green - Hiroshi Yoshimura
Light in the Attic's 2020 reissue of Hiroshi Yoshimura's cult ambient work "Green" might rank as the only genuinely miraculous event in the year of COVID. It is an album to help us embrace with dignity our solitude, stillness, and isolation; a salve for the New Normal. Yoshimura's brief synth pieces unravel unhurriedly, with every note perfectly plotted to never draw too much attention to itself but move the listener inward to a more harmonious coexistence with their surroundings. While we still learn to live alongside COVID and its many repercussions, Yoshimura's "Green" can be there for us to calm, heal, and restore. Highlight - Best experienced as a single listening session.
