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CMU Approved
Approved: Nonsemble – Go Seigen Vs Fujisawa Kuranosuke
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 22 April 2015
In the final round of the 1953 championship of traditional Chinese strategy game Go, Fujisawa Kuranosuke was beaten for the second consecutive year by Go Seigen, who is widely regarded as one of the game’s best players of all time, and by many as the greatest player of the 20th Century. Seigen soared to a 5-1 victory when he beat Fujisawa down from sen-ai-sen handicap to josen handicap.
Despite all I’ve just read on Wikipedia about Go and Go Seigen, I’m still not 100% sure what that last bit means, but I’m fairly certain the game was a tense and exciting event. That much I’m getting not from Wikipedia, but rather the new release from Nonsemble, ‘Go Seigen Vs Fujisawa Kuranosuke’, a 30 minute piece of music based on the moves played in that game.
The seven-piece group take elements of traditional chamber music and fuse them with modern influences from post-rock, minimalism and pop. The result, as found on ‘Go Seigen Vs Fujisawa Kuranosuke’, is a thoroughly engaging sound and style that pushes classical music forward in a really interesting way.
Set for release through Bigo & Twigetti on 27 Apr, you can preview the full album here:
