The Wire (May 2007)
author: otokikiyama
The Wire (May 2007 #279 issue)
Having produced music for Sony, Mercedes-Benz and Heinz, Chicago based sound designer
Kiku Hibino has recently worked on the Stop-Rokkasho campaign, curated by Ryuichi Sakamoto,
to raise public awareness of nuclear reprocessing plants. This, his first collection, concerns itself with
themes of capturing and preserving fleeting moments: opener "Daidai" shakes and trembles like
a half-remembered Japanese folk tune. Elsewhere the composer uses the noises made by skipping CDs
as his source material, building them up into randomly shimmering tunes that rapidly come and go,
often disappearing beneath processed recordings of busy streets and crowded playgrounds,
as if he were trying to cram in as many memories as possible before it all disappears.
reviewed by Ken Hollings
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glitchy, colorful and smetimes dark instrumental electronic compositions
author: p.j. doran
this experimental electronic soundscape includes a full range of found sounds to skippy-glitchy shoegazing drone. a minor comparison to OVAL could be drawn....a few tracks are joyous bliss while others venture into darker territories. beautiful.
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Enchanted with chic electronica sounds!
author: leeloo
This album was indeed a discovery.
Sounds remind me of Oval and Takemura, but are more chic and cinematic.
Love Film and Otokikiyama the most. Momo is also amusing.
Recommended to Electronica fans looking for something unique!
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