5/16/2025
Sean P Connaughty“Concrete Float” 2012
友情 Yūjō
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Experimental Musical Improvisations with Suishou No Fune, Sean P Connaughty, and Comets Ov Cupid.
友情 is pronounced Yūjō and in English translates as “friendship”.
友情 is now streaming on all digital platforms
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友情 (Yūjō): A Minneapolis-Tokyo Improvisational Blend. A collaboration between Suishou No Fune, Sean P Connaughty and Comets Ov Cupid yielding this unique sonic tapestry. Recorded live in two Minneapolis sessions – May 18, 2008 and June 10, 2012. Chill, meditative, contemplative.
友情 (Yūjō): ミネアポリスと東京の即興的な融合。水晶の舟、Sean P ConnaughtyとComets Ov Cupidによるコラボレーションが生み出す、他に類を 見ない音のタペストリー。2008年5月18日と2012年6月10日のミネアポリスで の2つのライブセッションを録音。リラックスして、瞑想し、思索にふける。
友情 Track Titles:
1. The Story Unfolds 物語が展開する
2. Abby 犬のアビ
3. Voyage 航海
4. The Living Moan 生きたうめき声
5. Slow Waves 遅い波
6. The wind is blowing 風が吹いて
MUSICIANS ミュージシャン
Kurenai Pirako (guitar, harmonica, bells, voice) 紅ぴらこ (ギター, ハーモニカ, ベル, ボーカル)
Kageo (guitar) 影男 (ギター)
Matsueda Hideo (bass) 松枝秀生 (ベース)
Harada Jun (percussion) 原田淳 (パーカッション)
Comets Ov Cupid (guitar) コメッツ・オブ・キューピッド (ギター)
Sean P Connaughty (guitar, broken violin, voice) ショーン・ピー・コーナティー (ギター, 壊れたバイオリン, ボーカル)
In loving memory of Harada Jun, Matt Zaun and Abby the dog.
亡くなった方々を偲んで：原田淳、マット·ザウン、そして犬のアビー
MUSICIANS ミュージシャン
Kurenai Pirako (guitar, harmonica, bells, voice) 紅ぴらこ (ギター, ハーモニカ, ベル, ボーカル)
Kageo (guitar) 影男 (ギター)
Matsueda Hideo (bass) 松枝秀生 (ベース)
Harada Jun (percussion) 原田淳 (パーカッション)
Comets Ov Cupid (guitar) コメッツ・オブ・キューピッド (ギター)
Sean P Connaughty (guitar, broken violin, voice) ショーン・ピー・コーナティー (ギター, 壊れたバイオリン, ボーカル)
A message from Sean P Connaughty
These recordings occurred during times when Suishou No Fune came to visit Minneapolis while they were on tour. We all played super quiet and chill. At times you can hear the squeak of a chair or a mumbled word. I like the way it sounds both close and distant like sounds reaching you from across the ocean.
It was such a memorable experience for me and I love what we created. Even though it was well over a decade ago it seems important to share it with the public now. I was so honored to play with such accomplished musicians. Everyone in the session was listening as much as they were playing.
These are long form improvisations. Some tracks are instrumental while other tracks have improvised vocals by both Pirako and myself (Sean). Some of the vocals are in English and some are in Japanese. I think it's fortuitous how these improvisers ended
up coming together from so far apart. I appreciate how well the musicians merged together. I love the varied and vivid themes that emerged. The vibe of the album is overall very chill and meditative. To me the songs are a voyage on the Sea, a dream journey, prayers for lost loved ones, elliptical and poetic reminiscences across time. It is simultaneously playful, pensive, and solemn.
I was delighted to notice the sound of our recently deceased dog Abby barking on the recording! Abby barks at the beginning of the track titled “Abby” named in her honor. Abby was a point of connection for us all at the time and helped bridge the language barrier.
The album cover was designed by me recently and is a picture of one of my concrete floats from 2012. My basement studio was at the time host to a living ecosystem (2012) I was experimenting with living ecosystems and floating biospheres.
Jason came up with the idea of using the Japanese word for friendship as the title for the album. 友情 Yūjō (friendship) I think that captures the spirit nicely. Plus the kanji is beautiful. Love and friendship is the medicine we need in these times.
I sincerely hope you will enjoy these recordings as much as I have. Thank you for supporting all of these great artists!
