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Maebashi
Hannah Pezzack
, May 10th, 2021 08:26
Under his new alias, Suemori, Hoshina Anniversary navigates the cultural iconography of Japan, synthesising traditional instruments into a haunting electronic format, finds Hannah Pezzack
On previous releases for YOUTH and Alien Jams, Hoshina Anniversary has charted his way through the classic sound of late 80s Japanese new wave, fused with fizzling acid and jazz-syncopated melodies.
Maebashi expands upon the ground he’s laid, spinning off psychoactively into more experimental terrain, recalling the sonic-futurism of producers like Pedr Mannerfelt or Sockethead.
The album navigates its way through the cultural iconography of Japan – bonsai trees, traditional food like kaminari okoshi and obanzai, as well as the cityscapes of the Gunma Prefecture – all laden with murky, hallucinogenic resonance. The new moniker, “Suemori,” was dreamt up in collaboration with Osàre! Editions label boss, Elena Colombi. An inheritance from