Midori Hirano – Otonoma (CD)
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Thrill Jockey has long championed composers who refuse easy categorization, and Hirano fits that tradition perfectly. Trained in classical piano in Japan before relocating to Berlin, she brings a rigorous compositional sensibility to electronic music that feels rare and genuinely earned. *Otonoma* arrives as one of her most focused statements yet, ten pieces that reward patient listening the way only music built on deep craft can.
The artistry of Midori Hirano lives in the resonance between sonic and visual worlds. Over her distinguished career the Berlin-based, Kyoto- born composer, pianist, and synthesist has crafted a distinctive voice straddling the spheres of classical music and harmonies with abstraction and invention. In addition to works under her own name, Hirano has released dynamic experiments under her MimiCof moniker as well as composed for film, television, art exhibitions and architectural expos. Hirano has also been a prolific collaborator, working with CoH, Brueder Selke, Nils Mosh, Teodor Wolgers, Ben Lukas Boysen & Paul Emmerich, SPECIMENS, Mami Sakurai, Atsuko Hatano, and more, contributing to dozens of releases. Hirano is acclaimed for crafting emotive works that stimulate all the senses with impressionism, or painting with sound. OTONOMA is the culmination of her work synthesizing these elements and highlights her acumen as a practiced and intuitive artist. The album infuses Hirano's more classical sense of harmony on the piano with the endless textural possibilities of synthesizers. Like nebulas coalescing into galaxies, the pieces of OTONOMA emanate hues dense with subtle layers of color folded into gradients, arresting and radiant.
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UPC: 790377064322
Label: Thrill Jockey
Release Date: 2.20.26
Format: CD