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Faces Past

by Yuji Kondo

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    [TEN005LP] Yuji Kondo - Faces Past

    A1. Vanishing Curvatures
    A2. Juniper Fox
    A3. Linger
    A4. Feigning Death
    B1. Hacking Infinity
    B2. Armour To Paper
    B3. Human Chord
    B4. Suicide Ocean

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Vanishing Curvatures 06:47
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Juniper Fox 05:36
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Linger 05:18
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Feigning Death 05:27
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Hacking Infinity 06:41
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Armour To Paper 06:05
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Human Chord 06:25
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Suicide Ocean 04:32
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"Japanese production behemoth" producer releases his debut album "Faces Past" in early 2017 through his own 10 Label imprint. "Faces Past" is 8 tracks and 45 minutes in length and features a stunning cover by Paris photographer David Ferrua, who has worked for fashion magazines around the world including Vogue, Allure, and Common & Sense. Official music videos for "Hacking Infinity" and "Suicide Ocean" were created by Los Angeles based visual artist Karissa Hahn, and have been shown at film festivals around the world.

Yuji Kondo's first release of 2017β€”"Whip Blow," a scuffed up banger on Leyla Recordsβ€”was an example of the kind of rollicking techno he's known for. But Kondo is an artist capable of going in any direction. One of his best club wreckers, Radiate The Ocean From My Back, landed on Perc Trax in 2014. Records as Steven Porter (his partnership with Katsunori Sawa) have explored grainier forms of techno. Then there's Ducerey Ada Nexino, Kondo's most used and wide-ranging alias.
Faces Past is Kondo's first full-length, and while it doesn't sound much like anything he's released to date, the clues to his touch are there. The urgency of his sound is stripped away, revealing the shrewd sound design that's been underneath all along. You can and should take your time with it. "Juniper" sounds as if it's being flooded. Another standout, "Hacking Infinity," teems with so many tiny details that you can find yourself ignoring the beats to revel in the spaces between them.
"Linger" and "Armour To Paper" are the album's clubbiest tracks, though they're subtle compared to what we're used to from Kondo. Both deploy chilly, hypnotic 4/4 rhythms to hook you into the dance. Kondo saves the best for last. "Human Chord" is a modernised, electrified mutation of trip hop bristling with menace and gasping vocals. "Suicide Ocean" concludes in dreamy neo-classical ambience. On Faces Past, Kondo's experimentation makes for an album that's wild yet weirdly cohesive. (Review by Holly Dicker)

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released March 6, 2017

[TEN005LP] Yuji Kondo - Faces Past

A1. Vanishing Curvatures
A2. Juniper Fox
A3. Linger
A4. Feigning Death
B1. Hacking Infinity
B2. Armour To Paper
B3. Human Chord
B4. Suicide Ocean

Artist: Yuji Kondo
Title: Faces Past
Label: 10 Label
Catalog No.: TEN005LP
Format: Album - Vinyl LP, Digital WAV & MP3
Country: Japan
Released: March 2017 (*Digital Only: November 2017)

β„— + Β© 2017 10 Label Kyoto Japan
Written & Produced by Yuji Kondo
Mastered by LXC at Watta Sound Germany
Photography by David Ferrua
Cover & Label Design by Norikazu Ban

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