Tokyo Counterpoint - Oval +

Também do Japão vem o produtor Junichi Hoshino, que lança com o nome de Tokyo Counterpoint o álbum Oval + (2009). Neste trabalho ouve-se uma mistura de electrónicas com bossa nova, jazz, downtempo e lounge. A acompanhar conta com avoz da cantora japonesa WAWA. Daqui vem o seguinte:

"Junichi Hoshino is one of the most revered producers working in Tokyo today. Under his alias, Tokyo Counterpoint, he has mixed disparate styles into one intoxicating musical brew. Originally producing and remixing tracks for some of Japan’s biggest J-Pop acts, he has stretched out into uncharted territory with Tokyo Counterpoint’s brilliant “Oval”. Working under the Tokyo Counterpoint alias since 2004, Junichi Hoshino’s blends breezy bossa nova bounce with ethereal jazz-tinged electronica, defying genres and transcending labels. From the opening notes of “To the Sky”, Junichi Hoshino takes the listener on a highflying aural journey to the stars and back. With majestic piano, bright summer beats and understatedly funky bass, “To the Sky” announces Hoshino’s stately vision of silky smooth grooves. One of the undeniable highlights of the song is the vocals of Japanese chanteuse WAWA. Her vocal range is as sprawling as Junichi Hoshino’s musical pallet, her voice capable of high-pitched cascades and lower register phrasing. Other highlights of the album are the rhythmically intoxicating “Twist of Fate”, the driving “Sine and Pulse” and the delicately grooving “Grandism”."

Tokyo Counterpoint - Grandism

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