Description
2021, 12″ LP, Métron Records.
Yumiko Morioka helmed a group of diverse street musicians and semi-professional players in 1989 for a project that eventually became the Synergetic Voice Orchestra. It is influenced by a wide array of cultures and sounds from India, Ethiopia, Mali, Korea and China as well as thew traditional sounds of her native Japanese city of Okinawa. Yumiko is a classically taught musician herself and was told there were no restrictions for this record. The results are beguiling for sure, with DIY percussive sounds, plenty of Eastern flutes, synth bass lines, experimental rhythms and organic sound sources that make it as barmy as it is brilliant. – Juno