Maxi On

Artist: Takako Minekawa
Label: Emperor Norton
Category: Music

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Format: EP
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 607217703627
EAN: 0607217703627
ASIN: B000054247

Release Date: 2000-12-12

Maxi On

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Tracks:

Maxi On!
Lullaby Of Grey
A Report On An Investigation
Brioche
Picnic At Loose Rock
Follow My Dreams/Sleeping Bag

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Customer Reviews:

Maxi On is a mixed bag.......2006-01-15

whoa...what happened? my shock is not in refernece to the music, but to the absolutely horrible cover art. a drab, sloppy image that only gets worse when you open the cd case and see the cut out body parts underneath the cd. just a crappy job of design. now...onto the music. after having followed Takako's music since the early days of her Roomic Cube album, i was a bit taken back at this little mini ep. it took me a long time to warm up to it. now, looking back in retrospect, i'm not sure why. it seems to have the same basic sonic elements as her early works...bubbly synths, dreamy vocals, and cute melody lines...but perhaps i was just steering away from this kind of music when Maxi On was first released. most of these songs are not bad...but none seem to really match the creativity and spark that was so abundant on her Cloudy Cloud Calculator album. "A Report On An Investigation" is a neat song with a spooky vibe to it that works quite well. another standout is the U.S. only bonus track "Sleeping Bag" which works a simple repetative piano line that slowly builds into something quite special. one of my favorite tracks by Takako. it's kinda dissapointing that this was the last set of recordings that emerged from this artist. i always felt like she had something very unique to offer the music world. but even though she could write some really wonderful songs, many of her albums seemed a bit unfocused and poorly planned. this is a weird little album to end an interesting discography...unfinished business, perhaps? let's hope so.

yes.......2002-10-30

this is an extremley beautiful recording. worth the cost for the title track alone! takako sounds more honest than her former bandmate kahime! her record sounds forced. the sounds on this record are truly inspiring. they make electronics feel organic. there is a lot of feeling here. often kraut and always a pleasure to listen to.

what??.......2002-07-10

Description: pretty, mumbly, cooing sounds over weak arty noises. I was very disappointed with it after hearing Fun9 and Ximer.

Takako rock a-gogo with NYC's most playful terrorists.......2001-04-06

Japanese pop guru Takako Minekawa takes on New York masters of invention in one of the best standoffs I've heard in years. Clattering, bleeping, blooping, and tinkering around with hundreds of samples and a barrel of old instruments, Dymaxion makes Takako's presence into a new phase of her work more creative than anything before. Less from the Romper Room than other Minekawa releases and more like riding space mountain through Manhatten (yet less stress-inducing), this is the pop you put on to confuse the duplex next-door and to put that good ole train of thought back on track.

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