CD Nobukazu Takemura Child & Magic JAPAN Rare -Aibo Dog

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TYPE: Compact Disc.

ARTIST: Nobukazu Takemura. Aka: DJ Takemura

TITLE(s): Child & Magic.

LABEL(s): Warner Music Japan.

ITEM #(s): WPC6-8399.

COUNTRY / YEAR(s): Japan. 1997.

SURFACE CONDITION: 7.9999 / 10. Very minor marks to surface One very light scratch.

All CDs fully listened to, or audio well checked before listing on ebay. Plays fine & behaves well.

SLEEVE / CASE CONDITION: 7.8888 / 10. Inner quad fold out Japanese Text release data card has English lyrics for tracks #3 & 6. Front cover full color card has one tiny edge nick. The is no obi-stip. Jewel Case Has Scuffs. No cracks. Innards VG. Rating based on innards condition.

GENRE: Electronic minimalism.

NOTES: His unique and complex approach to melody and instrumentation has generated a catalog of collaborations with critically acclaimed artists including Issey Miyake, Zu, Steve Reich, DJ Spooky, Yo La Tengo, and Tortoise. Around 1993 Takemura first branched out as a solo artist under the moniker "Child's View". The name highlighted one of the key themes in his music that is still prevalent today. He tries to create melodies that musically capture a sense of wonder, a childlike innocence and curiosity.

Takemura was responsible for the sound design of Sony's robotic dog Aibo. In the January 2002 issue of the UK music magazine The Wire, he notes that conveying hundreds of emotions through the dog's few simple sounds was not easy :

"Usually people don't think consciously of what it's like to be angry or to cry ... humans can obviously use words to express themselves. To create the sounds of emotions was a difficult task."

Tracks:

01 - solitary walker [5:24]

02 - bright time to come

03 - travels of italy / イタリア紀行

04 - the back of the moon [3:38]

05 - curious child [2:10]

06 - mirrors in mirror / 鏡の中の鏡 [5:38]

07 - child and animals in the forest / 子供と森の動物達

08 - toybox with moonshine [4:06]

09 - long long night [3:13]

10 - at the lakeside / 湖畔にて [3:31]

11 - image of time

12 - white dot / 白い点 [3:24]

13 - clown and crown [6:04]

14 - a reader of tale / 物語における読者

15 - wizard in circus / サーカス小屋の魔法使い [3:32]

16 - timewarp [2:32]

17 - birth [2:32]

18 - une mort tres douce / おだやかな死 [4:23]

The long awaited follow-up to 1994's Child's View does not disappoint. Nobukazu Takemura reveals here that the earlier album was no fluke, and that he has all but left hip-hop and breakbeat DJ'ing in the closet to rust. Instead he's become a composer for the medium of electronics. This album's got a wild mix of spare minimal sounds, modal rhythms, and tonal schemata, a familiar Brazilian tinge, and many strange repetition bits that feel more like Terry Riley or Steve Reich than Takemura. The drum'n'bass elements that do appear are minimal at best, and the up-tempo percussion is offbeat, not dancefloor-oriented. The disc plays like a seamless whole, employing a fantastic range of colors and sounds in the mix. Vocal superstar Kiku helps minimally on a few tracks, but the main focus is on Takemura's talent in the studio as producer and an arranger. The feel is as innocent as Child's View, but far more elaborate and complex. Nonetheless, if the album didn't already have a title, a fitting one would be "Scenes From a Haunted Ballroom"; it feels like the soundtrack that could play in the empty rooms of the resting Titanic as much as it does a masterwork of modern electronica. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

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