Sawako

Bitter Sweet

12k1047

REVIEWS

  • AVUI (IT)

    "Sawako Kato és una compositora japonesa que ha sabut integrar amb harmonia i criteri el facor pop en un context musical d'electronica minimalista i sumptuosa. Improvisacio i melodies somniadores per aixecar una altra obra esplendida, de tons calids i formes precises. "

  • BLOW UP (IT)

    "Tempi felici nella magica stanza di Sawako."

  • BRAIN DEAD ETERNITY (IT)

    "A modern ambient miniature masterpiece"

  • DE:BUG (DE)

    "Sawakos neues album is weniger bestimmt von Fieldrecordings, die auf dem letzten Album ganz programmatisch für die Illusion sorgten von in den Halbschlafzustand einfließenden Raumwahrenehmungen, die sich mit Traumbildern vermischen"

  • ELETRONIQUE (IT)

    "Sawako torna nelle file della 12k dopo l’eccellente debutto del 2005 con l’album Hum, proseguendo la sua immersione pressoché totale negli antri più nascosti della musica ambient."

  • ETHEREAL (FR)

    "Bitter Sweet ne constitue pas forcement un chef d'oeuvre du genre"

  • GONZO (BE)

    "De missing link tussen Christopher Bissonnette en Sawako is Taylor Deupree."

  • GROOVE (DE)

    "Ein fundamentales Sich-treiben-Lassen, das mal mit der süßen Schwere eines hitzeflirrenden Sommertags, mal mit her euphorischen Mattheit einer Jetlag-getriebenen schlaflosen Nacht eingergeht."

  • LIABILITY (FR)

    "Simplement Bitter Sweet est l'image même d'une musique qui se laisse porter, flottant sur des eaux calmes, sans remous et sans autre ambition que la recherche de la sérénité."

  • MUSIQUE MACHINE (.COM)

    "Another seamless and highly reward mix of electronic textures with organic instrumental sound and field recordings from the always consistent 12k label."

  • RIF RAF (BE)

    "Van Sawako herinneren we ons nog Hum, haar drie jaar oude debuut dat deze New Yorkse muzikante-software designer-multimediaal artieste bij 12k releaste. Bitter Sweet verschilt niet drastisch van die eerste plaat, zij het dat de composities meer diffuus klinken, als nevels in je hoofd. Voor fans van electro-akoestische avantgarde, drones en etno-ambient."

  • ROCKERILLA (IT)

    "suoni cupi ed evocativit intorno ai quali Sawako costruisce le suie atmmosfere impalpabili."

  • THE SILENT BALLET (.COM)

    "the teeth-baring "Deep Under" shows Sawako packing a hacksaw under her Little Bo Peep dress and it’s a pretty convincing testament to her potential."

  • TEXTURA (.ORG)

    "Sawako humanizes her electronically-generated drones with well-placed touches"

  • VITAL WEEKLY (NL)

    "Sawako still explores the deep end of microsound and ambient glitch, but it's all a bit more abstract than before, but all is gently humming down the lines."

  • WHITE LINE (UK)

    "Sawako’s world is delicious and delicate, and to get down to gender specifics, it is most assuredly feminine – a world of cotton candy and pink fluffy clouds, maybe, but in the hands of one of the field’s more established figures, is capably handled, and beautifully assembled. "