Masquerade (kc016) by 34423

34423 returns with her 2nd album "Masquerade" following her highly acclaimed debut album "Tough and Tender" (2013) which brought tremendous surprise to the Japanese electronic scene.
To those of you who are unaware of this talent, she is a female electronic artist from Tokyo, and her alias 34423 comes from her real name Fumi Miyoshi,as her Japanese characters can be pronounced that way. She started to play with recording equipments since she was a child, and soon sound making and daydreaming became a part of her life.
Comparing to her last album, "Masquerade" is more intense in the way that her programming is even developed so the production is perfectly detailed while the sound keeps it's dynamics.
Another difference maybe that it's also one heck of a "listening" album as the sounds and it's effect, mixing are all simply deep and comfortable, and after the play button stops, you will realize yourself playing it over and over, as it's highly addictive. Another worth to mention is that she is teaming up once again with art director and friend YU-KA TANAKA who is in charge of the artwork and all visuals. A must!

2013年のデビュー盤で、超硬質なサウンドと鮮烈なビジュアルイメージで電子音楽リスナーに強烈なインパクトをあたえた34423の新作が遂に完成！持ち味であるハードなビートメイキングとメランコリックな艶やかさが混在する独自のサウンドをベースに、今作では更に熱量を上げ、より本能的に深化し圧倒的な説得力で訴えかける、確固たる世界観を確立した意欲作。奢ることなく常に進化し続ける彼女の、国内シーンには留まらない、世界基準ともいえるダイナミックで先端的なサウンドに陶酔せよ！

Tracklist

1.	individual	4:47

2.	ark	5:12
3.	romanesque	5:45
4.	phantasmagoric	5:22
5.	architects	5:19
6.	cosmic	3:41
7.	IL TEMPO	3:45
8.	the clap	4:16

9.	milling crowd	4:33

10.	normcore	4:14
11.	optical	6:06
12.	mortar	4:07
13.	fluctuation	5:01

Credits

released February 11, 2015

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