Reading the bio of Masaki Hosotani the first evident thing coming up is his passion for music. He is, for the uninitiated, a rather special composer. Just to mention something: main member of the band Miso Soup, music composer with commissions for international famous brands, soundtracks for TV programs, advertising, art exhibitions and several other commercial projects, and music producer with the project Just Becoming. I suppose this is enough to agree with me and I do believe he will put his hands on other music projects in the future.
Breakfast At The Twilight is Masaki Hosotani's debut album as solo artist and it is going to be released next April 19th, by Post Rock label Oxide Tones.
'Breakfast at the Twilight', as the album title, is the first of the 9 tracks on this album. The song starts with soft guitars, clusters of notes gradually coalesce and dissolve around a dominant sound that slowly moves into a Japanese sound.
If u are Japanese (as Masaki Hosotani) it is not difficult to think about this kind of sound but for sure realizing it in this terrific way is not so easy! Within a few seconds the listener finds himself in one of the most beautiful prints of Hiroshige. He is now along a route experiencing the beauty of cherry blossoms in a landscape full of colors with a dominant one: 'Pink Sky Light'. This is the second track and also my favorite where guitar-driven melodies, delays and reverbs give an atmospheric sound and a really original rhythm that characterizes the entire album. And 'Sketch of Dream Shadow vers. 1' seems a continuum of the second track.
Each song of Hosotani starts slow blossoming then into an extraordinary piece: 'A Smaller Letter With Her Favorite Tin Can' in particular is hypnotic, spacey, deep, rich, emotive with significant ambient qualities. Spring arrives with 'Flower, Mirror, Puddle, Sunshine' where a gentle guitar dance gently evaporates into a simply amazing track, and perfectly named.
The two-minutes guitar joke of the 'Sketch of Dream Shadow vers. 2' lead intoone of the last tracks, named 'In One Colour', that sits comfortably on appoint where ambient, electronic sounds and guitars notes gently merge 'In One Colour' that is the colour of the 'Pink Sky Light'!
