...according to our Phil on Wed 14 Sep, 2011.
Ah...something a bit more soothing now. Thank fuck. Anyhoo Hakobune has had releases out on loads of cool labels like U Cover, Symbolic Interaction, Install, Hibernate, etc., so unless you've been hiding underneath an ambient drone tree then you've more than likely heard of the young Takahiro Yorifuji. Here is a limited digipack on the Apollolaan label which comes in a nice digipack with the obligatory tree on the cover (fields or flowers will also do). Musically it's pleasing...very pleasing...drifty ambient drone. It has a more sombre feel to it, so it's not a happy listen but it's got that droney warmth which is a requisite. I'm enjoying the distant sounding piano (or whatever it is) and that transforms it from being an average drone record into a decent one. 100 only in said tree-splattered digipack.
This latest album by Takahiro Yorifuji is a real gem, a perfect set of slow drone classics, you will not be disappointed. Plus this one comes in a beautiful digipak designed by Brian Lavelle with photos by Matthew Shaw. Limited to 100 copies.
1. Disappearing In The Purple Shades, 2. Bee Balm, 3. Know That It Could Be, 4. Chrysanthemum, 5. Between Equinox, 6. I Discover I'm Missing
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