TIP OF THE TONGUE 09 JULY 2006
Sachiko
You Never Atone For...
There/Musik Atlach TRCD-MA001/
CD
OUT OF STOCK!
Debut CD from Sachiko of Japanese psych rockers Overhang Party and all-female tone-float duo Vava Kitora (as well as ex-Kousokuya) is an immediate candidate for album of the year. First few tracks combine a totally beautiful smoke of high wordless vocals with a sponge of star-scattered tones and a depth-of-field you could free-float in for days that feels somewhere between a more Kosmiche take on Grouper's breath constructions, the slow skull-trephing beauty of Taj Mahal Travellers, aspects of early liturgical chant, that classic lost-in-the-woods private press feel, Heather Leigh's solo vocal/noise ferocity and the beautiful metal/mediaeval chorales of Keiji Haino's classic Nijiumu recording, Era Of Sad Wings. Later tracks flit between ferocious loops of Junko/Waters-style vocal hysteria and dynamic rock-derived electronic noise and still pools of purple trance before the last track blows the whole album to a single feather. Impossibly beautiful and one of the best albums to come out of the Japanese underground this year. Comes with a beautiful full-colour cover with obi and jewel case. Highest possible recommendation.
