TAGS 'MINAMO'

  • TAYLOR DEUPREE "LULLABY MIX" FOR FLUID RADIO (UK)

    NEWS

    "A truly gorgeous exclusive from 12k front man Taylor Deupree… Two of the tracks on this mix are yet-unreleased 12k material… "The Minamo track is a bit of a “world premiere” of the collaboration I did with shuttle358. This bit might be of interest because it’s not 100% finished.. so,…"

  • MINAMO

    ARTISTS

    "In 1999, the electro-acoustic group Minamo was formed by Keiichi Sugimoto and Tetsuro Yasunaga. In 2000, minamo’s self-released CD-R “wakka” was reissued by the New York label Quakebasket. This release was selected by Matmos as one of best sounds in 2001 in The Wire magazine. In 2001 two new members…"

  • MINAMO "DUREE" REVIEW IN VITAL WEEKLY

    NEWS

    "Originally Minamo started as a duo in 1999, expanding into a quartet in 2001 and since then they have played live and released various CDs."

  • MINAMO DISPLAY AT TOWER RECORDS, TOKYO

    NEWS

    "MINAMO "DURÉE" "

  • SHINING

    RELEASES

    "12k is proud to announce the latest release from Japan’s Minamo. Shining is the quartet’s 5th full-length release to date and continues in a common tradition of being sourced and edited from live performance recordings, a practice central to the band’s interest in improvisational forms and organic track growth. While…"

  • DUREE

    RELEASES

    "Back in 1999, on the forefront of the Japanese electronic/acoustic microsound scene, was the then two-piece live improvisation band Minamo (two more members were added in 2001 to make the current four-piece lineup). Their live concerts helped pioneer this hybrid of delicate and natural instrumentation with microscopic electronics and subtle…"

  • 12K1058-BRAINWASHED

    REVIEWS

    "For their second release on the 12k label, they have done exactly that, marrying acoustic guitar with software patches, all presented in a warm, post-rock influenced analog audio bath."

  • 12K1058-EVERYTHING IS CHEMICAL

    REVIEWS

    "Droney Micro-Electro-Acoustics may not be for all, but for any of you looking for good sleepy-time music you can finally lay your head on that comfy pillow of yours and relax, your soundtrack has arrived."

  • 12K1058-BLOW UP

    REVIEWS

    "Con il progetto Minamo, il quartetto giapponese formato da Keiichi Sugimoto, Yuichiro Iwashita, Namiko Sasamoto e Tetsuro Yasunaga ha attraversato praticamente per intero lo scorso decennio..."

  • 12K1058-DSIDE

    REVIEWS

    "Durée est un album libre et inventif, flottant comme une encre zen et pourtant bien présente, physique."

  • 12K1058-TOKAFI

    REVIEWS

    "A wonderful mind: Improvisation as a technique to decode the intricacies of the moment."

  • 12K1058-HIS VOICE

    REVIEWS

    "Už více než deset let funguje na hudební scéně japonské sdružení Minamo."

  • 12K1058-BEAT MAGAZINE

    REVIEWS

    "Sanft pulsierende Akkordeon-Rhythmen, zarte Akustikgitarre, warme Flächen und stotternde Elektronik"

  • 12K1059-UNCUT

    REVIEWS

    "Another long, slow drift by Japanese dream-droners."

  • 12K1058-GOUTE MES DISQUES

    REVIEWS

    "comme si le grand Ryoji Ikeda s'était découvert une passion pour le folk et le post-rock."

  • TETSURO YASUNAGA OF MINAMO - SYMBIOSIS RADIO

    NEWS

    "Tetsuro Yasunaga of Minamo presents “Meditation Breakdown” on Symbiosis Radio. INTERVIEW AND RADIO MIX HERE"

  • 12K1058-MUSIQUE MACHINE

    REVIEWS

    "f you're willing to take the time to explore it these soundscapes do eventually work their magic."

  • TAYLOR DEUPREE INTERVIEW IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF TEXTURA

    NEWS

    "This month, Textura (.org) features a new interview with Taylor Deupree. READ ENTIRE INTERVIEW HERE"

  • 12K1058-TERZ

    REVIEWS

    "Einmal mehr ein ausgezeichnetes Audio von 12k."

  • 12K1058-CULTURAS

    REVIEWS

    "Buenos ejemplos de un nuevo paradigma de la creación musical moderna."