“Chihei Hatakeyama is an electronic music artist from Tokyo, Japan. He released his first full-length album, Minima Moralia on Kranky Records in 2006. Hatakeyama’s music is characteristically very slow, composed by repeatedly processing guitars, pianos, and vibraphones on a laptop. The result is a mix of droning chords and sparse single instruments rising above the mix. His music may be classified as either post-ambient experimental music or New Age music.
“Hatakeyama’s debut US album is a meditation on silence. The albums works as a series of vignettes or meditation exercises. Each track title is a specific image (“Bonfire On the Field”, “Beside a Well”, etc.), which the music apparently then seeks to replicate. Because each track has a slow tempo, little identifiably possessing a time signature, and very gradual changes to the droning chords which begin the songs, these titles can be seen as something worth contemplating while listening to the sound. The title of the album refers to German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno’s book Minima Moralia.” – Wikipedia
“Japanese laptop jockey Chihei Hatakeyama has flattened the source material of guitar and vibraphone into the tasteful ambient construction found on Minima Moralia, dreamy drones dotted with fizzing digital pixelations. There’s none of the attack and rhythm that might pinpoint Hatakeyama’s source material; instead he produces warm, dreamy drifts of ringing tones and velvety buzzings that locate the album in the realm of Eno’s ambience (in terms of composition) and Kompakt’s beloved Pop Ambient series (in terms of warmth via use of analogue / digital dialoguing). Very pleasant listening.” – Aquarius Records
Chihei Hatakeyama
Minima Moralia
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Tracklist:
01. Bonfire On The Field
02. Smaying Curtain In The Window
03. Starlight Reflecting On The Surface Of The River
04. Towards A Tranquil Month
05. Granular Haze
06. Inside Of The Pocket
07. Beside A Well
