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Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream

The opening piece of Through the Looking Glass, named for Rousseau's last completed painting.
Midori Takada, from Through the Looking Glass (1983)

Takada told the Quietus that she made four spaces and that the first is utopia, so safe and comfortable, a warm space. The title refers to Henri Rousseau's last completed painting, The Dream, which shows Yadwigha reclining in a moonlit tropical clearing with non-threatening animals and a reed-pipe-playing figure, per Tokyo Weekender. Spectrum Culture describes simulated bird calls, ocarina, a marimba drone, bells, chimes and gongs spread across the stereo field. It is her most-played track on NTS, with more than 90 plays since 2014. A Frankfurt Mousonturm concert piece was titled for what Rousseau dreams.

Whether our upload is the 2013 unauthorized upload that passed a million views is unverified. We found no samples or covers, since WhoSampled would not load, and no track times.

Sources

  1. Sonic Spaces: an interview with Midori Takada, The Quietus
  2. Midori Takada's Through the Looking Glass on its 40th anniversary, Tokyo Weekender
  3. Midori Takada, Looking Glass, Spectrum Culture (2017-03-29)
  4. Midori Takada, NTS