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█▒ Artist - Meitei ▒█
█▒ Title - Kofu ▒█
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█▒ Genre - Ambient Time - 45:32 ▒█
█▒ Label - Kitchen Label Size - 115.03 MB ▒█
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█▒ Format - Album Bitrate - 320 kbps ▒█
█▒ Year - 2020 Freq - 44.1 kHz ▒█
█▒ Source - MP3 Encoder - Lame 3.99.5 ▒█
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▌░ 01. Kintsugi 1:06 ░▐
▌░ 02. Man'yo 4:12 ░▐
▌░ 03. Oiran I 3:27 ░▐
▌░ 04. Sadayakko 3:14 ░▐
▌░ 05. En'nichi 1:54 ░▐
▌░ 06. Nyobo 4:38 ░▐
▌░ 07. Urameshi-ya 4:22 ░▐
▌░ 08. Oiran II 4:07 ░▐
▌░ 09. Otojiro 0:53 ░▐
▌░ 10. Shonen 8:02 ░▐
▌░ 11. Kyosho 1:12 ░▐
▌░ 12. Gen'ei 6:12 ░▐
▌░ 13. Suki 2:13 ░▐
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▌░ It began with æKwaidanÆ, a simmering study on the lost art of ░▐
▌░ Japanese ghost story-telling. Then there was æKomachiÆ, ░▐
▌░ baptized in the earthly winds and static that define its ░▐
▌░ comforting sonics. ░▐
▌░ ░▐
▌░ On æKofu»Æ, Meitei masterfully closes his trilogy of lost ░▐
▌░ Japanese moods with an engaging interrogation of artforms and ░▐
▌░ aesthetics as a provocation ù or, as fashioned in the albumÆs ░▐
▌░ subtitle, a ôsatire of old Japanese aestheticsö. Each entryÆs ░▐
▌░ distinct flavour has earned Meitei acclaim for conjuring a ░▐
▌░ bygone culture through his transportive form of ambient ░▐
▌░ music. æKofu»Æ arrives as a deconstruction of this approach. ░▐
▌░ His first release with KITCHEN. LABEL, Meitei has quietly ░▐
▌░ defied expectations set by his previous two albums, while ░▐
▌░ continuing to challenge modern notions of Japanese sounds. ░▐
▌░ ░▐
▌░ Once again, Meitei resumes his focus on a Japan that has long ░▐
▌░ ceased to be. This time, æKofu»Æ is deliberately playful in ░▐
▌░ bridging a sensibility that connects this imagined past to ░▐
▌░ the present. Fractured piano chords are the first to greet ░▐
▌░ you on æKintsugiÆ before they make way for a spectral ░▐
▌░ elegance that parades the haunted mask of Kwaidan on ░▐
▌░ æMan'yo»Æ. ░▐
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▌░ But like an ambient soothsayer schooled in the art of the ░▐
▌░ 808s, Meitei quickly drives æKofu»Æ with propulsion on æOiran ░▐
▌░ IÆ, which shares a sibling in Side B track æOiran IIÆ. On ░▐
▌░ both songs, he builds tension served up by flickering hip-hop ░▐
▌░ rhythms ù achieved by carefully processing old drum and metal ░▐
▌░ sounds ù with a subversive spirit unforeseen in any of his ░▐
▌░ work thus far. Dissecting vocal recordings to the point of ░▐
▌░ incomprehensibility, Meitei aims for something stirring ░▐
▌░ beyond- words ù not unlike J Dilla and his mountain of cut-up ░▐
▌░ soul samples, or The Caretaker with decaying 78s. He abides ░▐
▌░ by a principle attributed to the master Hayao Miyazaki: ░▐
▌░ ôBeyond logic speaks of human natureö. ░▐
▌░ ░▐
▌░ æKofu»Æ allows full immersion into fragments of the past ░▐
▌░ without the trappings of nostalgia. The tracklist is denoted ░▐
▌░ by prominent (and unseen) figures of this history. Tracks ░▐
▌░ æSadayakkoÆ and æOtojiro»Æ are named after renowned ░▐
▌░ entertainers from the Meiji era, while æNyo»bo»Æ is dedicated ░▐
▌░ to a long-suffering line of working class women within a ░▐
▌░ patriarchal Japanese society. The sounds of æOiranÆ, sharing ░▐
▌░ the name of the title bestowed upon courtesans, were sparked ░▐
▌░ after learning about the treatment of red light district ░▐
▌░ workers within this era. It paints a grim picture of baidoku ░▐
▌░ (also known as syphilis) and its ravage spread. ░▐
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▌░ These stories cloud the overall mood of æKofu»Æ, but Meitei ░▐
▌░ takes a Mizoguchi-like approach to mould that unimaginable ░▐
▌░ pain with tenderness. æOiran IÆÆs hidden subtitle is Hana, ░▐
▌░ and æOiran IIÆ is Shiokaze. As Meitei explains, ôHana means ░▐
▌░ gorgeous and glorious. Shiokaze is the sea breeze ù for her ░▐
▌░ life.ö Tracks like æUrameshi-yaÆ and æGen'eiÆ provide a ░▐
▌░ meditative space amidst the turbulence, while æSho»nenÆ takes ░▐
▌░ a turn for the cinematic. The eight-minute odyssey is ░▐
▌░ engulfed by shadowy voice loops, mixed best for a headphone ░▐
▌░ experience in a solitary setting. ░▐
▌░ ░▐
▌░ Meitei bids farewell to an expedition first sparked by a ░▐
▌░ passion for a long-forgotten cultural past. æKofu»Æ is a ░▐
▌░ definitive conclusion with an open invitation to listeners ░▐
▌░ from Japan and beyond ù encouraging continued appreciation of ░▐
▌░ this sacred part of history, wholly untethered from the world ░▐
▌░ at large. ░▐
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