Orange Milk Records – none
Japan’s Nobuyuki Sakuma is a prolific artist; formerly of the Jesse
Ruins duo on the Captured Tracks label, he now shifts time between his
electronic music project CVN, curating the mix series Grey Matter
Archives, and chief editor duties at Avyss Magazine. “I.C.” will be his
second album for Orange Milk as CVN, and it is an eclectic hybrid of
beat music and abstract electronics. There is a searching quality in his
music, with leaps in variation from track to track that are meant to
elicit the mutating feelings of walking through Tokyo.
The first track 成分 Seibun is a calm pop song featuring Japanese vocalist
NTsKi, and feels like an initial encounter with nocturnal cityscapes.
As the album progresses a stranger Japanese electronic music culture
begins to emerge, referencing artists like good friend Foodman and label
partner Koeosaeme with irreverent assertions of anti-genre music
making. Tracks like “Snippets of Heaven” are reminiscent of music on the
labels PAN or Halcyon Veil, cryptic and sparse with random industrial
beats and scraping metal. “舌下 (Karaoke)” is a more forlorn piece with
straightforward rhythm and deeply effecting use of repetition. Sakuma
states that he lets mood dominate his track making and does not care if
this transitioning emotion fits into a cohesive style. The skill of
harnessing the random nature of each tracks aesthetic is impressive,
resulting in an exciting record that faithfully documents its creators
place and time.
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