Review: Matthew Kaden releases his debut album as Mathimidori, nearly ten years after the release of the project's first EP. Akebono, which has found its natural home on the Danish label Echocord, starts with the reflective "Java" and "Maiia", before Kaden moves into the reflective, chord-heavy "Kioku" and the vocal-sampling "Shao". He raises the pace, albeit slightly, for the dreamy, floaty grooves of "Kobe" and "Asaka", which resound to deep piano keys and floaty vocal samples. Kaden shifts pace again and moves back to downtempo sounds for the woozy title track and the gentle, ebbing rhythm of "Soso". All of these elements combined make for an understated masterpiece.
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