Hyu

Inaudible Works

16 pieces of hard-to-classify music, created during the period 1994-2008, a cornucopia of playful, intelligent, questing and eminently listenable electronic music from Osaka-born artist Hyu, who released two albums on Nobukazu Takemura's Childisc label, in 1999 and 2002. Although a member of the turn- of-the-century generation of artists subsumed under the rather vague term "electronica", his work stands apart in many ways, particularly in his unique exploration of microtonality, his ability to humanize music technology, and his distinctive trait of combining a light touch and sense of fun with conceptual rigor. This collection is an intriguing mix of previously unreleased tracks and re-edited versions of previously released pieces. There is a wide range of music here, many of the pieces truly unique: wiggy and wiggly robo-pop, fractured funk, swinging sample assemblages of subtle sensory overload, dynamo-drones, overtone explorations. All of it distinctive, much of it prescient, all of it rising above the strictures of genre. Hyu's music is appealing and fun, but driven by a desire to not only create music, but to create ways of creating music. This desire, this quest, is clearly audible in all of these tracks, and in the overall excellence of his music. A notable feature is the entertaining and enlightening notes, written by Hyu himself. Cover art by Hezu Utsurogi.

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Format
CD - 1 disk
Release date
16-02-2024
Label
Item-nr
543405
EAN
4560283212119
Availability
Exp. 16-02-2024
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. GÖDEL, ESCHER, BACH IN THE CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
2. CUTIE BAM-BOO DANCE
3. NUM
4. WIGWIG
5. INDIRECT
6. GYA-DYNAMO-GENERATOR
7. ANY REPEATED SOUND BECOMES MUSIC
8. ROBOTOMY MAM
9. GRID BUG INVENTION
10. ODOREMI
11. 7 UP & GALAPAGOS POP
12. LONGING FOR GAMELAN
13. ULTIMATE RANDOM WALKER COMEBACK
14. CHILDREN OF THE DISTANT FUTURE
15. DISSIPATIVE STRUCTURE OF SOUND