YOSHITACA 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Dark and minimal house for serious afterhour's shenanigans on offer here, the first release from the INIT camp. Takashi Himeoka's "Jung" is a haunting and reductionist roller that fans of Barac or Vincentiulian will appreciate. "Komorebi" by Shintaro D is a bit gentler with its dreamy pads and ethereal atmosphere supported by a deep bass and rusty thythms. On the flip is Yoshitaca with "Till That Time", a dusty, cracking, bare bones DJ tool that recalls some of Stephan Laubner aka STL's finer moments and finally Kensuke Yasuhara's immaculate composition "Mabataki" whose swirling and hypnotic pads are reminiscent of Thomas Melchior and supported by a restrained and rolling, bass heavy groove.

Review: As the name suggests, this new 12" from The Rabbit Hole label deftly showcases the cream of the minimal crop in both Romania and Japan, with two production units from both countries housed either side. Livio & Roby have the sort of reputation to call shotgun here, and "Debug" is one of the well known Bucharest duo's trippiest productions and complemented well by the more outright DJ tool that is "51" from Dumitru Dragos Gabriel aka Cally. Holding it down in the Japanese corner is talented newcomer Yudai Tamura, whose relative lack of output doesn't really show on the brisk, skipping Perlonisms of "Subterranean", whilst Yoshitaca adds a sense of B Side vintage with the deeply textured "Philadeligation".