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With "RV8", the Osaka-based producer and musician AOKI Takamasa continues his long-term project that focuses on the modulation of rhythms and grooves. It began with his first EP "Rhythm Variations" in 2009, released as part three of the unun-series. Besides his collaboration with Raster-Noton, he released records on several labels like Commmons, Progressive Form and op.disc, produced remixes for well-known musicians like Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yoshihiro Hanno and played performances at, for example, Elektra (Montreal) and Club Transmediale (Berlin), all in all making him a renowned producer in Japan and beyond. Starting with a firework of bleeps and bops, already the very first minutes of his new record reveal AOKI‘s preference for vibrating beats and likewise his playful approach to music, generating a sound that is aiming at the dancefloor. Like the first ones, almost all tracks of the record are characterized by a constant modulation of chords and lines that sometimes appears somehow hyperactive, but nevertheless results in a natural flow that perfectly reflects AOKI‘s laid-back attitude combined with his will to produce danceable and funky music. The fluent arrangement is only interrupted by the third track which forms a caesura by being more reduced and slower. In contrast to this, the following tracks present a faster tempo and an increased intensity; and whereas the first tracks reflect downbeat and r‘n‘b influences due to their broken beats and chunky sound, the late
