Artist  : Asuna & Opitope
Title   : Sunroom
Genre   : Ambient
Year    : 2010
Date    : 07/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks  : 09
Label   : Students Of Decay
Source  : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length  : 44:47 min
Size    : 57,2 MB

Tracklist:
----------

01.Photon                                 04:06
02.The Water Molecule                     09:15
03.In The Small Train                     05:11
04.Mirage Of A Liquid                     04:08
05.Town And Country                       03:51
06.Twilight                               04:36
07.Crickets, Moth And Frogs               04:01
08.Cloud Shadow In The Night              06:46
09.Column Of Air                          02:53
                                         -------
                                          44:47 min

This is the first collaborative full-
length  release by JapanÆs Opitope, the
duo of Chihei  Hatakeyama (Kranky,
Room40) and  Tomoyoshi Date (FlyRec),
and Asuna  (spekk, Headz). Listeners
familiar with  OpitopeÆs majestic 2007
release ôHau,ö or any of the more recent
output by  Asuna, Hatakeyama or Date,
will  find much to love here. Across the
albumsÆ nine tracks, gossamer webs  of
treated sound (made from all  manner of
plaintive piano, rubbed  strings,
delicately picked guitars and  evocative
accordian, vibraphone and  sampling)
hover, resonate, ebb and  disperse.
Paradoxical as it may seem,  there is a
painstaking effortlessness  to this
music. In some ways, ôSunroomö  feels
like a perfect followup to ôHau,ö  with
one critical distinction. Where that
previous release, as with AsunaÆs
wonderful ôTHISö double disc and much
of HatakeyamaÆs recent solo work,
focused principally on textures and
abstraction, here an added emphasis  is
placed on songcraft. Ultimately,  we
might best situate these recordings
alongside DateÆs 2008 masterpiece
ôHuman Being,ö as there is, to be sure,
a similar playfulness, deftness of
juxtaposition, accessibility, and
sincere  reverence to be found in the
radiant  compositions of ôSunroom.ö
Throughout  the albumÆs duration, the
masterful, capable hands of Date,
Hatakeyama  and Asuna, craft miniature,
effervescent  gems of songs which swell
and bloom  like the changing of seasons
or  the passage of time in memory.

http://studentsofdecay.com



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Artist  : Asuna & Opitope
Title   : Sunroom
Genre   : Ambient
Year    : 2010
Date    : 07/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks  : 09
Label   : Students Of Decay
Source  : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length  : 44:47 min
Size    : 57,2 MB

Tracklist:
----------

01.Photon                                 04:06
02.The Water Molecule                     09:15
03.In The Small Train                     05:11
04.Mirage Of A Liquid                     04:08
05.Town And Country                       03:51
06.Twilight                               04:36
07.Crickets, Moth And Frogs               04:01
08.Cloud Shadow In The Night              06:46
09.Column Of Air                          02:53
                                         -------
                                          44:47 min

This is the first collaborative full-
length  release by Japan’s Opitope, the
duo of Chihei  Hatakeyama (Kranky,
Room40) and  Tomoyoshi Date (FlyRec),
and Asuna  (spekk, Headz). Listeners
familiar with  Opitope’s majestic 2007
release “Hau,” or any of the more recent
output by  Asuna, Hatakeyama or Date,
will  find much to love here. Across the
albums’ nine tracks, gossamer webs  of
treated sound (made from all  manner of
plaintive piano, rubbed  strings,
delicately picked guitars and  evocative
accordian, vibraphone and  sampling)
hover, resonate, ebb and  disperse.
Paradoxical as it may seem,  there is a
painstaking effortlessness  to this
music. In some ways, “Sunroom”  feels
like a perfect followup to “Hau,”  with
one critical distinction. Where that
previous release, as with Asuna’s
wonderful “THIS” double disc and much
of Hatakeyama’s recent solo work,
focused principally on textures and
abstraction, here an added emphasis  is
placed on songcraft. Ultimately,  we
might best situate these recordings
alongside Date’s 2008 masterpiece
“Human Being,” as there is, to be sure,
a similar playfulness, deftness of
juxtaposition, accessibility, and
sincere  reverence to be found in the
radiant  compositions of “Sunroom.”
Throughout  the album’s duration, the
masterful, capable hands of Date,
Hatakeyama  and Asuna, craft miniature,
effervescent  gems of songs which swell
and bloom  like the changing of seasons
or  the passage of time in memory.

http://studentsofdecay.com



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