d-a-m-o Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Powell's Diagonal imprint welcomes back a label mainstay, Kohei Matsunaga (AKA NHK yx Koyxen). "What You Know" is Kohei's first outing for the label since 2016's "Self Split EP" and it's a full length long player packed full of euphoric beauty. Nobody crafts a catchy, optimistic hook like this guy and we're truly proud to be putting out yet another NHK banger. “This one has a world view that I don't really understand” — Ryuichi Sakamoto https://bleep.com/release/423952-nhk-what-you-know 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Is this a collab? AFAIK previous NHK releases were collabs with Toshio Munehiro anyway... amma big fan of his music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-a-m-o Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 Snippets : https://www.juno.co.uk/products/nhk-what-you-know-vinyl/978760-01/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Wow, was not expecting Drexiyan electro, a welcome change in style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-a-m-o Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, six said: Wow, was not expecting Drexiyan electro, a welcome change in style Yeah some lush synths in this one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaramouche Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 samples sounds excellent. Idle thought: wonder what's up with some of the track titles being from the Sefirot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuniklo Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On quick first listen this sounds very different from his NHK yx Koyxen tracks. I like it so far though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 4 hours ago, kuniklo said: On quick first listen this sounds very different from his NHK yx Koyxen tracks. I like it so far though. I like this in first listen. Quite promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaramouche Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 wicked. Really enjoyed my first listen, nice and upbeat. Does have a Drexciyan and Rephlex vibe in places, really feeling Inner Elementary Particles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Yeah very clean, airy and fresh sounding. Gone are the usual heavy 4/4 kicks and basslines of techno, instead weve got lots of thick delayed synth lines and jittery melodies. Reminded me faintly of Cylob, Bochum Welt and Ovuca. Can understand why they chose a Ryuchi Sakamoto quote for the press release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 i liked this well enough but it did feel awfully sparse. obv that's by design but i wasn't falling in love on first listen...tho i did enjoy it. different but quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuniklo Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 1 hour ago, auxien said: i liked this well enough but it did feel awfully sparse. obv that's by design but i wasn't falling in love on first listen...tho i did enjoy it. different but quality. I liked it too but haven't felt compelled to return to it for whatever reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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