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Kyoka balances light and dark on "Smash/Hush"

  • March 6, 2016
  • Mike Waite
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Japanese experimentalist Kyoka returns March 25 with a new four-track EP, SH, out on the eclectic Berlin-based label, Raster-Noton.  Her sound is in the same vein as artists like Lotic and Fatima al Qadiri, full of off-kilter beat patterns and industrial-strength menace.  "Smash/Hush" is the first glimpse of the EP, a malevolent track that doesn't quite explode at any point, but isn't too heavy on the hush either.  With numerous layers all jockeying for position like shifting tectonic plates, "Smash/Hush" lies quivering on the edge of a sonic abyss.  Check it out below.

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I received my degree in English from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, and Virginia is still home. Apart from my yearly pilgrimage to Moogfest and occasional shows in DC, Detroit, and New York, I like to stick to the fringes, with an eye always open toward music that is forward-thinking and unique, whatever the genre.

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