{"product_id":"meitei-kofu-ii","title":"Meitei – Kofū II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeitei’s 2020 album \u003cem\u003eKofū \u003c\/em\u003ewas the bold bookend to an expedition, where sounds were first navigated and then subverted in 2018’s \u003cem\u003eKwaidan\u003c\/em\u003e and 2019’s \u003cem\u003eKomachi\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll three albums were Meitei’s attempt at immersive storytelling, reimagining moments of Japanese history he felt were being washed away – not least by the unforgiving sands of time – through wistful compositions that stretched across ambient music, hauntology, and musique concrete. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen it came to finalizing \u003cem\u003eKofū\u003c\/em\u003e, Meitei found he was left with over 60 fully realized tracks, bursting with ideas that fired in divergent, curious directions. Meitei was content with the 13 tracks he had selected. But when it came time to begin his next album, he found that it had been sitting in front of him all along. He realized his work wasn’t over yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeitei sounds right at home celebrating the past he first reimagined in his previous work. The merriment is palpable in its first two tracks of \u003cem\u003eKofū II \u003c\/em\u003e– a loop of cheery whistling amidst the clanking of wood leads into strings, cricket sounds and flutes, all united in bustling harmony. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Happyaku-yachō' is where it comes into focus. Pitch-shifted vocal samples roam around in the crowded sonic field. “My image of this music is that it expresses the vibrant mood of Edo's merchant culture,” says Meitei, “where old Japanese dwellings were densely packed together in a vast expanse of land.” The affair becomes bittersweet as the track leads into the desolate 'Kaworu', a compositional piece lifted from his 'Komachi' sessions – a final requiem to his late grandmother. — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7pWhkwLglyr3he6crAv1gJ?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Kitchen. Label\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2022\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Folk, World, \u0026amp; Country\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Japanese Electronic\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kitchen. Label","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456725655710,"sku":"KI-032LP","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/KOF.jpg?v=1646295669","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/meitei-kofu-ii","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}