Nobukazu Takemura, Hoshi No Koe - 1h 17m 58s

Tracks & Durations

1. One Day	1:43
2. Anemometer	12:44
3. Honey Comb	3:58
4. White Sheep and Small Light	2:05
5. Sign (album version)	7:54
6. A Chrysalis	17:05
7. A Theme for Little Animals	3:11
8. Trampoline	9:24
9. Stairs in Stars	4:16
10. In the Room-Roof-Wood	9:17
11. The Voice of a Fish	6:13

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Review

Kyoto-based Nobukazu Takemura's wonderful music straddles two worlds: the glitchy-scratchy hinterland of PowerBook experimentation (featured on 2000's Scope) and the fuzzy-wuzzy womb of naive-melody-infused electronica (check out Funfare, under Takemura's appropriate alias Child's View). On this release, the man's balancing act is even more pronounced. "White Sheep and Small Light" weds horns and a kindergarten calliope to create a soundtrack for the Penguin Café's day-care center, while the 17-minute "Chrysalis" sounds like a nearly random collection of exotic sonic insects found breeding in machines we have yet to invent. The best cuts fuse the two sides of Takemura's psyche: simple melodies anchor fetching tunes while the beats and noises go gaga. So the comfy chords of "Anemometer" disintegrate into a percussive medley of ceramic tiles and alien xylophones, while the quaint little melody of "Sign" snakes through a world of ruined drum boxes, "Stephen Hawking sings!" and distorted R2-D2 scat. Look for the accompanying remix version of "Sign." --Erik Davis

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Hoshi no Koe

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 1h 14m 35s (-4m 37s)

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