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Artist:	ISHII, KEN
Title:	Flatspin
Label:	EXCEPTIONAL (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	EX 103CD

"Not many Japanese musicians have made it big outside their own country, but in this is as in so many things Ken Ishii is the exception to the rule. His first album, Jelly Tones, released in 1995 brought his name to the mass public both in Europe and Japan. Another two albums Metal Blue America and Sleeping Madness earned him even more respect and established him as one of the select few Japanese artists with a place on the international stage. Flatspin will undoubtedly take his impressive reputation a stage further. Originally conceived as a soundtrack to a Japanese equivalent of James Bond, it sees him pushing boundaries again whilst delivering what is his most accessible album yet. The new album includes the recent single 'Slapdash', described in the press as 'a compulsive throb of neon bright swirls'. On the other hand, stand out track 'Iceblink' is expected to be the new single, on the album it appears as an instrumental and as a full vocal, supplied beautifully by Inner City vocalist Paris Grey. All in all. Flatspin shows Ken on top form yet again."

Artist:	ISHII, KEN
Title:	Future In Light
Label:	EXCEPTIONAL (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	EX 302CD

"Ken Ishii is one of the most innovative and forward thinking artists to emerged from Japan in the last decade. Hovering between techno based textures and subdued sonic bliss, Ken Ishii is clearly aiming for musical enchantment of a different kind. Having assimilated a wide array of influences (Yellow Magic Orchestra, DAF, Kraftwerk, Nitzer Ebb, Derrick May) he manages to make them come alive in a context that surpasses all comparison, mutating the very concept of techno itself. Ken Ishii has proved once again that he is at the forefront of internationally known electronic music composers and DJs without limiting his musical pedigree."

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