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Konoyo
Konoyo is the ninth studio album by Canadian electronic music musician Tim Hecker, released on September 28, 2018 on Kranky and Sunblind Music. A majority of the album was made from Hecker's visits to Japan, where he worked with a gagaku ensemble, Tokyo Gakuso, in Jiunzan Mandala-Temple Kanzouin on the outskirts of Tokyo.[2]
| Konoyo | ||||
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| Released | September 28, 2018 | |||
| Studio | Various
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| Length | 59:06 | |||
| Label | Kranky | |||
| Producer | Tim Hecker | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 82/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [5] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[6] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| Mojo | [9] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10[10] |
| PopMatters | 9/10[11] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.2/5[12] |
| Rolling Stone | [13] |
| Uncut | 7/10[14] |
Konoyo received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 82, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[4]
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crack Magazine | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 26 | |
| Gaffa | Top 30 Albums of 2018 | 13 | |
| The 405 | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 6 | |
| PopMatters | Top 70 Albums of 2018 | 28 | |
| PopMatters | Top 20 Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018 | 4 | |
| Sputnikmusic | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 7 | |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 21 |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tim Hecker.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "This Life" | 8:42 |
| 2. | "In Death Valley" | 5:36 |
| 3. | "Is a Rose Petal of the Dying Crimson Light" | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Keyed Out" | 9:46 |
| 5. | "In Mother Earth Phase" | 10:26 |
| 6. | "A Sodium Codec Haze" | 5:46 |
| 7. | "Across to Anoyo" | 15:26 |
| Total length: | 59:06 | |
Notes
- All tracks are stylized in sentence case, except for "In Death Valley" and "Across to Anoyo". For example, "This Life" is stylized as "This life".
Personnel
- Mariel Roberts – cello
- Tim Hecker – computer, electric guitar, synth, writer, producer
- Kara-Lis Coverdale – keyboards
- Yoshiyuki Izaki - percussion (uchimono)
- Takuya Koketsu - woodwind (ryuteki)
- Motonori Miura - woodwind (hichiriki)
- Fumiya Otonashi - shō
- Jake Viator - transfer
- Akihiro Iizuka – engineer
- Ben Frost – engineer
- Toshihiko Kasai – engineer
- Teo Schifferli – design, layout
- Tobias Spichtig – artwork, photography
References
- ^ Carr, Paul (December 7, 2018). "The 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2018". PopMatters. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- ^ "Tim Hecker returns to Kranky for new album, Konoyo". Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ "Konoyo by Tim Hecker reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ a b "Konoyo by Tim Hecker Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ Simpson, Paul. "Konoyo – Tim Hecker". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ Bland, Benjamin (October 1, 2018). . Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on September 11, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ Hayes, Bryon (September 25, 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (September 28, 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo review – Japanese forms abstracted by ambient dystopias". The Guardian. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ Chick, Stevie (December 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo". Mojo (301): 93.
- ^ Haver-Currin, Grayson (September 28, 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ Stasis, Spyros (September 24, 2018). "Tim Hecker Explores the Negative Space with 'Konoyo'". PopMatters. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ Beta, Andy (September 26, 2018). "Tim Hecker – Konoyo". Resident Advisor. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (September 28, 2018). "Review: Tim Hecker's 'Konoyo' Turns Japanese Woodwinds Into Powerful Ambient". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ Robinson, John (November 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo". Uncut (258): 30.
- ^ "The Top 50 Albums of 2018". Crackmagazine.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ "Redaktionens Val" [Editors' Choice]. Gaffa. Århus: Gaffa A/S. December 2018. p. 38. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ . Thefourohfive.com. December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ "The 70 Best Albums of 2018". PopMatters.com. December 20, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ Harrison, Noah; Fitzgerald, Colin (December 17, 2018). "The 20 Best Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018". PopMatters.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ Spencer, Trey (December 19, 2018). "Staff's Top 50 Albums of 2018". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ "Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018". Tinymixtapes.com. December 17, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2019.