Ambient Punks - Seasons EP (2020) EN

Ambient Punks is a duo of Japanese artists Taro Shimanouchi and Masatomo "Vari" Komakine. Their new EP makes a wonderful mixture of electronic ambient and neoclassicism.

Their catch phrase undoubtedly explains the project's name: "Ambient Music + Punks Attitude". Great idea, although personally, I don't see it much in their music. The February EP includes obviously four tracks, each devoted to one of the seasons. Each of them draws from both piano compositions and ambient electronics in the backgrounds. Sometimes it's media-sourced samples (Haru, Japanese for spring), sometimes unnerving buzz (Summer Daze). This mixture bes sounds probably in Autumn Steps, in which the piano somewhat responds to the looped samples in the ambiance.

Seasons costs 5 EUR (500 JPY).

Check: Autumn Steps

Country: Japan

Genre: neoclassical ambient

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