- Modern classical
- Minimalism
- Avant-garde
- Post-classical
- Piano music
- Improvised music
- Mood music
Comment:
I am glad to be back by choosing out from
the discography of a Japanese imprint, Totokoko. This
set of 16 tracks is a simplistic one by its format and accomplishment
because of consisting of sparse and silent piano chords. It chimes
like it would have been played by a lone piano player in the corner
being depressed for a while but yet ready to come out from that
mentally deranged hole. Indeed, you can hear silver lines and
waking mood on
the album especially when the artist employs faster chords in his playing. Furthermore,
despite being simplistic by its format and outer shape its inner
qualities are superiorly arousing and suggestive full
of invisible touch and intangible magic. It reminds of the simplicity
of the music of Steve Reich, and Philip Glass but it is in that way
at the first glance. Less is
more in that context because Junya Nishimura can handle the lonely chords in an improvisational manner. By kindred souls I recommend listen to
such artists as Lubomyr Melnyk, Oskar Hallbert, Nils Frahm, Bosque De
Mi Mente, Ólafur Arnalds, Jacaszek,
Max Richter.
