Label: Blackest Rainbow – BRR183
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 2011
Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Rock
Style: Experimental, Folk
Introverted psychedelic dream-folk from outsider musician Aritomo - a hidden riddle waiting to be solved.
Aritomo is an artist from Japan we’ve been pursuing for some time. For close to 20 years he’s been slowly releasing music his own music (and occasionally other’s) via his private Hakanairo label. It’s beautifully in-ward gazing, softly psychedelic, iridescent and exposed - often just the rich tones of acoustic guitar, delicate spindly finger picking and occasional flute support. His detached, droning vocals give a middle-distance gaze, caught somewhere between Vini Reilly and equally mysterious Japanese artist Daisuke Tobari or even that insane Mickeranno record. It’s often daunting and overwhelming to get to grips with a new artist when a big block of work is discovered - we’re still unraveling ourselves, trying to understand his stripped-bare beginnings to the later Latin-infused sound. Refreshing to know there’s still musical mysteries out there waiting to be understood, whilst the hand-made and beautifully adorned sleeves of each of the records feels like an invitation into an artist’s private world. Dive in. (Mint / New)
TRACKLIST
A1 The Forgotten Pressed Flower
A2 Compressed Light
A3 Raining
A4 The Girl With Withered Legs
A5 The Circular Flower
B1 The Leaning Tower
B2 Underground Lake
B3 Town That Copied Constellations
B4 Hand In Hand With The Sky
B5 Staring
