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the shader

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Release Date February 03, 2016
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Catalog No.BRC-497
JAN/ISBN 4523132113975
Product Type CD
Number of Discs 1

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[Machine Translation] Solitary electronic musician agraph is back on the scene. The third album is now on sale after a five-year absence! Kensuke Ushio, the third man in the DENKI GROOVE group and the trusted partner of Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki, has released his latest album, his first as a solo unit agraph in five years, and has also worked on the soundtrack for the anime "Ping Pong" and as a member of the band LAMA. The shader" is his third album in total, following the highly acclaimed "Ping Pong" soundtrack and the band LAMA, and is like a cathedral of electronic sounds, a "baroque electronic cathedral" in the style of 17th century architecture that tried to overwhelm people with its elaborate and diverse designs and craftsmanship. The result is an astonishing work of "baroque electronic music. The dense overtone structure, minute sound particles, and melodies that appeal to the listener's emotions have already reached a level of maturity that is awe-inspiring. Furthermore, the mastering engineer for this album was Matt Colton, who has worked with a number of prominent electronic musicians, including Aphex Twin, Square Pusher, James Blake, Tyondai Braxton, Arca, Actress, and Demdike Stair.

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the shader / agraph

孤高の電子音楽家agraph再始動。実に5年ぶりとなる3rdアルバム発売! 電気グルーヴ第3の男として石野卓球、ピエール瀧両氏が全幅の信頼を寄せる一方で、アニメ「ピンポン」のサントラや、バンドLAMAのメンバーとしても活躍する牛尾憲輔がソロ・ユニットagraph名義としては実に5年ぶりとなる最新アルバムをリリース。繊細かつ穏やかなエレクトロニック・サウンドが高く評価された過去作に続く通算3作目となる本作は『the shader』は、さながら電子音の大聖堂のようであり、あらゆる技工を凝らし精緻で多様な意匠を盛り込んで人々を圧倒しようとした17世紀の建築様式になぞらえるなら、"バロック・エレクトロニックミュージック"とでも言うべき驚くべき作品となった。緻密な倍音構成、微細な音の粒子、そして聴く者の感情に訴えかける旋律は早くも畏敬の念を抱かざるを得ないほど円熟の域に到達。さらに今作のマスタリング・エンジニアはエイフェックス・ツイン、スクエアプッシャー、ジェイムス・ブレイク、タイヨンダイ・ブラクストン、アルカ、アクトレス、デムダイク・ステアといった錚々たる電子音楽家たちの作品を手掛けてきたマット・コルトンが担当している。

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