masaaki takes his musical cue from natural phenomenon and laws of nature by trying to reconstruct them.

since so many european labels have been reissuing lost and obscure 1980s japanese ambient albums of late, it was probably inevitable that at least one label would put together a compilation paying tribute to the sound. it turns out that jazzy couscous has won the race with kumo no moko, a superb double album that does a terrific job in putting japan s 80s ambient scene in context. as you d expect, the majority of the tracks feature either dreamy electronic sounds or a mixture of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, with nods to jazz coming thick and fast. there are naturally a couple of fairly well-known names on show, but for the most part the compilers have done a terrific job in highlight lesser-known tracks from unsung heroes.

anchorsongs ceremonial bekommt das vinyl-treatment in form einer doppelvinyl. ceremonial ist das zweite album des elektronikproduzenten anchorsong auf tru thoughts. das album besticht durch seine nach außen gerichteten klänge, eine kombination aus moderner und retro-musik. der unglaublich talentierte japanische musiker masaaki yoshida besitzt immer noch seinen ganz typischen trademark-sound, lässt sich aber auf diesem album auch von einflüssen wie afrobeat bis hin zu tropischen klängen inspirieren.

jeff mills featuring yumiko ohno, kenji hino and gerald mitchel. the first release from axis audiophile series. a 12 vinyl (pure virgin vinyl), 180g and recorded at 32-bit/48khz for a higher level of listening..

super abwechslungsreiche 10 inch. von afro (mawa) über flamingos (deep house) und ivory (tribal house) zu mantra (minimal techno) . alles drine .
masaaki yoshida aka anchorsong has been winning friends here in the uk and internationally throughout europe with his live shows, and yes we do mean live: yoshidas music is created with a sampler and a keyboard, from scratch at his gigs. sometimes these sounds are augmented by a string quartet.