"Cycle EP" is an acoustic work of otom that expresses the four seasons with four images of summer, autumn, winter and spring and four playing styles.
otom continues to release works with a floating guitar sound. However, this work is an EP that pursues the charm of the song itself by removing various elements.
All four songs have a sounds centered on vocals and acoustic guitar, and this work is conscious of a more fundamental direction with the usual otom arrangement kept to a minimum. It's also a feature of this work that the feeling of vocals with multiple layers has changed and emphasized to a pure tone. Each songs are also divided up into arpeggio, two-finger, stroke, and three-finger guitar styles.
A work made with lyrics that look back on the distance between the world and oneself, and sound elements that influenced otom, such as acid folk in the 1960s, experimental pop like John Cale and also shoegaze and alternative sounds. Songs in "Cycle EP" may be a little addictive types.
Please enjoy yourself.
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otom is Japanese experimental pop, dreampop and electronic musician, composer.
works with guitars, computers, MaxMSP and many musical instruments.
musician. otom was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1976.
works with guitars, computers, MaxMSP and many musical instruments to create drone, experimental pop, dream pop and shoegaze, electronica, acoustic sound and audio/visual works.