Per
Discogs, Takahiro Yorifuji’s solo ambient guitar output as Hakobune tallies 55
releases (only half or less of those as splits/comp tracks…in under 5 years)
and listening to his own bandcamp page provides listening access to 34 of
those. It’s incredibly inspiring to learn that they’re all, every single one, consistently
worthy of a mindful, deep listening, too.
One
might take special note that this guy was also in the powerviolence band,
Whales, and consider meditating on the parallels of the seemingly juxtaposing
genres of “powerviolence” and “minimalist ambient” as well as the practice of
composing as a “solo project” and “full band”. With enough effort, this mental
diagramming proves endless, a beautiful way to engage the brain and mind while
listening to these narcotic haystacks of all reverb/no attack guitar dronings,
none of which are saccharine, only hinting at implying any sentimentality
whatsoever. The overall effect is that of being forced into a reflective state,
but stripped of all personal history, not “disassociated” so much as simply
‘freed’.
and/or
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- Jacob An Kittenplan