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Masana Temples

The fourth album, made in Lisbon with a jazz producer.
Kikagaku Moyo, 2018

The band sought a producer from a very different background and traveled to Lisbon, after members had spread out across Japan and Amsterdam. Bruno Pernadas produced, Tiago De Sousa mixed and mastered, and Phannapast Taychamaythakool made the artwork. Bandcamp credits Ryu with writing "Entrance", Go with "Dripping Sun", "Nana", "Orange Peel" and "Blanket Song", and Tomo with "Fluffy Kosmisch". Tim Russell at God Is in the TV called it the band's most focused and cohesive record to date, noting a restrained mix in which the bass throbs tangibly.

Track listing

  1. Entrance2:26
  2. Dripping Sun7:50
  3. Nazo Nazo3:07
  4. Fluffy Kosmisch3:40
  5. Majupose4:01
  6. Nana3:13
  7. Orange Peel4:27
  8. Amayadori1:35
  9. Gatherings6:40
  10. Blanket Song3:11

Sources

  1. Masana Temples, Bandcamp
  2. Kikagaku Moyo, Masana Temples, God Is in the TV (2018-09-20)
  3. Kikagaku Moyo's Dripping Sun, NPR via WBGO (2018-08-27)