Enkin (\u9060\u8FD1) is a Japanese term that combines the concepts of distance and perspective, proximity and remoteness, here and there. For Solar Duo, ENKIN is an allegorical representation of the thin and fragile line that connects an antagonistic duality. It is the axis that unites contemporary and traditional musical concepts as well as high and low sonorities, also including melodically and rhythmically separate discourses. ENKIN is complexity and simplicity, chaos and order. It aligns not only two worlds -- the known and the unknown -- but also as two cultures -- Western and Eastern. Its two states of mind are calm and explosiveness. ENKIN is piccolo and percussion. ENKIN is Solar Duo's first album and was the starting point for much intellectual, cultural and emotional exploration as a result of the desire to find new possibilities in combining the piccolo with various percussion instruments. It was a journey of experimentation with sound, one that aimed to project emotions to our listeners by offering an original and innovative sound in works that, even with a contemporary language, were intended to gather the essence of the traditions of many cultures. This album contains three world premieres and one arrangement; all four pieces were commissioned specifically for this project and a new percussion instrument was even designed and manufactured for one of the pieces - not too mention the three existing works. It is the first time that the seven compositions that make up this album have been professionally recorded.
