Written by Daniela Patrizi
I usually listen to music at work and when I was playing Diana Yukawa a colleague of mine entered into my office saying: Hey, what is this? This music is wonderful! And of course I cannot disagree!
Diana Yukawa is a Japanese solo violinist and songwriter. This is the common definition under her name but she is a lot more indeed. Her music is revolutionary taking the best from the classical sound of the violin and making a marriage with the most advanced electronic. The outcome is something that Diana Yukawa herself defines “Electronic-Classical-Triphop”. Finding The Parallel was released March 18th and is her first EP after three solo albums.
She inspires with her music and this is also the case of her last EP Finding The Parallel composed of three great tracks with an extraordinarily long lasting emotion despite the fact the sound journey totals only 13 minutes.
The opening track ‘My Way Home’ introduces the first element of innovation: it starts slowly and after a few seconds an awesome violin dominates the scene with a piano beat. After a while this duo is accompanied with an electronic arrangement and the rhythm gradually rises achieving a peak and then falls down again leaving the listener in the grip of an emotion whirlwind.
‘Juno’ is the second track of the EP and it starts leading me to think of a scene of a horror movie. You don’t know what is going to happen until a sophisticated violin underpinned by a leaden bass appears and the scene changes completely. The listener is put into an energetic and stylish environment. The end is absolutely electronic.
‘City of Shadows’ is the last song of the EP and is also my favorite one from this album. It is simply beautiful. The combination of strings and piano is triumphant, it’s a work of significant depth, fresh and absolutely lush. With Finding The Parallel Diana Yukawa proves to be really talented and an innovator.
The performance is exciting, the music essential. The best 13 minutes you can enjoy!
