Koji Asano: Quoted Landscape Koji Asano: Quoted Landscape (Solstice - 2001) In his 20th Solstice release, Koji Asano again creates longform immersions into slightly rough electronic textures. A single 72.5-minute track, Quoted Landscape seems to drift randomly along the surface of some unknown something... In general, the main theme sounds like a sputtering fire (or if you turn it up, a more caustic blast furnace), or like a mike being abraded by gusts of wind. About 15 minutes into the piece, a series of irregular pulsations of throbbing lows begins, followed by rougher outbursts (and intermittently, nothingess or softer electronic crustiness). The remainder of the disc travels through zones of less-intensive seismic scouring, interspersed with periodic near-silence, quiet buzzings and the occasional brief eruption. The scratchy soundscenes of Quoted Landscape will sound like an endless emission of muted static to some ears... others though will find Koji Asano's (more-or-less) uninterrupted flow to be an abstract zone for introspection and exploration. Personally I found it to work best in wallpaper mode, warranting an 7.9 as such. Koji's Solstice website tells all. This review posted May 31, 2001 AmbiEntrance © 2001-1997 by David J Opdyke (except CD cover art, rights retained by original owners).