With the foundation laid from 2024's celebrated debut EP1, rush2theUnknown return to Diskotopia with the "Yugawara" EP.
Born from a journey out of Tokyo to the seaside town of Yugawara in the northeastern end of Izu Peninsula, the EP channels the energy, spirit and mathematically impossible coincidences that seem to come with each adventure the duo has in that part of Japan. Each morning the duo would leave their makeshift studio and wander across the hills of Yugawara. Be it a random encounter, a conversation or mental picture sparked by the visual scenery before them, new tracks came to life each day. As with their Diskotopia debut, each EP is a mix of the myriad influences the duo have accumulated since their teenage years living on outer ends of the Pacific Ocean.
From the technicolour aqua-jungle of "View From Fuua" which bursts with Logical Progression era Good Looking Records exo-planet optimism, through to the EPs closer, "Zuio-ji" a track that owes as much of a debt to the ancient Japanese court music of gagaku, as it does the 1960s soundtrack work of composer Toru Takemitsu and the jidaigeki infused breakbeat experiments of a mid 90s Rupert Parkes. Shades, tones and hues plucked from CD-ROM era "Visual Scenes" 80s CM Music and the techno-animism of synth-heavy anime soundtracks can be found on the EPs more VGM-leaning excursions "光のトンネル" and "夜明けの真鶴岬" whereas tracks like "Physical Reality" continue the question posed on their debut:What would a breakbeat tradition look and sound like, had it been forged a billion light years away?
Played on his radio show - Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6 Music
really like the sound design and vibe here - Joakim Tigersushi
View From Fuua. Love the washes of melodies in that one. It’s like cascading waterfalls of lush chords! - Machinedrum Ninja Tune (Los Angeles, US)
Fantastic again! 光のトンネル is so lush ???? all of the tracks are. - DJ Flight Play:Musik (London, UK)
Happy to report that Zuio-ji is slotting nicely into my sets! - Gyrofield XL Recordings / Metalheadz (Bristol, UK)
Loving this stuff. Keep it coming! - dBridge Exit Recordings (London, UK)
Sick, love it. - Addison Groove Swamp 81/ Tectonic
Really good stuff! Somewhere between YMO and Jacobs Optical Stairway. - Kabuki Neuklang / Exit (Frankfurt, Germany)
“Wow I love the Physical Reality track - perfect for travels through China right now! Also just very crispy sounding - thank you!” - Anastassia Kristensen Houndstooth (Copenhagen, Germany)
This is fire ???? super smooth, mixing and mastering is on point!” - Submerse Future Retro (Tokyo, Japan)
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