YAMAOKA

2018年1月 ヤマオカの新しいCDアルバム "SIMPLE SONGS" が
オランダの"DATABLOEM"からリリース。スウェーデンのLudvig Cimbrelius
とのコラボレーションアルバムです。
http://databloem.com/home/1283-7-cd-package-deal.html
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Yamaoka-Purl-Simple-Songs/release/11550336

SIMPLE SONGS


January 2018 Yamaoka's new CD album "SIMPLE SONGS"
Released from "DATABLOEM" in the Netherlands. Swedish Ludvig Cimbrelius
It is a collaboration album with.
https://soundcloud.com/atabloem/yamaoka-purl-simple-songs-soundclip

2017NOV19 new minor sevens out!
minor proudly presents Yamaoka from Japan.
two 7inches, available separately, and in a special 2x7inch boxset
Knuckle Ball / December Sky - Boxset ‎

2017年10月 ヤマオカ初の7inchシングルがドイツの"MINOR AQUA/AURA"
から同時リリースされます。
90年代のミニマルテクノを彷彿させる"KNUCKLE BALL"スピード感と静寂さを
合わせもった"DECEMBER SKY"　ボックスセットも同時にリリースされました。
"KNUCKLE BALL"

"DECEMBER SKY"

https://soundcloud.com/minorlabel/sets/yamaoka-minor-aqua-aura
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Yamaoka-Knuckle-Ball-December-Sky-Boxset/release/10938777

In October 2017 Yamaoka's first 7inch single was in Germany "MINOR AQUA / AURA"
Released simultaneously.
"KNUCKLE BALL" is reminiscent of the minimal techno in the 1990s
"DECEMBER SKY" is an electronic music that feels speed and silence
A box set was also released at the same time.

2017年2月　オランダのShimmering Moods Recordsからのコンピレーションアルバム "MEDITATIONS 3”に"Yamaoka" そして "Purl & Yamaoka" (Ludvig Cimbreliusとの共作)
の2曲が収録されました。
https://soundcloud.com/shimmering-moods-records/various-artists-meditations-3
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/meditations-3

Shimmering Moods is back with a new collection of intimate, soothing and semi-experimental ambient tracks provided here as a compilation built on unreleased sound materials offered by regular artists / projects of the label. However this compilation gives the occasion to introduce to the listener a couple of external projects such as Sonornote or Laura Beatriz Rosenkranz.

Musically and stylistically we are immersed in a relatively diversified palette of ambient music, from abstract post-techno minimalism to cold sonic meditations and flowing retro-ish synth odysseys. The general ambience is still devoted to enveloping and sculpted sound textures, continuously flowing. Some looped-droning parts remind me the classical hypnotic electro work of Wolfgang Voidt in Gas while some others have an almost post-Gottsching / Ashra electronic minimal flavor. A few names are totally unknown for me so I discovered with a certain pleasure Purl & Yamaoka who delivers here a quite representative piece for the album, with discreet electro moves and minimal beats. The most acoustic, adventurous and pastoral dream ambient touch of the label is not present here, this despite the rustic dimension of the photograph used for the front cover.

In brief, Meditations 3 is a fine collection of modern, discreetly pulsating and cerebral ambient sketches...from igloo magazine

MEDITATIONS 3

2016年12月 ヤマオカの新しいCDアルバム "SHORT FILMS FOR LONG DAYS" が
オランダの"DATABLOEM"からリリース。2枚組 21曲です。

Yamaoka’s (Kenichi Oka) second Databloem offering and what a fine one this is! All 21 tracks on this massive double album, clocking in at 140 minutes total, have been creatively composed, controlled and recorded in real time by the MC50 sequencer. Kenichi’s unique sound of loop based groovy sequences with a touch of oriental techno grabs your attention from the first till the last note, the perfect companion for long days and nights to come.
http://databloem.com/home/1107-yamaoka-short-films-for-long-days-2cd.html

SHORT FILMS FOR LONG DAYS


Five full tracks taken from Yamaoka's 2 CD album "Short Films For Long Days", released on Databloem, December 2016 and available here:
https://soundcloud.com/atabloem/yamaoka-short-films-for-long-days-preview

2016年11月 Indigo Aera（Netherlands）の12"コンピレーションアルバム
"Lost Archives Special" がリリースされました。
本作はアナログ盤5枚組。YAMAOKAはDisc 1–The Rhythmに参加しております。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53XaISbMs4
https://indigoaera.bandcamp.com/album/lost-archives-special-disc-1-the-rhythm-aera0161
http://www.undergroundgallery.jp/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=48905



A celebration of 5 years of Indigo Aera.
Over the course of the past five years, Amsterdam based label Indigo Aera has evolved in to one of the most trustworthy and respected contemporary Detroit techno labels around.
Apart from new music that’s mostly analog based and highly energetic, head honchos Maarten Mittendorff en Jasper Wolff decent to the vaults of early day, soul-searching techno regularly, digging up forgotten gems to re-issue them with modern quality standards. Esteemed artists like Stephen Brown, Skudge, Steve Rachmad, Antigone, Louis Haiman and Kirk DeGiorgio all contributed to Indigo Aera, and there’s more to come.
In October 2016,

Indigo Aera embarks on their biggest release to date: a limited edition 5 LP box-set. The Lost Archives Special consists of unreleased tracks from absolute legends, to music that has never been released in a physical form before, to fresh compositions of techno’s most talented contemporary artists.