The Japanese folk singer demonstrates her enchanting style and beauty in live performance, complementing her already beautiful and delicate music with its natural processing and smooth strings accompaniment.
Yeah, this already pretty much has my AOTY in the bag.
For those who don't already know, Ichiko Aoba is my second favorite artist of all time, with "Windswept Adan" and "0" in particular being personal favorites of mine, so to say that my affinity for this came as no surprise would be a massive understatement. While some may argue it takes away some of the intimacy from her music, I still can't help but feel that the ensembles of her latest recordings not only add to but ... read more
Reminded me of some very nice tunes from her.
I was cooking up some extra fancy oatmeal (I added fruits and yogurt) and this was what I was listening to. Made that session very light and relaxing. Good kicker to the morning.
My current aoty. The Ensemble adds so much texture to already great music. A refreshing listen after weeks of noise rock and experimental hip-hop.
Songwriter's chamber folk played with small orchestra on Milton Court concert. Ichiko had better moments in her discography.
https://ichikoaoba.bandcamp.com/album/ichiko-aoba-with-12-ensemble-live-at-milton-court
The beautiful simplicity of Ichiko Aoba's music translates so well into a live setting that it feels as if it was supposed to be live all along.