Kuniyuki Takahashi

𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙦 𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙆𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙮𝙪𝙠𝙞 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝘾𝙈 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙏𝙤𝙠𝙮𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙧.

‘Open Window’ frames multifaceted musician Kuniyuki at his wistfully charming best in two parts influenced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Terre Thaemlitz works. The longer title piece unfurls a graceful 13 minute arc from serene keys sprinkled with electronic stardust to more opulent harmonic layers of pillowy synth pads harking to 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’-era Sakamoto, while a shorter ‘Tobira’ luxuriates in a widescreen play of horns, synth, and chimes on the cusp of new age, contemporary classical, and ambient jazz, shades away from Arve Henriksen.