{"id":54047,"date":"2021-04-29T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/?p=54047"},"modified":"2021-04-29T11:01:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:01:25","slug":"lp-review-seiko-oomori-alchemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/2021\/04\/lp-review-seiko-oomori-alchemy\/","title":{"rendered":"LP Review: Seiko Oomori \u2013 Alchemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often credited as being the \u2018Godmother of Anti-Idol\u2019 Seiko Oomori (\u5927\u68ee\u9756\u5b50, Oomori Seiko) has been forging a unique musical path since 2007. Released via French label Specific Recordings, <em>Alchemy<\/em> charts a career that has evolved from a punky beginning to a sound more rooted in electronica and this compilation on double coloured LP provides a fine introduction to her wonderfully eclectic world.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Armed only with an acoustic guitar <em>ZETTAI KANOJO<\/em> is a wordy opener that finds Oomori firing lyrics with machine-gun rapidity as if the enfant terrible of the idol scene. Slightly dizzying, it\u2019s a song that gently wraps its tendrils around the listener and pulls you into the darkest recesses of Oomori\u2019s world. The calm before the storm, its rather sedate nature lulls us into a false sense of security which only makes the effervescent explosion that is <em>Kyuru Kyuru<\/em> even more powerful. In a move that echoes throughout <em>Alchemy<\/em>, the sonic shift that constantly occurs is quite startling and while this could create a disjointed feel there\u2019s a dark lyricism that threads this collection together and turns it into a unified whole.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u5927\u68ee\u9756\u5b50\u300e\u30df\u30c3\u30c9\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\u6e05\u7d14\u7570\u6027\u4ea4\u904a\u300fMusic Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WdQ6wmap8U4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Running in chronological order it\u2019s a delight to hear how Seiko Oomori has evolved over these 19 songs with the early tracks in particular displaying a youthful enthusiasm. In modern parlance <em>JUSTadICE<\/em> would be termed an \u201cindie banger\u201d; a high-octane, amphetamine charged slab of music that makes easy bedfellows of rap and rock and wraps them up in a delicious melody. Likewise, <em>17\/ Not a child 17<\/em> is a bright burst of bubblegum pop but, like a calm ocean, there\u2019s a feeling of discombobulation beneath the waves. It\u2019s an interesting tension of opposites, a light and shade, which makes for an intriguing, and infinitely interesting listen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alchemy<\/em> is a collection of songs that finds Seiko Oomori deconstructing Japanese popular culture and reassembling it in her own image with <em>Doguma Maguma<\/em> being a musical collage that contains elements of Nintendocore and melds them to traditional instrumentation. This album is the musical equivalent of looking through a kaleidoscope; each song has its own unique feel and ensures this anthology fractures in several directions and the following <em>ZOC Laboratory<\/em> could easily out rock Babymetal. It parodies the Kawaii metal movement, but it\u2019s an authentic interpretation and, with pounding drums and shredding guitars, it\u2019s the stuff that headbangers dreams are made of.<\/p>\n<p>A dreamy cascade of electronics <em>Midnight SEIJUN ISEI KOUYUU<\/em> has an otherworldly quality, like an evil hypnotists watch it casts a magic spell which is abruptly broken by the arrival of <em>GIRL\u2019S GIRL<\/em>. A high voltage slab of techno it\u2019s a vehicle that Seiko Oomori uses to rail against a patriarchal society and, not wasting a single second, it speeds past like a bullet train. The final three tracks are culled from Oomori\u2019s 2020 critically acclaimed album <em>Kintsugi<\/em>. Again they display an evolution and evidence of an artist moving forward, stripped bare and slightly lo-fi they reveal another facet of Oomori\u2019s sound and offer a tantalising glimpse of where her music may venture in future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u5927\u68ee\u9756\u5b50\u300e\u304d\u3085\u308b\u304d\u3085\u308b\u300fMusic Video\u3000[HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1qlEeVS2vMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Shapeshifting and chameleon-like <em>Alchemy<\/em> is a musical journey that stops at some unexpected destinations. However, in whichever guise Seiko Oomori chooses to appear <em>Alchemy<\/em> remains a delightful selection of ear candy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alchemy is released via <a href=\"https:\/\/specific.bandcamp.com\/album\/alchemy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Specific Recordings<\/a> on 19th April.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tracklisting: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>01. \u7d76\u5bfe\u5f7c\u5973 (ZETTAI KANOJO)<br \/>\n02. \u304d\u3085\u308b\u304d\u3085\u308b (Kyuru Kyuru)<br \/>\n03. JUSTadICE<br \/>\n04. \u751fKill the time 4 you\u3001\u3001\u2764\ufe0f (Life Kill the time 4 you.. \u2764\ufe0f)<br \/>\n05. \u5b50\u4f9b\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u3082\u309317 (Not a child 17)<br \/>\n06. \u30c9\u30b0\u30de\u00b7\u30de\u30b0\u30de (Doguma Maguma)<br \/>\n07. ZOC\u5b9f\u9a13\u5ba4 (ZOC Laboratory)<br \/>\n08. \u7d76\u5bfe\u7d76\u671b\u7d76\u597d\u8abf (ZETTAI ZETSUBOU ZEKKOUCHOU)<br \/>\n09. \u30de\u30b8\u30c3\u30af\u30df\u30e9\u30fc (Magic Mirror)<br \/>\n10. draw (A) drow<br \/>\n11. 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Released via French label Specific Recordings, Alchemy charts a career that has evolved from a punky beginning to a sound more rooted in electronica and this compilation on double coloured LP provides a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":54056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"3073"},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3073,2976],"tags":[5927,5879,6320],"class_list":["post-54047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-reviews","category-all-reviews","tag-japanese-pop","tag-rock-en","tag-seiko-oomori"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54047"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54068,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54047\/revisions\/54068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}