...according to our Business Lady on Wed 05 Oct, 2011.
Red Stars Over Tokyo has been knocking about for a while now crafting ambient landscapes and electronic snippets for Kranky, Digitalis, Kompakt and his own Hot Hair label. 'Hits Of Sunshine' was formed from the concept of the artist writing summery music in the dead of winter. Essentially a failed experiment with unexpectedly pleasant results 'Hits Of Sunshine' is an ambient workout with occasional bursts of light and colour you might associate with a glorious summers day. 'I Can Hear Your Breathing Heart' is the standout moment for me due to it's bristling synth parts and Vit D disposition. Elsewhere on this 40 minute ambient excursion we are treated to cosmic synthetics, blissful audio soundscapes and delay saturated beats that meld together like an unending nostalgic dream. In part this is almost non-existent it's so tranquil.
Releasing records under the public radar for the last 3 years.
Records, Digitalis, Kranky and KOMPAKT's annual Pop Ambient series
*A new excursion into melancholy, remembering carefree youth years silently going by, another exercise to translate music influences thru’ cheap and simple equipment into an own personal language, a window to today’s present thru’ reshaping years of electro, ambient, lo-fi and post whatever one grew up with.
“I work in periods, I come up with a title and a global feeling the record should have and take a start from there on, once I feel the record is done the whole process stops and no music will be made until the record is out and a new title comes around to work with, it could easily take months before I start recording again. With “hits of sunshine” I wanted to make a sunny record during dark winter evenings with a more beat orientated direction… and as usual, as with all past releases, I totally failed… which is a process I always secretly hope on, drifting into something opposite to where I originally wanted to end up, it’s like covering a song and ending up with something else you can call your own.”
A1 Hits of sunshine 5:34 A2 Lost traces 5:22 A3 I can Hear Your breathing heart 7:30 B1 Endless dreaming 5:05 B2 Imaginary Landscapes 4:15 B3 March comes in like a lion 5:29 B4 The long day closes 5:47A1 Hits of sunshine 5:34
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