running track" has been done before. It probably came along because running without no accompaniment is so monumentally boring that people need to be stimulated in other, different ways whilst undertaking the task. The "newest" addition to the canon of "running music" comes from Brighton lot Fujiya & Miyagi, who have composed and will release a 37-minute track, entitled 'Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors'.

Actually, it was recorded way back in 2008 for Nike's running series but never saw the light of day as an actual proper release. Now it is. You can buy the whole thing from over here or download one component track from it, 'Chichikov', below via the embedded SoundCloud widget.

Here's a bit of background from the band's Steve Lewis and Matt Hainsby:

"Each part of the recording had a specific time restraint laid out in the brief. The restrictions enabled us to approach the music writing in a different way with less emphasis on traditional song structures and more emphasis on the rhythm..."

"The piece starts with David's [Best, guitarist and frontman] breathing sounds synthesised, amplified as if heard through a filter inside his head. A subtle beat comprising of knuckle cracks and knee creaks floats in the background as if the music is limbering up ready to run meanwhile the synths are building and holding the focus on the music ahead."

"We were very conscious of the need to push the tempos as the piece progresses and we tried to make this sound as natural as possible to give the finished piece an arc that reflected the brief of a runner’s journey/experience/pain."



LATEST


  • Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2025


  • Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024


  • Drowned in Sound is back!


  • Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020


  • Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter


  • Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing

Share on
   
Love DiS? Become a Patron of the site here »


Left-arrow

Watch: Footage from KILLL's live DVD, Part III

Mobback
78589

Listen: 21-track playlist from Neon Indian ft. new tracks and remixes

Mobforward
78207
Right-arrow


LATEST

    news


    Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2025

  • 106149
  • news


    Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024

  • 106145

    news


    Drowned in Sound is back!

  • 106143
  • news


    Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Y...

  • 106141

    news


    Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter

  • 106139
  • Playlist


    Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing

  • 106138

    Festival Preview


    Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alterna...

  • 106137
  • Interview


    A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash

  • 106136
MORE


GREATEST HITS

    review


    Sharon van Etten - Are We There

  • 95658
  • Playlist


    Playlist: Summertime Sadness

  • 100688

    feature


    Portishead discuss Third

  • 34958
  • feature


    Foals: "We're going to get weirder and weirder"

  • 26160

    review


    Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

  • 55003
  • review


    Coldplay - Ghost Stories

  • 95631

    news


    An Open Letter to Ryan Adams

  • 14604
  • Playlist


    Our Favourite Tracks of Q1 2015

  • 99412
MORE
Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2025 DROWNED IN SOUND