YOSHIO IKEDA QUINTET - Sketch Of My Life LP Death Punk Harmonies bloom with granular detail

Harmonies bloom with granular detail and contrary to their machine sources are able to convey emotion

as ambitious in scope as the Polaris Prize-winning The Chemistry of Common Life or 2014’s criminally underrated Glass Boys

Linernotes und Beiblatt

limited to 2000 copies

are piano-led pieces

YOSHIO IKEDA QUINTET - Sketch Of My Life LP Death Punk Harmonies bloom with granular detailThe first ever reissue of the debut album by Japanese jazz legend and bassist Yoshio Ikeda. Having performed with such illustrious figures as Sadao Watanabe, Masabumi Kikuchi, and Terumasa Hino, Ikedas first album as a leader features pianist and vocalist Ichiko Hashimoto also known for her involvement with Yellow Magic Orchestra Berlin based jazz pianist Aki Takase, and leading Japanese drummer Motohiko Hino. Avant garde yet imbued with a distinctly