In Japanese Niwa means garden. The concept of what an album should be is really taken
seriously here. With Niwa what you open your ears and emotions to isn’t just another loose
bundle of tracks. All the single stories, element by element, are constantly fusing together
into a greater whole. This is Ripperton’s world. He draws on all the influences that have
journeyed with him as a passionate musician on life’s long and winding road. Influences far
beyond dark booming warehouse parties abound, and are just as likely to conjure up vivid
images of dewy Lausanne sunsets. Folk tinged downbeat experiments peacefully co-exist
with delicious jazz blueprints and sublime ambient soundscapes, sitting in harmony with
deeply hypnotic house grooves.
Tracklist
01. A Simple Thing
02. At Peace
03. Ecotone
04. The Sandbox
05. Echocity
06. L'Ardo
07. Farra
08. I Know My Place
09. A Simple Interlude
10. Des Promesses De Couleurs
11. Leonor's Lanugo
12. Random Violence
13. A Train To Nowhere
14. Solastalgia
Samples :
http://www.ripperton.com
)