Konoyo

Konoyo
Studio album by Tim Hecker
Released September 28, 2018
Studio
Genre
Length 59:06
Label Kranky
Producer Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker chronology
Love Streams
(2016)Love Streams2016		 Konoyo
(2018)
Singles from Konoyo
  1. "This Life"
    Released: July 31, 2018
  2. "Keyed Out"
    Released: September 12, 2018

Konoyo is the ninth studio album by Canadian electronic music musician Tim Hecker, released on September 28, 2018 on Kranky and Sunblind Music. A majority of the album was made from Hecker's visits to Japan, where he worked with a gagaku ensemble, Tokyo Gakuso, in Jiunzan Mandala-Temple Kanzouin on the outskirts of Tokyo.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
PopMatters[4]
Pitchfork8.5/10[5]
Exclaim9/10[6]
The Guardian4/5[7]

Konoyo received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 82, based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tim Hecker.

No.TitleLength
1."This Life"8:42
2."In Death Valley"5:36
3."Is a Rose Petal of the Dying Crimson Light"3:27
4."Keyed Out"9:46
5."In Mother Earth Phase"10:26
6."A Sodium Codec Haze"5:46
7."Across to Anoyo"15:26
Total length:59:06

Personnel

  • Mariel Roberts – cello
  • Tim Hecker – computer, electric guitar, synth, writer, producer
  • Kara-Lis Coverdale – keyboards
  • Yoshiyuki Izaki - percussion (uchimono)
  • Takuya Koketsu - woodwind (ryuteki)
  • Motonori Miura - woodwind (hichiriki)
  • Fumiya Otonashi - shō
  • Jake Viator - transfer
  • Akihiro Iizuka – engineer
  • Ben Frost – engineer
  • Toshihiko Kasai – engineer
  • Teo Schifferli – design, layout
  • Tobias Spichtig – artwork, photography

References

  1. ↑ "Tim Hecker returns to Kranky for new album, Konoyo". Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews for Konoyo by Tim Hecker". Metacritic. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "Konoyo – Tim Hecker". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Stasis, Spyros (September 24, 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo (album review)". PopMatters. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ Haver-Currin, Grayson (September 28, 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ Hayes, Bryon (September 25, 2018). "Tim Hecker Konoyo". Exclaim. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  7. ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (September 28, 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo review – Japanese forms abstracted by ambient dystopias". The Guardian. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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