- Ambient pop
- Indie folk
- Modern classical
- Epic
- Post-pop
- Folk indie
- Art pop
Comment: the Japanese imprint Totokoko is a platform
for sharing music which could mainly be categorized as “indietronica”, “folktronica”,
“toytronica”, “modern classical”. The latter one of the styles is the
pre-dominating part of Ryan Cohen`s issue Under
the Lilac Sky. Indeed, those 9 compositions are intimate insights based on appealing
piano chords and minor yet attention-getting sonic effects around it. At times
the elements are more ambient soaked, at times more silence attracted, at times
just passing by to visualize their paths in an effortless way. However, the
last couple of pieces (I Want You to Know
I'm Around, Now I Know For Sure (live
ver) ) are the lyric-centred indie folk ones. The favourite of mine is Transmission which is an ambient pop
terrain with lofty orchestrations to flit in around now and then. Another
favourite of mine is Wintersleep to
depict a picturesque landscape while the snow is falling and the faeries are
dancing over there. All in all, the result is a solid, fulfilled one with visceral hold.
