Kyoto-based musician Yusaku Arai is known for his production work in the avant-garde scenes of Japanese hip-hop and R&B. On this solo album, however, he offers lengthier, piano-centric meditations that employ the techniques of musique concrète.
Arai’s compositions on the A-side emerged from a reflection on the corporeal and interconnected relationship between his own body and things he encountered in the world—the ocean, a flower petal, a plastic sheet, a hand. His intent is to depict a process in which colors gently well up inside an object, pass through its entirety, and eventually permeate into the body itself.
The B-side primarily consists of a long composition that delves into the unavoidable surplus that arises in communication, whether through gestures or language. This narrative work describes humans as beings torn between enthusiasm and emptiness.
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Kyoto-based musician Yusaku Arai is known for his production work in the avant-garde scenes of Japanese hip-hop and R&B. On this solo album, however, he offers lengthier, piano-centric meditations that employ the techniques of musique concrète.
Arai’s compositions on the A-side emerged from a reflection on the corporeal and interconnected relationship between his own body and things he encountered in the world—the ocean, a flower petal, a plastic sheet, a hand. His intent is to depict a process in which colors gently well up inside an object, pass through its entirety, and eventually permeate into the body itself.
The B-side primarily consists of a long composition that delves into the unavoidable surplus that arises in communication, whether through gestures or language. This narrative work describes humans as beings torn between enthusiasm and emptiness.
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