Shigeto - Lineage

[Redruth]

http://ghostly.com/releases/lineage-ep

[crono3]

Cool news! But the end of January :( I hate hearing about releases so far off....

[Jur]

Semi Circle and Full Circle were OK, maybe this album will be revisit worthy.

[BOCfan]

Good news indeed!

[Guest primusluta]

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[Guest primusluta]

messed that all up

here - http://soundcloud.com/shigeto/lineage

http://soundcloud.com/shigeto/huron-river-drive

[Redruth]

oh' my, wonderful sounds

[crono3]

This is out now... anyone hear the whole thing?

[Guest interr0bangr]

This is out now... anyone hear the whole thing?

 

Full album stream here: http://www.prefixmag.com/news/stream-shigetos-lineage-mini-album/61148/

 

Upon first listen, it's OK but I'm not blown away.

 

Seems a bit too noodley, abstract and directionless for me. Wish there was a little bit more of the edge and loose structure we saw on Full Circle. It actually sounds alot like the stuff on Project Mooncircle, which is either a good or bad thing depending on your tastes. The last 2 tracks are the best in my opinion.

[crono3]

Thanks for the opinions... I was on the fence about this one (not too excited for it) and thought it was a bit pricey for 30 mins. of music. Anyways, I'll pass :)

[sweepstakes]

This isn't really exciting but I kind of like it. Soothing sounds, nice artwork. Seems like a good record to put on first thing on a weekend morning while making breakfast.

[Guest interr0bangr]

I've given it a few more listens and it's started to sink in.

 

It's definitely a good mix of ideas and sounds in the same vein as Teebs, Asura, Pause/Rounds era Four Tet, Balam Acab, e*vax and recent Samiyam.

[crono3]

Thanks for the stream link interr0bangr! Just gave it a full listen and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.. might pick this one up after all.

 

I also saw on the site he's got a recent EP up for free (which I hadn't heard about)!

[BOCfan]

I'm really, really diggin' on this release; more I listen, the more it grows on me.

 

For Shigeto fans, here's a link to the trailer that#'s running on vimeo for the EP. The track he's playing is one he did with A Setting Sun for one of their collabs., but it's worth seeing for the drumming alone:

 

http://vimeo.com/35656221

[Guest interr0bangr]

Yeah, it's really grown on me. Especially after Prologue/Lineage which is in my opinion the weakest track of the bunch.

 

Preordered the Red vinyl.

[Guest interr0bangr]

2:26 onward on Ann Arbor Part 3 & 4 gives me such a musical boner. Fuck I miss old Four Tet.

[Redruth]

I also saw on the site he's got a recent EP up for free

 

both are well worth having

[crono3]

Ahh, I gave it another full listen tonight and ended up buying it... really great stuff here that will only get better with more listens!

[BOCfan]

I've actually been listening to some of Shigeto's previous releases to Full Circle, where I first noticed him. 'What We Held On To' is fast becoming one of my favourite EP's ever, and the track 'After The Smoke' is just sublime, especially the synth line that kicks in at 2:05. It's also got the best use of sniffing as sample ever:

 

[Redruth]

sniffing washboard sword-klangs with shaky teacups