artist: MASAHIKO OKURA, GÜNTER MÜLLER & AMI YOSHIDA
title: Tanker
label: For4Ears
country: Switzerland
format: CD
title: Tanker
label: For4Ears
country: Switzerland
format: CD
Masahiko Okura: alto sax, tubes
Günter Müller: iPod, electronics
Ami Yoshida: voice
"...The remaining tracks were constructed by Müller himself, as he assembled different
materials sent by his companions while adding new studio soundfiles. If possible, the
results are even more impressive. Yoshida's unbelievable throat-splitting harmonics find
a comfortable nest, so to speak, in the rational randomness of Müller and Okura's
undercurrents; overall, these studio creations figure as a chain of collective rituals made
of scattered reflections and sudden decencies, the musicians nurturing a gradual
sameness which is the thermometer of an increasing compaction between their three
outstanding personalities; all the more incredible, considering how these improvisations
never happened in reality. This coherence of intents is the best ingredient in the
well-dressed electroacoustic plate which is Tanker, certainly one of the best For4Ears
releases so far." (Massimo Ricci - Touching Extremes)
"This trio release on Günter Müller's label is a wonderful piece of work, and would make
a reasonable point of entry for anyone unfamiliar with this area of improv."
(Clive Bell - The Wire)
Günter Müller: iPod, electronics
Ami Yoshida: voice
"...The remaining tracks were constructed by Müller himself, as he assembled different
materials sent by his companions while adding new studio soundfiles. If possible, the
results are even more impressive. Yoshida's unbelievable throat-splitting harmonics find
a comfortable nest, so to speak, in the rational randomness of Müller and Okura's
undercurrents; overall, these studio creations figure as a chain of collective rituals made
of scattered reflections and sudden decencies, the musicians nurturing a gradual
sameness which is the thermometer of an increasing compaction between their three
outstanding personalities; all the more incredible, considering how these improvisations
never happened in reality. This coherence of intents is the best ingredient in the
well-dressed electroacoustic plate which is Tanker, certainly one of the best For4Ears
releases so far." (Massimo Ricci - Touching Extremes)
"This trio release on Günter Müller's label is a wonderful piece of work, and would make
a reasonable point of entry for anyone unfamiliar with this area of improv."
(Clive Bell - The Wire)