Milk" is the third studio album by Klan Aileen.
The album opens with an unsettling drone sound, and the drone continues as a figured bass throughout the album until the end.
Taking advantage of the bass-less structure of the band, synthesizer's sustained note uses as the root note, It is a compositional technique that does not use any chord changes.
There are elements of repetition inherited from Krautrock bands such as CAN and NEU!, as well as post-punk sharpness, textures of ambient music, and occasional ethnic elements, all of which are contained within the framework of pop music.
"Gantan", a rock band interpretation of early techno music such as Susumu Yokota's "Acid Mt. Fuji", which the members cite as a reference, is an instrumental piece with only a motorik beat and piano that lasts over 10 minutes. The fact that it is placed in the middle of the album (the first track on the B-side of the record) makes the album more special and mysterious. Also, after "New Year's Day," there are no words on this album: M7 "Ovni" is sung in bullshit English, and M8 "Masturbation" has no language at all, and the CD's lyric card just says "Voices. On the other hand, the five songs on the A-side are all sung in Japanese, where the poetic world is a subtle mixture of fantasy and the reality of a person living in Japan in 2018.
It was mainly recorded at a practice studio in Tokyo, but some parts were recorded at Tsubame Studio in Asakusabashi, and the drums on M8 were sound made by the studio's engineer Yui Kimishima. The drums on M8, for example, were made up by the studio's engineer, Yui Kimishima. The rest of the song was recorded and mixed by Matsuyama.
/// Digital Album Purchase Benefits ///
1. 10 pages booklet with lyrics, jacket, obi, back cover, inlay, and back inlay (PDF)
2. 11-page booklet (PDF) with self-written notes (approx. 2,000 words) and 7 photos taken from "NCCFTM", a zine published irregularly by Ryo Matsuyama that mentions the production of "Milk".
All songs and words written by Ryo Matsuyama.
Arranged by Klan Aileen.
Recorded in September 2017- February 2018
Recorded by Ryo Matsuyama & Yui Kimijima (Tsubame Sutudio)
Mixed by Ryo Matsuyama
Mastered by Ryo Matsuyama & Takuji Sekine(Golf)
Artwork and design by Ryo Matsuyama.
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