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AUS - Curveland
Moteer
CD // £9.99
HOME LISTENING / MODERN CLASSICAL / AMBIENT
Released: Feb 2007
Catalogue Number: MOTEER 009CD

The music weaved by 23 year old Yasuhiko Fukuzono, aka Aus, is a tender balm for the ears that can readily be compared to the likes of Angelo Badalamenti and Piana without becoming overshadowed or belittled. Opening through the muted glow of 'Lied', Aus allows a rustle of glitch edits to snowfall atop the swelling soundscape and John Carpenter-referencing melody, creating a piece of music that seems almost too fragile to exist but is there in resplendent beauty nonetheless. Attracting adjectives like moths to a summer flame, tracks such as 'Mayonaka no Sukima' and 'Curve' temper their watercolour theatrics with the honey-drenched vocals of Cokiyu - wherein the aural ties to Piana are most pronounced and difficult to dispute. Yet where this could seem little more than well intentioned plagiarism, Fukuzono's talent and scope goes well beyond the call of duty - crafting bijou compositions from the most reduced palate imaginable. With a brush of clicks here and a wash of atmospherics there, 'With Rain' soon becomes a micro-symphony of quite staggering beauty, whilst elsewhere the likes of 'Apt' and 'Linier' are drenched in wavering guitar tones and enchanted electronics that soon interlock for maximum emotional impact. If Mum were a little less pastoral, then 'Curveland' could be compared to 'Finally We Are No One' - but where that record drew its charm from homespun sources, Aus seems to cocoon you in a more electronically gestated web that is breathtaking from start to finish. Gorgeous.