Nobukazu Takemura - Hoshi No Koe
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Artist: Nobukazu TakemuraEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-04-03
Music Label: Thrill Jockey
Soundtracks:
- One Day
- Anemometer
- Honey Comb
- White Sheep and Small Light
- Sign
- A Chrysalis
- A Theme for Little Animals
- Trampoline
- Stairs in Stars
- In the Room-Roof-Wood
- The Voice of a Fish
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Free Music Review: maybe sweet natured but by no means great
Hit: 2 Stars
There was once a showcase of groups that featured several DJ's, Tortiose, prefuse 73, Autechre, and Nobukazu. At this showcase, Nobukzu played every good song they had. I happened to buy the record they had on sale, because I so enjoyed their set. However, the recording was not what I expected.
There are only 2 songs worth buying on here: anemometer, and sign. The rest is just haphazard bits of audio that a child could replicate by randomly pressing buttons on a sega genesis games sound effects menu.
Buy the aforementioned songs on i tunes or something, but dont buy this record if you are expecting an album of music, you will be disappointed. If you like random pointless sounds then maybe this is up your alley.
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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 Caf?'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 DavisAlternative Rock Music CDs
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