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Tamayurakurage is a very interesting project from Japan. I use the word interesting because since its inception, he has released a ton of music! Honestly, I stopped counting all of the albums on his Bandcamp page once I hit 100 and I wasn't a quarter of the way down the page. Most albums are only one track but every one that I clicked on was in between 40-60 minutes. The amount of albums is quite impressive but I believe in quality over quantity and I think Tamayurakurage suffers from that.
Fukushima Hiroshima is representative of the Fukushima power plant meltdown that happened in 2011 where 3 of the 6 reactors at the Fukushima power plant overheated and released radioactive materials into the ground and air. With a concept like that behind the music, you have so much room to grow, taking the music anywhere you want. The concept I see working the best would have been the story of the events that caused the meltdown, the meltdown itself, and the aftermath. A story behind the music would have really empowered the music and could have drawn out so much emotion from the listener. Unfortunately, Fukushima Hiroshima is very unappealing and repetitive. There is almost no differentiation of sound in the 40 some odd minutes that the release contains. It is the same sound swelling each and every time at almost the exact same pitch. The background sound does change a bit, but nothing to where it makes for an incredibly lasting impression. Frankly, this release sounds a bit lazy. While I respect all individuals that make any sort of music, there wasn't very much thought added into this piece of it, as it sounds like it is the same thing over and over.
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