[LBN010] N-qia – “qia songs” (07 July 2011)
La bel netlabel is proud to present N-qia,
an eclectic electronic Duo by Nozomi (vocal) & Takma (programming) from Tokyo.
N-qia music is a skyscraper of many colors,
the mood changes throughout the day.
“qia songs” is an electronic dream of the present.
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N-qia
N-qia
Eclectic electronic Duo by Nozomi (vocal) & Takma (programming) from Tokyo. Hypnotic voice, electro-acoustic tracks, arranges are changing rapidly beyond many categories. They collaborated with artists such as Gouthy (Acustronica), for hippyhouse remix on his album “3rd” . Monolyth & Cobalt (KESHHHHHH recordings UK, No man’s land recordings-DIY) for the compilation “The Clyde Parker Project Session #4″. EP will be out from MiMi records Portugal. Track “Birdseye” appeared on Japanese electronic compilation ArtLism Vol.3. Track “Wander” will be compiled by lomeanor netlabel Russia. Another track will be out from bearsuit records UK on their compilation, and co-works with harold nono from bearsuit records as “haq” is also coming. One of their songs was on aired by Blue Fred’s Radio Session Radio Rheinwelle 92,5 Frankfurt Germany. Working on upcoming release with short stories by Andrea Otero (Spain) 1st album is upcoming from KUGK musique Germany, in summer 2011.
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REVIEWS
Twiceremoved
31 October 2011
There are times where I get links in my inbox from artists and labels that I haven’t heard about or can’t remember signing up for newsletters,etc… N-Qiaand their”Qia songs”release is one such release where I can vaguely remember signing up to the net label that released it, Italian net label La bèl records. N-qia are a Tokyo based duo of Nozomi (vocals) and Takma (programming) and their short 4 track 18 minute Ep”Qia Songs”is a nice little treat. Starting off with “Frosty” which mixes Jazz percussion classical/flamenco guitar with cute Japanese vocals before the glitches and loops start kicking in (reminding me of Nobukazu Takemura) and ends quite far removed from the beginning. “Dust” has some sax, vocals, piano, clicks and cuts and glitches. “Wander” would sit well on the Raster Noton catalogue again with a jazz element mixed with synth glitch and some almost break beat like minimal percussion. “Fullmoon” is the more frantic of the tracks on the EP with chimes, various layers of sound – percussion, loops, vocals, ambiance and comes across as the most IDM like of the tracks on this EP. As I said before it’s a nice treat of an ep and you should also check out their “Sweet Sequence” ep on Portuguese net label MIMI. You can pick this up from La bèl
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Recent Music Heroes
15 August 2011
This is the second issue (after Neeva`s one) coming out from the Italy-based La bèl records which does have put itself quite aside in comparison to the label`s usual alt-folk/experimental folk perspective. Yet, I shall have to accentuate the word “quite” or “relatively”. This 4-track EP comes out from the Nippon headed by such producers as Nozomi (vocals) and Takma (programming). Lots of IDM-acock rhythms are represented here which are embellished with baroque-esque milieus, electronic shoegaze-alikeness and organic electronica/jazz-y/folktronic-infiltrated evolvements. While it sometimes resembles of the Iceland`s mùm or some Efterklang`s deeds, I can perceive it as idiosyncratic on its own.
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Oir para creer
25 July 2011
Ya hablamos de este netlabel italiano con su anterior lanzamiento, la maravillosa colaboración entre Lucrecia Dalt y F.S.Blumm, un disco que seguro que se convierte en un clásico del netaudio. Ahora La Bèl ha publicado un nuevo Ep, esta vez firmado por el duo japonés N-qia, un proyecto de dream pop electrónico y de voces sedosas que enamora desde la primera escucha. Una producción musical impecable con pinceladas de IDM que llega a recordar, en el último corte, al mismísimo Burial.
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The Breakfast Jumpers
16 July 2011
Quando si dice musica ipnotica di cui è impossibile fare a meno. Ecco, d’ora in poi il mio metro di paragone sarà questo.Qia Songs. Un ep semplicemente magnifico. La dolcissima voce di Nozomi fa da contrasto all’elettronica claustrofobica di Takma e ne escono quattro tracce eteree e malinconiche. Questo duo giapponese approda sulle nostre rive e invaderà i vostri cuori grazie alla nostra amatissima La Bèl Netlabel. Una vera chicca! Non disperate, questo è solo un piccolo assaggio del loro primo disco che uscirà quest’estate per la tedesca KUGK Musique. In fremente attesa, godete di questo.
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Netlabels Revue
10 July 2011
On en viendrait presque à dire que chaque sortie de notre nelabel italien préféré constitue un événement, au vu de la qualité des productions qui nous sont offertes. Car si les sorties sont finalement assez peu nombreuses, mais arrivent tout de même à un rythme régulier, en revanche, la qualité est à chaque fois au rendez-vous.
Le disque qui nous intéresse ici est l’ouvre d’un duo basé Tokyo. Nozomi (chant) & Takma (machines) nous offre là un quatre titres poptronica très réussis dans lesquels on pourra trouver des réminiscences des albums deMum ou Lali Puna avec une petit touche dubstep pas désagréable sur le dernier titre.
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