Browse by Artist: NORIKO & AOKI TAKAMASA, TUJIKO

Artist:	NORIKO & AOKI TAKAMASA, TUJIKO
Title:	28
Label:	FAT CAT (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	FAT SP010CD

"28 is the work of two Japanese artists both now residing in France and both aged 28 -- hence the title. This album is the result of over 3 years worth of collaboration between the pair, coming together to form a beautiful marriage of sweet female vocals, alongside pristine, lusciously textured and layered electronics, and some clever yet funky beat programming. 28 has the feeling of a classic electronic album. The sonic precision, clarity and detailing of each element has been lovingly worked on; everything fits and flows together as the album unfolds with an organic, slowly unfurling logic. Often built up in overlapping layers, Noriko's voice is beautifully recorded and placed within the mix. Although largely sung in Japanese, her vocals add a warmth and solidity to the album -- like a series of breathy vapour trails or lullaby coos and hums, which are occasionally chopped into and stuttered via computer, yet never jarringly so. Added alongside the gentle loops and textures of the music, the album is consequently held between a kind of swaying, fluid drift where the various layers gently slide across one another, and the sudden elastic snap of the beat."

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