malicious power

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It has been a few weeks since my last review, but I'm back! Well, at least for a short while. I've intended to review a different album, but it made more sense to tackle this one. Fafrotskies is the first proper Amenonuvoco release I'm reviewing, as the previous one was only 10 minutes long and contained two solo pieces, one by Hatori Tomo and one by Wataru Kasahara. This one is 50+ minutes long and features Akiko Naito, Kasahara, and Tomo working ... read more

A split between Wataru himself and one of his aliases.

As the title suggests, Vox is made entirely out of Wataru's voice. I'd say all three of its tracks could be called drone. 歌 [Song] consists of a loop of Wataru going "ERGH" being slowed down and sped up, with some mumblings on top. It's a nice and short opener. Hi, Ra, Boo is a much more developed track. I mean, it's 10 minutes and not half a minute long. It's mostly these meditation-like sounds with ... read more

Based on the short description for this album and interviews Wataru has done in his career, 心霊動物園 [something like Ghost Zoo or Haunted Zoo] is dedicated to the small animals—like fish and frogs—he killed as a child, trapped in a cage placed somewhere in the back of his head. I hope I pieced that together correctly since his English is a bit rough. This is the oldest release of his I've reviewed so far, as it entirely comes from 1987 (Requiem was recorded between ... read more

Less sadness and scum seeps through 魔方陣の軋み [The Creaking of the Magic Square] as compared to the albums I reviewed previously. It's also not as electronics-focused, with more acoustic instruments and other objects being in the foreground. Does the math term have anything to do with it? Probably not. 悪魔祓いのリハーサル [Exorcism Rehearsal] begins with a barrage of stringed instruments; this is actually a pretty short moment, as the track becomes a bit more stripped ... read more