Tetuzi Akiyama – Thaumaturgy [LP] Minimal / Wave / Synthpop grabbed a stack of old

grabbed a stack of old vinyl (mainly sound effects and easy listening albums)

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Tetuzi Akiyama – Thaumaturgy [LP] Minimal / Wave / Synthpop grabbed a stack of old"The intimacy of Akiyamas Thaumaturgy is immense. In nine short through composed pieces written over a ten year period, Akiyama captures something melodic, simple, and utterly transfixing. In his first instrumental solo acoustic guitar record in more than a decade, Akiyama, widely known for his improvisatory collaborations as well as his hypnotizing boogie drone guitar pieces, here works without effects and maintains a strict harmonic palette