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WEST049 | Tetuzi
Akiyama - The Ancient Balance to
Control Death
Tetuzi Akiyama's contribution to the portrait series, The Ancient Balance to Control Death is a departure in a career of departures. In addition to Akiyama's trademark improvised, blues-infused, guitar work, the ep features intense multi-layered vocals. The end result is a collection of unique Japanese blues that could only have come from one of Japan's most distinct and creative improvisers.
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| "Akiyama finds a way to make sparse figures add up to much more than the sum of their parts." | |
| – Pitchfork | |
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| "Tetuzi Akiyama's flamboyant and idiosyncratic take on improv has produced a triumphantly uncategorisable range of work, from barely audible minimalism to full-on boogie." | |
| – Wire | |
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| "Few records are so satisfying, so fun, so exciting, and so innovative." | |
| – Pop Matters | |
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| "Tetuzi's command of sound with his acoustic guitar is incredible." | |
| – Ink 19 | |
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| "a music of great depth and nuance created with the strictest economy of material and breathtaking attention to detail." | |
| – All Music Guide | |
