IDMMXXI-R flexes all manner of sound sources—broken, shattered, and retrofitted with a dense consistency.
Broken, shattered, and retrofitted with a dense consistency
Berlin-based Yaporigami (aka Yu Miyashita) follows up IDMMXXI-L from earlier this year with its sister album IDMMXXI-R, a 45-minute jaunt on his own The Collection Artaud imprint. A multi-talented electronic composer and audio engineer, his music has been released on Mille Plateaux, Detroit Underground, and featured on many other respected international labels. With such a resume, not to mention his video work, IDMMXXI-R displays Yaporigami’s vast sound palette.
Where chilled and cinematic glitch unveils on “Hello Daydreaming Ghosts,” elsewhere you’ll find early IDM roots, shuffled beat patches, and melodic waves on tracks like “A Way To The Musical Elixer.” Fractured and frenetic rhythms unfold on “Non-Acid Classic #1” where fidgeting drums surround old-school braindance elements. IDMMXXI-R musters all the usual IDM tropes, however, each piece tangles itself in a myriad of uniquely choreographed beats, bass, and abstract layers. Where crunchy signal processes present themselves on “Human Nature,” there are surreal downtempo grooves pulsing from tracks like “Limits Of Indulgence.” IDMMXXI-R flexes all manner of sound sources—broken, shattered, and retrofitted with a dense consistency.
IDMMXXI-R is available on The Collection Artaud. [Bandcamp]
