Koji Maruyama – Comune (2016)
- Modern classical
- Minimalism
- Post-classical
- Art music
- Piano
music
- Improvised music
Comment:
it happened about one year ago when I reviewed the Japanese musican Koji
Maruyama`s issue Isos being released on Totokoko imprint in 2015 where I
got acquainted with his exquisite modern classical music. In those days the
artist commingled the genre with concrete sounds, however, in general his brand
new one is without organic sounds (the only exception is Venice). In
spite of it, this 5-notch issue is a wondrous one where Maruyama searches for
balance between free flow and more determined compositions. For
instance, Venice, and op. 344 are lovely piano music based
improvisations, on the other side, Aoi Hasu, which can be considered the
central composition due to its length and emphasis is a remarkably more
minimalism oriented pace, which is based on vowel bits to be teetered between
the stereo channels and suggestive iterations and subtle droning atop. Inside
the track it gets switchbacked again and again in a magnificent mode. Uzume is a very short yet the funniest
whistling on the release with occasional orchestrations. Indeed, due to it the
track does have inner impetus to evolve into a full-fledged one. In a word, it
is a cute issue in the discography of MiMi Records.
