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MH-220 Neutrino - Neutrino  With the self-titled follow-up to their successful Mush EP, Quest, Japanese duo, Neutrino (Atsuhiro Murakami and Hideki Kuroda) use an economic approach to rhythm and an acute ear for melody to further establish the group as experts of minimal, late-night grooves. The album is packed with music of depth and beauty that combine the dirty beats of hip-hop, the warm sound of analog, and throw-back production techniques. With artwork by Michiharu Shimoda of The Silent Poets and tracks that are prime examples of the sounds emanating from Tokyo's narcotic downbeat club scene, the album could have only come from Japan. |
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| Find it and pop it in - Clamor / An important record - Stylus / Lovely - Sound Clash / Should be sipped slowly in the company of good friends and good moods - Properly Chilled / Ten tracks of lazyday headnodding par excellence - Boomkat / Predicated on the sort of slinky jazz tip that eventually leads to hours and hours of heavy breathing - Grooves |
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| A neutrino, for those of you who've smoked away the brain cells that contain what you learned in high school science class, is one of the universe's fundamental subatomic particles. It carries no electrical charge, hence the root of its name. It's unlikely that Atsuhiro Murakami and Hideki Kuroda, the Tokyo duo that makes up this particular Neutrino, sat around for hours debating the significance of their band name vis-a-vis their sound, but they made an appropriate match between the two all the same. Neutrino's music is elegant, minimal and inspires feelings that are predominantly neutral. It's repetitive, but not annoyingly so, with chilly-chill hip-hop beats and gentle analog quasi-melodies. There are no vocals, but Murakami and Kuro make interesting use of vocal samples. Neutrino are remarkably efficient at fading into the background. If you like stuff that creates a darkish-yet-uplifting mood without grabbing attention, Neutrino is your quite well-done cup of tea. - Splendid |
2XLP/Out Of Print