(CD EDITION) ASAKUSA LIGHT by SOICHI TERADA

CD Version
SKU119915
ArtistSOICHI TERADA
Title(CD EDITION) ASAKUSA LIGHT
LabelRUSH HOUR
Catalog #RHM 041 CD
Tag
ReleaseW 28 - 2022
FormatCD - EUCD
EAN Barcode3481575491368
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Tracks

  1. silent chord
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/01_silent_chord_master.mp3
  2. double spire
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/02_double_spire_master.mp3
  3. bamboo fighter
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/03_bamboo_fighter_master.mp3
  4. diving into minds
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/04_diving_into_minds_master.mp3
  5. marimbau
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/05_marimbau_master.mp3
  6. takusambient
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/06_takusambient_master.mp3
  7. soaking dry
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/07_soaking_dry_master.mp3
  8. from dusk
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/08_from_dusk_master.mp3
  9. runners
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/09_runners_master.mp3
  10. blinker (attias remix)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/10_blinker_attiasremix_master.mp3
  11. Soichi Terada & Masalo - double spire (club mix)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/11_soichi_terada_x_masalo_-_double_spire_master.mp3
  12. Soichi Terada & Masalo - diving into minds (club mix)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/12_soichi_terada_x_masalo_-_diving_into_minds_master.mp3
  13. blinker
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/13_blinker_master.mp3
  14. Epoxy Lamp
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/rhm_041_cd_asakusa_light/14._epoxy_lamp_master.mp3

Description

*CD VERSION featuring three extra tracks (an exclusive remix of 'Blinker' from Alex Attias+ club mixes of 'Double Spire' & 'Diving Into Minds' that feature Masalo on co-production).

Back in 2015, Japanese deep house pioneer Soichi Terada stepped back into the limelight courtesy of Sounds From The Far East, a Rush Hour-released, Hunee curated retrospective of material released on his Far East Recording label in the 1990s and early 2000s. Buoyed by the positive response and renewed interest in his work, Terada went back into studio to record his first new album of house music for over 25 years, Asakusa Light.

Developed over 18 months, Terada tried to recreate the mental and physical processes that led to the creation of his acclaimed earlier work. Those familiar with Terada’s celebrated, dancefloor-focused sound of the 1990s – a vibrant, atmospheric, and emotive take on deep house powered by the twin attractions of groove and melody – will find much to enjoy on Asakusa Light.

“I tried to recall my feelings 30 years ago, but when I tried it, I found it super difficult,” he explains. “I didn’t even know what I thought about myself five years ago, and the mental metabolic cycle seems to be faster than I thought. I tried different methods, including digging up my old MIDI data and composing by remembering old experiences. With the help of Rush Hour, I found some of the light from my heart that I had 30 years ago. I nicknamed the light I found in my heart, ‘Asakusa Light’.”

Produced using the very same synthesizers and drum machines that powered his 1990s work, the album is a joyous, colourful and life-affirming collection of timeless house music that not only recalls Terada’s own impeccable back catalogue, but also that of similarly celebrated contemporaries such as the Burrell Brothers or Ben Cenac (Dream 2 Science, Sha-Lor).

Terada, who has spent much of the last two decades writing video game music, has always had a gift for combining warm, undulating synthesizer basslines and perfectly programmed machine drums with stirring chords, smile-inducing melodies and mellow musical flourishes. It’s this immersive, sun-kissed and tuneful trademark style that takes centre stage on Asakusa Light, an album for the ages.

The set begins with the alien-sounding chords, soft-touch percussion and dawn-friendly warmth of ‘Silent Chord’ and ends on a high via the bouncing string stabs, starlight chords and thickset grooves of ‘Blinker’; in between, you’ll find a deluge of effortlessly feelgood music that’s the aural equivalent of a dopamine rush at sunrise.

There are subtle variations aplenty throughout the album – see the 8-bit lead lines and pulsing electronic textures of ‘Takusambient’, the vintage Tony Humphries flex of ‘Diving Into Minds’ and the effortlessly funky ‘Marimbau’ – but it’s the uniquely atmospheric, vivid and tactile nature of Terada’s loved-up sound that resonates. After well over 30 years in house music, the light in his heart is shining brighter than ever.

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