Reviews of Shizuku [12k1067]

Demasiado poético para agruparlo sin más junto a la mayoría de los trabajos electroacústicos y muy personal para ser catalogado fríamente como “ambient”.

The clarity of the recording is a marvel unto itself.

This is an album that does tend to keep on getting better with each track.

Shizuku shows a deep mutual understanding through the exploration of subtle moods.

There is a darkness and sense of melancholy that eschews the trend for prettiness and creates a lasting impression.

Jamais très loin d’une forme de mélancolie touchante…

Shikuzu es una llovizna en el calor de los días, o como dice su título, una gota de agua, siempre aviso de cosas buenas.

Les reflets dans l’eau, alors qu’à cinq heures de l’après-midi la nuit commençait à tomber. L’hiver est là.

Drones waving like wheat fields

Very pretty introspective pieces reminiscent of Minamo’s soundworld.

The spell remains unbroken.

Inevitabile l’atmosfera melanconica delle sei lunghe tracce in scaletta, nate nel clima apocalittico del Giappone post-tsunami.

Schönheit, die Harmonie und Melodie duldet, ohne gleich in romantische Gesten zu verfallen.

Shizuku wirkt einerseits extrem intim, der Hˆrer wird zum heimlichen Mithˆrer, andererseits offen, luftig und einladend, auch wenn das Jahr 2011

Sehr sanftes und gleichsam forderndes, keineswegs einlullendes Audio, das in seiner lyrischen Intensität einzigartig ist.

Disegnare dei micropaesaggi sonori in cui elementi fisici e partiture armoniche si fondono con equilibrio ed eleganza.

Une œuvre de poésie douce et vagabonde.

Illuha fait un travail d’orfèvre et on n’en attendait pas moins d’un disque estampillé 12k.

Como un océano vaciándose gota a gota.

As beautiful as each song sounds (and is crafted) there is always that undercurrent of a pensive, haunting, subtlety romantic feeling.

Far from any narrow genre classification, here the substance is of crystal clear purity, fully involving the listener.

Almost painfully beautiful stuff.