“In early 1999, Nobukazu Takemura, recording as Child's View, quietly made his U.S. debut with the release of *Funfair*. Later that year, Thrill Jockey released the more abstract and difficult *Scope*, and, for better or worse, all the root ideas of the many, many Takemura records that followed can be found in these two albums. Listening to *Funfair* upon its reissue and having absorbed *Hoshi No K”
