Shinichi Atobe Silent Way

• Shinichi Atobe – Rain 1

• 1. Intro 6.1
• 2. Phase 2
• 3. TRNS
• 4. Blurred
• 5. Aquarius
• 6. Durability
• 7. Rain 1
• 8. Syndrone
• 9. Fractual
• 10. Defect

Now an international electronica star, Saitama, Japan's Shinichi Atobe again supplies radical new beat technologies on Silent Way, sure to cause a stir, since it arrives nearly two decades on from his enigmatic debut through Berlin dub advisors Chain Reaction. Then came 2014's 'Butterfly Effect', where perhaps that record's wing-flaps caused this one's cyclone: though if storm warnings are to feature in the shipping forecast, this can only be the fan reaction. The music is, by contrast, characteristically subdued and easy-does-it, perfect relaxant sheeting for the coming spring; glistering bell chimes and solvent hip-hop basslines max out the mix, drifting fumously through patient urb-ambient styles, from 'Fractual' to 'Aquarius', greenery covering the scenery.