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Runtime: 35'53''
«2005's last entry, ladies and gentlemen. Please welcome Yuusaku Kubota, also known as Reso.
Reso has previously released two EP's for MiMi netlabel and a couple of tracks in several compilations.
Reso is Japanese, and if we could tell (and we can) that there's a typical japanese sound in ambient electronica, well... this is it. Reso's ambient drones aren't really that far away from Ryoji Ikeda's low frequency signatures. If in doubt, please take 'Introversion' 19 minute trip right away. It is laid and layered as three or four pieces joint together (by the way, a 'joint' is something you will not need here...).
'Small Music' is a title not to be taken literaly, as one might suspect. Apart from the long opening piece, you'll find a small (yes, this one is actually small...) one minute piece, 'Cut Up and Cut Up', an insidious experiment into cut and paste electronica, followed by the second longest piece, and a personal favorite, 'Haze', which is, well... a 'Hazing' drone which lasts exactly 7 long minutes. You'll probably want to crank your volume knob up high on this one, because that's the best way to feel this monstrous drone. It surrounds you completely and draws continuous circles of hazing sound patterns, that go up and down several times before ending up abruptly. Next up, 'Extroversion', is titled as the opposite of the first piece, but it's not. It's rather a follow up. More ambient and glitch patterns, found sounds and tape loops, all processed by a mighty Powerbook. 'Green Lamp' ends up 2005 for test tube, in a beautiful glitchy and harmonious piece that's pretty much Reso's typical soundwork.» - Pedro Leitão |
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• Introversion ........................................................................... |
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[19'07'' • 26,2Mb • 192Kbps] |
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• Cut up and cut up .................................................................... |
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[1'14'' • 1,69Mb • 192Kbps] |
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• Haze ........................................................................................ |
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[7'00'' • 9,61Mb • 192Kbps] |
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• Extroversion ........................................................................... |
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[5'04'' • 6,97Mb • 192Kbps] |
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• Green lamp ............................................................................. |
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[3'28'' • 4,77Mb • 192Kbps] |
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• artwork ................................................................................... |
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[PDF-Zip • 2,26Mb] |
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• all tracks + artwork ................................................................ |
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Reviews:
«Il ne m'est pas facile de parler de cet album de Yuusaku Kubota (aka Reso), car il s'agit là d'une musique de contemplation, minimale au possible et seulement évolutive dans ses microstructures et non dans l'histoire qu'elle pourrait éventuellement raconter. D'une certaine manière complexe mais également limpide comme de l'eau de roche, qui s'écoule en petits glaçons. Moins radical que Sal. ('|014), le projet de Reso n'en est pas moins ardu. Il faut ainsi aimer les plages linéaires (pas tout-à-fait quand même, mais c'est tout comme) et les accidents aléatoires qui les brisent. Loin d'être inintéressant, Small Music n'est pas de toute première simplicité... Certains travaux de Jim O'Rourke pourraient s'en rapprocher (quoique ?).»
- LaFresto / January 06, 2006
«Kleine musik ist ein guter name für dieses ambiente werk vom portugiesischen netlabel test tube. Bei dem enormen output des letzten jahres ist es kaum zu glauben, dass eine so hohe qualität nicht darunter leidet. Doch wie die jungs aus portugal das machen bleibt deren geheimnis. Vielleicht liegt es auch an der internationalen artist auswahl. Reso aus Japan zeigt hier einmal mehr seinen hang zu melodischen und chilligen klängen.»
- Kreislauf e-zine / Kanuary 01, 2006
«Mindshaking electronica from Japan provides Yuusaku Kubota performing as Reso. Not only is this release’s artwork amazing with its variations of blue (my favourite colour) but also the tunes provide harmonies like fragile crystals: distorted, poppy and crackling. There’s a certain approximity to Oval, especially in regard to the use of overtones and distortion, but still the music is something of its own: Where Oval left fragments and sticked more or less to a fixed composition Reso investigates the aspects of combinations and modulations and leaves enough room for improvisation. As a result listening to the tracks has something of being the witness of an exciting experiment. This is one of the few “must have” downloads one shouldn’t miss out on in my opinion.»
- A Notepet / December 31, 2005 |
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