Sean P Connaughty
4/17/2025
これらの録音は、水晶の舟がツアーでミネアポリスを訪れた際に行われました。私たちは皆、 とても静かに、落ち着いた雰囲気で演奏しました。時折、椅子のきしむ音や、つぶやくような言 葉が聞こえてきます。これらのライブセッションは4トラックのカセットレコーダーに録音し、オー バーダブは一切加えていません。Auditionでステレオオーディオトラックを可能な限りクリーン
アップしました。まるで海の向こうから届くような、近くと遠くの両方の音が聞こえるのが気に 入っています
本当に思い出深い経験でしたし、私たちが作り上げたものに愛着を感じています。10年以上 前のことですが、今、皆さんと共有することが重要だと感じています。これほど優れたミュージ シャンたちと演奏できたことを光栄に思います。セッションに参加した全員が、演奏するのと同 じくらい熱心に聴いていました。
これらは長編の即興演奏です。インストゥルメンタルの曲もあれば、ピラコと私（ショーン）によ る即興ボーカルが入った曲もあります。ボーカルは英語と日本語が混ざっています。こんなに 遠く離れた場所から、こんなにも即興演奏家たちが集まったのは、本当に幸運なことだと思い ます。ミュージシャンたちの素晴らしい融合に感謝しています。そこから生まれた多様で鮮や かなテーマが大好きです。アルバム全体の雰囲気は、とても落ち着いていて瞑想的です。私
にとって、これらの曲は海の旅、夢の旅、亡くなった愛する人への祈り、そして時を超えた詩的 で簡潔な回想です。遊び心があり、物思いにふけり、そして荘厳さも同時に感じられます。
これらの録音を改めて発掘していた時、最近亡くなった愛犬アビーの吠える声が録音に含ま れていて、とても嬉しくなりました！アビーは「アビー」という曲の冒頭で吠えています。この曲 は彼女にちなんで名付けられました。アビーは当時、私たち全員にとって心の拠り所であり、 言葉の壁を越える力を与えてくれました。
アルバムのカバーは最近私がデザインしたもので、2012年に制作したコンクリートフロートの ひとつの写真です。当時、私の地下スタジオには生きた生態系があり（2012年）、生きた生態 系と浮遊する生物圏の実験をしていました。
皆さんにも、私と同じようにこれらの音源を楽しんでいただければ幸いです。素晴らしいアー ティストの皆さんを応援していただき、ありがとうございます！
Sean P Connaughty
2025年4月17日
A Blossom Displaced In Time
“Can you hear the keening of everything out there? The rabbits have hidden in their holes and all the lemming’s gone off the cliff, all the buffalo have been eaten, as have all the fish.”
BLOSSOM
Sean P Connaughty 2007
with Comets Ov Cupid, Scott Puhl, and Bryce Kastning
Can you hear the keening of everything out there? The rabbits have hidden in their holes and all the lemming’s gone off the cliff, all the buffalo have been eaten, as have all the fish.
NEW MUSIC RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT
"Blossom" has finally gone public! I have waited a long time to release this, the last album I ever made, but never released. “Blossom” features five original Sean P Connaughty compositions and five cover songs. Including songs by Beck, Dylan, Woody Guthrie and an Irish Ballad. Thematically Blossom expresses the inexorable progression of the seasons, bringing us from hard winter to a spring of discontent. The blossom seen through a frozen window.
Musicians: Sean P Connaughty, Comets Ov Cupid, Scott Puhl, Bryce Kastning and mandolin playing gentleman.
Half of the album was recorded in the cold early spring of 2007 at Sacred Heart Church in Duluth, MN USA. These tracks feature my singing with a painful voice injury. The other half of the album was recorded by Bryce Kastning in Requirements of Sound studio in Minneapolis, MN 2007. Blossom was never released until now. All tracks are composed in contrast to the other Sean P Connaughty albums which are primarily improvisations.
Listen to Blossom on Youtube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mfGQp28LlAaJVQFadEboz5tDetHCfHlBs&si=ZNohVzgQU4xxw_-E
Blossom on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6uRbv3gHfMlIRJqgqLHlrq?si=KzztsdDyRX-JOMHciX89gQ
Blossom on Apple Music: https://music.lnk.to/G48uvc
The album was possible only through the support, labor and talent of many dear friends. I am really excited and trepidatious to finally put this out in the world. It’s a culmination that was delayed in the wake of the loss of our dear friend and collaborator seventeen years ago, Matt Zaun. This album is dedicated to him.
Dear friends who supported me and helped make this happen, thank you to for being part of the vision, and bringing your beautiful music to these songs. Thanks to Melissa who gifted me the studio time at Sacred Heart. Thanks to Eric Swanson who recorded me there.
Thank you!
Sean
2024
Blossom album cover. A close up view of an apple blossom against a deep blue sky.
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