Artist : Hakobune
Album : Watching The Prescribed Burn
Year : 2013
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 226kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CDR
Playtime : 0h 38m
Size : 65.83mb
Label : Pure Wave Recordings
Catalognr : wave 1301
Tracklist:
01. Watching The Prescribed Burn 7:25
02. At The Gilgai 6:52
03. Kildeer Flight 4:07
04. The Tracery 8:01
05. In Your Absence 6:04
06. The Length Of The Wind 6:07
Releasenotes:
For the music of Hakobune, gorgeous, densely developed atmospheres are to be
expected, and they're always a dream come true. And like the sweetest dreams,
the music is open, lush and positive, but they also fade after awakening. A
caring love surrounds Watching The Prescribed Burn, one that is unfailing in her
love - just as it always has been, and always will be - along with his kind,
pillow-soft reassuring rush of notes. Music blessed by Takahiro Yorifuji enjoys
a lot of loving attention and care, but it also burns brilliantly an emotional
power, sinking deeply into the ambient air. Only a ghost of its original timbre,
Yorifuji's guitar is all the more alluring for her soothing touch. Like a
sunrise or a sunset, Hakobune's creamy, tinted atmospheres reflect a state of
slow-burn; the faint haze of circles that swim in the air of a cool evening
after a sizzling day. And like a sunset, his music lingers long after it has
faded, while also reflecting a perfect, absolutely beautiful farewell.
Hakobune hasn't dramatically changed or altered his style, and that's a thankful
relief. The deep blue of opening track "Watching The Prescribed Burn", is an
evergreen, kind start to a beautiful record, where sonic waves overlap,
suspended above all in a tanned dose of delay and reverb, reaching out for a
hand in hope and invitation. Affectionately coaxed out of the strings, these
melodies feel as if they've recently settled into the evening sunshine, after
enjoying a life sizzled by the sun. They are well thought out, mature and yet
unbelievably youthful, fizzling notes that feel incredibly fresh. They've seen a
lot during their life, and this last sliver of sunlight acts as the glorious
last stand before the eyes close one last time.
Yorifuji's ambient atmospheres are showered in healthy, substantial drones; they
are beautiful in who they are, and they want you to be yourself. The music never
demands anything; it's almost consoling and thoughtful in her way, as if she was
a lover listening to an outpouring of troubles. Heart-felt and extremely
delicate, his guitar-led atmospheres care about the tiny details, and this care
is the life that pours out of the music. Fluid in its natural sound and in its
delayed motion, there's a distinct, dreamy sound to his music that departs to an
ambient afterlife; a flowing paradise of peace and love where only those who
have found this kind of ambient temple are free to enter. His atmospheres enjoy
plenty of space and rest - places to breathe deeply - and they inhale and exhale
in a constant, fluid movement (in some instances, the use of space is even more
important than the use of notes). If you listen close enough, you'll hear them
sighing as thinly as white, wispy cirrus clouds. An almost ethereal atmosphere
covers "At The Gilgai", due to the higher pitch, where notes shimmer as if light
ripples in a pool of aquamarine. Heavenly colours blossom as the stream of
blurred notes fall from the strings.
As this happens, the music soaks up any negativity and turns into something very
much like a meditation, clearing the senses until only positive thoughts of love
and unity remain, surrounded by floating, ethereal drifts. "The Tracery" is
another stunner, as vague notes rise and then fall back, submerged under one
another as on a peaceful tide. It's amazing to think that these unclear, hazy
notes can attain such spiritual clarity. Yorifuji has surpassed himself yet
again, and every release is a higher point on the horizon for tomorrow's sun to
aspire to. If ambient music is escape, this is the kind to set you free, kiss
you adieu and send you off across the ocean.
"In Your Absence" may fall under a slight melancholia, but it is still deeply
gorgeous. Intricate tones seem to hover and then release in a dive of hope; a
clearer resolution confirms the finality of feelings departed. "The Length of
the Wind" shakes, rattles and rolls the leaves along the air lightly and
lovingly, shimmering a spectacular after-glow with every rapid, tremolo-picked
note. A place free of hurt and fear sounds like a beautiful dream, but the music
is the place, the ascension, the release and the sunset. Watching The Prescribed
Burn is absolute beauty-in-music, and a devotion to reach ever closer to the
clouds.
James Catchpole, acloserlisten.com
http://hakobunemusic.jp/discography/watching-the-prescribed-burn