Takahashi, H

Escapism

Not Not Fun

MC $7.75

09/28/2018

NNF 346

LP $19.00

11/03/2023

NNF 346 LP

MP3 $5.94

09/28/2018 647603402406

NNF 346

FLAC $6.99

09/28/2018 647603402406

NNF 346

5-year anniversary expanded LP edition on white vinyl, includes 2 vinyl-only bonus tracks.

Tokyo architect Hiroki Takahashi is a world-builder both in matter and sound. His latest collection of serene micro-miniatures was inspired by “the dissatisfaction with reality that I feel on a daily basis.” Escapism offers exactly that: percolating patterns of fiberglass synthetics and fluorescent melody, assembled into minimalist bio-domes of refracted light and hanging gardens. Recorded during metropolitan commutes, afterhours office meditations, and various windows of urban stasis, the album’s six songs actualize the ambient muse of their maker, willing space from density, tranquility from tedium. As with his work in exotic atmosphere unit UNKNOWN ME, Takahashi’s touch is hushed, precise, and prismatic, coaxing spectrums of illusion and bliss in its tinted glass spirals: “Extreme tension produces extreme relaxation.”