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What I got here is the debut album by Japanese ambient composer Juta(ro) Takahashi, who only applies analogue synthesizers. The three lengthy pieces found “Across the Flow” come down to smooth soaring and drifting textures and some piano on the opening (title) track. This freeform music carries on in a minimal, serene style, while maintaining a lush, transparent sound design. The 17-minute “Synthetic Rainbow” floats along as well, but also contains a solo voice showing up occasionally that gets a bit too prominent in the track’s second half.” On “Evensong”, wide and overall lush spaces take off, with improvised solos (that again could have sounded a tad warmer) hovering over it. It lasts a bit too long though and, combined with the minimal sound design, left a sort of weary feel. Still, “Across the Flow” as a whole is not a bad effort for a debut, just lacking some compositional structure along being rather edgy when it comes to mastering and production. |
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