CD ALBUM
“DRAPE“
Moskitoo
- 01. paddle
- 02. skie
- 03. de siii?
- 04. manima no lemon
- 05. tarantilla
- 06. terrier
- 07. shaggy
- 08. tiptoe blues
- 09. wham & whammy
- 10. watashi no neml tabi
Catalog No.: 12k1041
Release: February 13, 2007
Format: CD
Caught between the organic and electronic minimalism that 12k is known for and the unconventional Japanese pop musings and songwriting style of Happy, Moskitoo’s Drape is an infectously strange, bleepy, and dreamy debut release.
talents bring a wide range of warm tones and textures to Drape by means of guitar, metallophone, organ, drum machines, synthesizers and nostalgic toy instruments. her gentle, airy vocals weave between broken beats and aqueous droplets of sound evoking half-awake memories lost and found.
Influenced by visual art (she painted the cover image), modern electronic music and abstract pop, such as Eno’s explorations in the 1970’s, Moskitoo does not set out to write a particular style of music, but rather, lets her creative process emerge naturally, following whims and experiments. (12k)
NYのレーベル、12kよりリリースされたMoskitooの1st Album。
ギター、メタロフォン、オルガン、オルゴール、リズムマシン、古いおもちゃ楽器などを使用して作られた作品集。
ジャケットのグラフィックもMoskitoo自身によるもの。
All Tracks Written And Made by Moskitoo
Mastering by Taylor Deupree
All Reviews of Drape [12k1041]
“12k goes beat. Das sonst so streng minimalistische Label von Taylor Deupree hat kräftig beim auf experimentelleren J-Pop spezialisierten Unterlabel Happy reingehorcht und nun auf 12k den Zwitter namens Moskitoo veröffentlicht. Die Japanerin wandelt gekonnt zwischen meditativen Sinuswellen-Minimalismusrauchen und plinkenden Kinderinstrumenten, um bei wunderschön sphärischen E-popambient anzukommen – inklusive sanften Frauengesang. Und eben Beat, sanft vor sich hinplaätschernd, aber hörbar. Ein großer Paradigmenwechsel im 12k-Klangkosmos. Ein überzeugend frischer dazu. Emphfehlenswert. Übrigens gibt es noch eine limitierte CD-Single mit Remixen von Frank Bretschneider, Mark Fell und Taylor Deupree.” – Headphone Commute (US)
“With a backbone of trickling chimes and looped clicking pulses, Moskitoo’s Sanae Yamasaki positions intermittent bursts of voice, all housed within a casing of considered but energetic processing.” – The Wire (UK)
“The two sides complement each other very well, to demonstrate the duo’s ability in applying sparse control to the evolving soundscapes, and to the strength in simply letting go to see what then unfolds, emits, arises.” – Autres Directions (FR)
BOUNCE(JP)
THE WIRE (UK)
ROCKERILLA (IT)
RIF RAF(BE)
DE:BUG (DE)
TERZ (DE)
BLACK(DE)
BAD ALCHEMY(DE)
GO MAG(ES)
POP NEWS(FR)
MUSIQUEMACHINE(US)
GAZ-ETA(PL)
LOST AT SEA (UK)
VITAL WEEKLY (NL)
BODYSPACE(PL)
TOUCHING EXTREMES (IT)
BLOW UP(IT)
ROCK & POP (CZ)
D-SIDE(FR)
GEIDER(DK)
LOSING TODAY(IT)
ROCKDELUX(ES)
Autres Directions(FR)
ondarock(IT)
