______________________________________________________________________2oo5__ brought to you by _ _|_ _ ._ _ _| / ._ / _ ._ _. _ _ _| _> |_ (_) | | (/_ (_| | | _> |_) (_| (_ (/_ (_| | ____________________________________________________________________________ artist > yuko nexus6 album > journal de tokyo year > 2002 label > sonore genre > avantgarde quality > lame --alt-preset standard ____________________________________________________________________________ 01 journal de tokyo 1 02 voici le temps de lecture 03 j'aime beaucoup ta cassette 1 04 journal de tokyo 2 05 phonographe 1 06 j'adore la boucle 1 07 berlin 1936 08 mes voisins jouent de la musique 09 linguaphone 10 j'aime la radio 11 phonographe 2 12 avec hose 13 j'adore la boucle 2 14 test tone 15 phonographe 3 16 j'aime beaucoup la cassette 2 17 frequencies 18 la nuit la pluie 19 zinaida 20 j'adore la boucle 3 21 un imbecile voyage en train 1 22 un imbecile voyage en train 2 23 encore une fois 24 hidden track total time: 52m 36s ____________________________________________________________________________ journal de tokyo is an inclusive album because of the nature of its construction. based loosely around fragments of writing by the japanese author hyakken uchida -- whose works are read at intervals in japanese and french by nexus6 and her compatriot matriko tajiri -- this album is best heard, as yuko herself describes it in the liner notes, as "not only a cd but a cassette tape." like taping directly from the radio, disparate fragments coalesce and sit uneasily next to each other, creating often jarring transitions and moments where everything, against all odds, comes together. nexus6 constructed this entire album on tape, and it shows -- the sounds of rewinding, stopping, and tape unfurling are all over this record. http://www.sonore.com/ ____________________________________________________________________________ enjoy the music, support artists you like!