“Tim Hecker remains a master of his craft”
“The follow-up to last year’s Konoyo—recorded, like its predecessor, with a Japanese gagaku ensemble—functions as a counterbalance to that album: a kind of photo negative, more subdued but no less overwhelming.”
“I like Tim Hecker’s music a lot, but there’s traditionally been a mile between his press releases and the music itself. Who among us could accurately guess the ideas behind Ravedeath, 1972 or Love Streams by the music alone? I feel that duality only really got reconciled on Konoyo, which introduced Japanese gagaku music to Hecker’s repertoire. The result was an incredible blend of churning electr”
