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7/06/2019

Takahiro Mukai – Gently Close The Mouth (2019)




  • Experimental electronica 
  • Experimental techno 
  • Glitchtronica 
  • Abstract electronica 
  • Kraut-techno 
  • Minimalism

Comment: there has been around one proverb by a nation: speaking can be considered as silver but muteness is gold. Indeed, if you have nothing reasonable to say then gently shut up your mouth and produce something even more beautiful – music. The Japanese artist's 6-notch release is a blissful touch of refined techno rhythms and more abstract pulsations and general electronic explorations. Indeed, minimalism as an approach and methodology is predominant over there. Takahiro Mukai takes enough time within the tracks for himself to fulfil his introverted ideas – indeed, it seems to me that his ideas are directed inside, it is rather contemplative than manipulating overtly with listeners' emotions. On the other side, one cannot exclude different sort of impressions either. He exploits custom-built circuit-bent devices to build up at times abrasive, at times more hushed compositions. There can be drawn parallels upon more abstract and cerebral (meta)-krautrockers like Konrad Schnitzler, and Asmus Tietchens. For instance, #412, and #413 are krautrock-driven though in an indirect sense. Indeed, it is a best part of music if the forms and formats are not taken up directly but using secondary variables and different sorts of extractions. The outing is a bit in the discography of Mahorka.