Детали релиза : Multiphonic Ensemble - Cirque (1999) [APE (image + .cue)]

All tracks written & performed by Yoshihiro Hanno (programming, synthesizer, acoustic piano, toy piano, accordion, percussion, tape recorder, turntable and voice)
Recorded from summer 1998 to spring 1999 at Colony #801, Fukuda Studio, Japan
Mixed by Yoshihiro Hanno & Yoshikazu Madokoro
Mastered at Studio You Inc. by Katsunori Owa
Additional musicians:
Hiroyuki Kanemoto - violin, strings
Kuniichi Hokamura - tenor sax
Yoshikazu Madokoro - electric guitar
Motofusa Kisaku - electric guitar
Mitsuru Watanabe - drums
Kosei Yamamoto - alto sax
kids in canne - voice

The Multiphonic Ensemble is Yoshihiro Hanno, presenting with this debut record an overwhelming collage of music and sound. Hanno is his own virtual ensemble; his list of production credits include programming, synth, acoustic and toy pianos, accordion, percussion, tape recorder, turntable and voice (heck, who needs additional players when you've got all that?). Not that there isn't any live instrumentation here (various musicians are credited with performances on violin, strings, sax, guitar, and drums), but these sounds have all been sampled and manipulated to fit inside Hanno's complex aural structuring. The music is spontaneous and multi-faceted, and sounds as if you've just tuned in to about a hundred meticulously coordinated radio broadcasts. However the tracks are surprisingly consistent, each with its own theme and complex structure. The music ranges from drum'n'bass cut-ups ("jongleurs") and club-friendly grooves ("burlesque") to slower, sadder string movements and ambience ("portrait of a thin pierrot", "a babe and an old ballerina") and Roedelius-like moments ("a big bull and a little mahout"). An organ movement reminding me of the score for Last Year at Marienbad was a nice (because unexpected) preface to the jungle rhythms of "three ornately bicyclists". This is a quality inherent in this music: Hanno possesses an admirable ability to surprise his listener with sudden and unexpected shifts. I was really impressed by the range of styles on this record (though a little heavy with d'n'b motifs), and Hanno's ability to coordinate them so well in order to produce a consistent whole. Nicely done. (Richard di Santo, Incursion Music Review)