(YkYk 019) Maps And Diagrams - The Giant Woods

Maps And Diagrams - The Giant Woods
Label: Yuki Yaki
Catalog#: YkYk019
Format: 9 x File, MP3, 320 kbps
Country: Germany
Released: 12 Dec 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Ambient
Credits: Photography - Tim Martin

It started out as a 4 track EP-isode and has finally grown into a fully-fledged album.
Maps And Diagrams' latest strike on classical electronica is also his first release on Yuki Yaki, which marks a little beatless respite after a number of more rhythmic outputs recently. Warmly droning ambient-textures with plenty of endless space echo, like in the good old days, dominate the album.
Melancholy, contemplation and calm prevail - nicely wrapped in mysteriously shining soundscapes with a kiss of lo-fi noise. "The Giant Woods" seems to be rather predestined for the dark Winter days to come. original coverphoto by Tim Martin
 
Tracklist:
1 Duplicate 4:05
2 Eleemosyn 5:39
3 Gauche 3:34
4 Last Train Home 6:46
5 Navel 4:50
6 Savannakhet 5:42
7 Shuffel 6:20
8 Spirals 5:07
9 The World And You 5:44


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(YkYk 018) Various - Selfmade

Various - Selfmade
Label: Yuki Yaki
Catalog#: YkYk018
Format: 11 x File, MP3, Compilation, 320 kbps
Country: Germany
Released: 11 Nov 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Dub, IDM, Experimental, Dub Techno, Abstract, Minimal

Yuki Yaki's 4th anniversary - four years, three peoples, two cities, one idea. 

Tracklist:
1 '82nd Ave - Heavyweight 2:50
2 Dimitar Dodovski - Particle System 5:57
3 Humeka - Cycle Cycle 3:17
4 Absolute Time - Aristotle 5:24
5 Scaff - Jacke Wie Hose 5:05
6 Stuub - Loow Ered 5:40
7 Josif - A.D.D 5:11
8 Zzzzra - Sans Foi Ni Loi 7:12
9 Glander - Woolen Thoughts 9:12
10 Emmerichk - Teseracto 8:46
11 choenyi - The International Room 5:24

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(YkYk 017) sgnl_fltr - Mtnada_ep

sgnl_fltr - Mtnada_ep
Label: Yuki Yaki
Catalog#: YkYk017
Format: 4 x File, MP3, EP, 256 kbps
Country: German
Released: 29 Jul 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Abstract, IDM, Minimal
Credits: Photography - Nils Clauss

'The tracks are the result of a certain mood, idle hands and an empty head - and this is probably reflected in them' states Danish producer Danny Kreutzfeldt about his first EP for YukiYaki. Perfectly right!
This Electronicaesque composed of fine cut Ambient sound imagery and IDM and Minimal House grooves does not require a huge philosophical backdrop behind each and every sonic transient. Under typical music-industrial circumstances four gloomy tracks named after Mesopotamian deities might have conjured up a lot of interpretations. But in this case we may just let the pictures arise in our audio-visual cortex without too much higher brain activity.
Though there is still some space for a little bit of brain juggling. For Danny himself 'Mount Nada' - as the EP’s title is pronounced correctly - plays with a little paradox: What exactly is a 'Mountain Of Nothing'?

original coverphoto by Nils Clauss
The cover is part of the Nils Clauss ShowCase on Yuki Yaki.

Tracklisting:
1 Enki (4:39)
2 Inanna (4:48)
3 Aruru (4:51)
4 Marduk (3:44)

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