: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Kazu : Album.......: Adult Baby : : Label.......: Adult Baby Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Electronic : Catnr.......: CD146 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-08-10 Str.date....: 2019-09-13 Quality.....: 244kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.adultbabyrecords.com/ ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Salty 5:07 2. Come Behind Me, So Good! 4:04 3. Meo 5:21 4. Adult Baby 5:26 5. Place Of Birth 1:53 6. Name And Age 3:29 7. Unsure In Waves 5:26 8. Undo 5:44 9. Coyote 5:18 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 41:48 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 76.59 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: Kazu MakinoÆs voice always served as ethereal counterpoint to :, : Blonde RedheadÆs musicùif they were a gut punch, she was a gust : :' of wind. Gradually, over the years, the group followed her ': ,: lead, shedding the thick, serrated dissonance of its early :, : records as though molting a buzzsaw cocoon. Five years since : :' Barragan, the bandÆs last and presumably final album, Adult ': ,: Baby marks MakinoÆs solo debut, and on it she sounds practically :, : disembodied. : :' ': ,: ItÆs an intriguing new direction for both her voice and her :, : songwriting. The viscous drip of the guitars, the electronic : :' exoskeleton of Blonde RedheadÆs last few albumsùall of it is ': ,: gone, replaced by layers of MakinoÆs breathy head voice. She :, : dissolves together gasps, wordless cries, and half-intelligible : :' sung phrases in a cottony swirl of synthesizers, gongs, flute, ': ,: strings, and other diaphanous textures. :, : : :' She has assembled a formidable ensemble: Ryuichi Sakamoto ': ,: appears on five songs, credited with piano, field recordings, :, : and ôorganic instruments,ö though youÆd never necessarily know : :' he was there; by design, his contributions are inextricable ': ,: from the whole. Her drummers play more forceful roles: Ian Chang :, : (Body Language, Son Lux) is an anchoring presence on several : :' songs, his pointed attack a muscular counterpoint to the ': ,: musicÆs flyaway textures. The Brazilian percussionist Mauro :, : Refocso (Atoms for Peace, Forr≤ in the Dark) lays down : :' flickering figures on ôSaltyö and ôCoyote,ö his touch ': ,: featherweight and diamond-tipped. And on ôUndo,ö Deerhoof :, : drummer Greg SaunierÆs spacious, exacting drumbeats punctuate : :' cloudy keys and a distant, almost inaudible shriek that brings ': ,: to mind Portishead. :, : : :' At its best, Adult Baby is a drowsy delight, swaying lazily in ': ,: waltz tempo. The foggy sonics are suffused in Lynchian mystery, :, : while Ian Mclellan DavisÆ lush string arrangements lend a sense : :' of Old Hollywood grandeur. But the album can also be ': ,: frustratingly opaque. MakinoÆs lyrics, when they can be made out :, : at all, donÆt hold up under scrutiny. Stream-of-conscious and : :' relatively prosaic, they read like diary entries, serving ': ,: mainly as springboards for her to explore the outer reaches of :, : her range. And it can be difficult to tell the albumÆs nine : :' tracks apart from one another, or even tease apart the elements ': ,: of a given song. The mix is hazy and abstracted, everything :, : quieter than everything else. : :' ': ,: But that seems like precisely what Makino and her collaborators :, : intend. Adult Baby works best with the volume turned up, a soft : :' mattress beneath you, all distractions on hold. And even though ': ,: the music often resists forming into anything as solid as a :, : hook, MakinoÆs vaporous melodies have a way of creeping up on : :' you long after the record has stopped spinning; they have a ': ,: sneaky tenacity, like a dream you canÆt shake, even if you canÆt :, : quite remember its particulars. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/