In the Fried Archives: Yasuaki Shimizu
From 2022: Falling for Albert Ayler, Bach in Space, Cricket Sine Waves, Intense Mucking About, and the Things our Bodies Remember
Where was I when the rumbling drums and bittersweet ache of “Shinzo No Tobira” first overwhelmed the senses? It had to be a DJ mix, or perhaps maybe Lexx’s entry in the Originals series. Every time I would hear it, I would be flummoxed all over again, the words so tactile yet slippery, the rhythms pounding but the melody so poignant. It was even hard to…
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