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The music is a collection of new works steeped in Daisuke’s unique downtempo-electronica soundscapes, resonating with hypnotic, blurred beats.

This is very much in his area of expertise (as spotted with Unrealeased Gems) and as he made his name at CDr (with a track on Burnt Progress 1.1 together with the early Amycanbe remix on 7” single ‘Your Own Thing’. Not only that, he’s remixed Elizabeth Shepherd’s ‘George’s Dilemma’ (that featured on the Besides album, Elan Mehler’s ‘Scheme For Thought’ that turned up on Brownswood Bubblers Two and Aaron Jerome’s modern classic ‘Late Night Mission’.

So with Tanabe’s reputation is high up there in the musical community including Gilles Peterson, who has said he’s “one of Japan’s finest emerging talents” and those Beat Generation types who have been anxious to hear the four tracks in the ‘After Few Layers Before’ collection.

The lead track, ‘Mutualism’, is a heavyweight 8 minutes of jazz bass beat shuffle that’s dark and brooding which is the opposite feel to ‘Cuculus Canorus’ that’s a crazy blippy electronica. It’s got touches of his Japanese heritage in there and it’s quite chirpy. Equally fun is the mess that is ‘Mess’, a track in increasing layers in a broken groove it always manages to make me smile. And then saving the best ‘til last is upbeat ‘One Of Eighty’ as it ping-pongs around at the fair ground.

Along with his previous releases, these tracks highlight the wealth of talent he has and you certainly get the feeling that it’s only a matter of time before he’s one widely acknowledged as one of the leading producers; anywhere that is.

Reviewed: Daisuke Tanabe - After Few Layers Before (Dancing Turtle Records) Cat. No. DTR011 Release date: 27th October 2008 A limited edition double 7-inch vinyl EP in gatefold sleeves with original artwork.
Tracklisting: ‘Layer One’
A Mutualism (8:16)
B Cuculus Canorus (4:46)
‘Layer Two’
A Mess (5:02)
B One Of Eighty (4:52)

Links
www.myspace.com/shakutorimusi
www.virb.com/daisuketanabe
www.dancingturtle.co.uk
11th October - Hospital Bombers @ White Heart - Hoxton, London, UK
18th October - The Lani Singers @ Musicport Festival - The Spa, Bridlington, UK
1st November - Amycanbe @ Feedback - Forligno, Perugia, Italy.
8th November - Hospital Bombers @ Cavendish Arms - London, UK
13th November - The Lani Singers @ Offline at Jamm - Brixton, London, UK
13th November - Hospital Bombers @ The George & Vulture, London, UK
15th November - Amycanbe @ Tambourine - Seregeno, Milan, Italy.