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takao - stealth - em records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock - Ambient/Experimental/Esoteric

1. Stealth
2. Water Music
3. Boat
4. Matsura
5. Ama Nita
6. Trode
7. Crystal Tunne
8. Bird Ensemble
9. Ce La
10. Wet Dry World
11. Secret Town
12. Song Of Time
13. Sweet Dreams

“Stealth” is the aptly-titled debut album from Tokyo-based composer & producer Takao.. For fans of New Age and tonal minimalism!

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Takao instead presents a rich and detailed tapestry of compositions that take New Age affectations, fashioning them into something far grander. There’s a penchant for the naïve, the more garish of digital instruments in the vein of James Ferraro – but importantly, Takao steers away from submitting to gestures themselves naïve or garish, opting instead to focus attention to a more nuanced, delicate style.
Indeed, a more intrinsic tradition to posit “Stealth” as an inheritor of would be the Impressionism of Debussy, or even Satie, with Takao’s approach drawing light and composure from his instruments at their most bare and unadorned. Ever so pleasing and atmospheric, “Stealth” is remarkably affecting in its subtlety.” (Nico Niquo)