https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94/ Recent content in 藤原大輔 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/rabbitoo-the-torch/ Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/rabbitoo-the-torch/ <p>Opening with a single-tone drone, electronic jazz music group Rabbitoo continues their retro-futuristic sound on their second album /The Torch /from 2016.</p> <figure><a href="L1230323x-1024.jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1230323x-1024.jpeg"/> </a> </figure> <p>Digital and analog sounds swirl and mix through Motohiko Ichino’s guitar, laden with textural effects and deploying modern music and rhythms alongside carefully tuned sound and static in an audiophile’s frame. This is vibe-setting music that wouldn’t be out of place in a fan playlist of lofi study beats or on the edges of a digital-future jazz collection.</p> https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/rabbitoo-national-anthem-of-unknown-country/ Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/rabbitoo-national-anthem-of-unknown-country/ <p>The textured sound of Rabbitoo makes a lasting first impression on their debut album <em>National Anthem of Unknown Country</em> from 2014, a fusion of jazz, rock, and electronica influences.</p> <figure><a href="L1220801-1024.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1220801-1024.jpg"/> </a> </figure> <p>The five-piece group led by guitarist and primary songwriter Motohiko Ichino produces otherworldly atmospheres with loops of sound and cascading sheets of melody set against precise rock and dance-inspired beats. The instruments riff and interlace, fitting together like puzzle pieces at times, an intense chorus at others, while swirling over underlying rhythmic grids for a dusky, spacey, trance-like aura.</p>