Dragon’s Eye Recordings is pleased to announce the return of Japanese sound artist and composer Yui Onodera with the reissue of 'Synergetics / Entropy'. 'Synergetics' was originally released in 2007 on Drone Records (Germany), while 'Entropy' was originally released through Critical Path (Japan) in 2005, then again on Trumn (Japan) in 2009. Now, fifteen years later, the two aesthetically complementary albums have been remastered and will be released together as one.

'Synergetics,' composed entirely of electric guitar and piano, is a minimal two-track study in slow motion. Overtones, harmonics, and the slightest of melodies emerge to richen expansive drones. Described originally as “music shimmering like light on water,” it is contemplative listening experience that simultaneously allows for release of consciousness while drawing focus to a pinpoint of the present moment. A delicate, kaleidoscopic sound work. 

The moodier of the two releases, 'Entropy' is Onodera’s original self-released debut. Through use of guitar, field recordings, and electronics, Onodera’s signature style of manipulating harmonics and accent noises into simple loops and melodies is recognizable and can be now understood as foundational.  Moments of timbral friction add a dimension that gently fractures a hypnotic hallucination induced by the warm parenthetical embrace of harmonic drones. Again, as in 'Synergetics,' Onodera uses this palette to heighten the listener’s sense of genuinely 'active' living—the present moment is drawn to the forefront while the exterior world’s pulse thrums along.

Synergetics / Entropy

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Adam Majdecki-Janicki (1985) has been writing poetry, lyrics, composing, playing, and recording since 1998. His most important achievements to date include his debut poetry collection “Siva in Rags” (Kendra Steiner Editions, USA, 2008), the vinyl and CD “Second Hand Man” (Mimics Cool, Poland, 2011), the CD-R and vinyl “Stoned Gypsy Wanderer” (Kendra Steiner Editions, USA, 2014 / Ramble Records, Australia, 2021), the experimental/ambient album “Eimi” (Snow in Water Records, France, 2020), the vinyl album of his group Säure Adler (Ramble Records, Australia, 2021), and countless other physical and digital releases worldwide.

Dragon’s Eye Recordings is a digital imprint based in Los Angeles and curated by artist and composer Yann Novak. Emphasizing the elevation of marginalized voices in experimental music, our catalog represents a range of sounds, processes, identities, and practices. Since 2005, we’ve published over 100 works of sound art and experimental music with a focus on ambient, field recording, drone, electroacoustic, and acousmatic music. As an independent label, we work to build community for our artists and listeners searching for somewhere to belong.

Yui Onodera is a Tokyo-based composer, sound artist and new media artist whose works explore the relation between musical forms, architectural acoustics and spatial awareness. He has a distinctive figure in the fields of experimental ambient/electro-acoustic music involving delicate hybrids of digital technology and acoustic instrumentation, working across the spheres of composition and installation work. His works are widely published internationally, he has released numerous works on esteemed labels like KOMPAKT, ROOM40 and more. His work has separately appeared on compilations by Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto "Micro Ambient Music" etc. He has also produced collaboration works with artists from every imaginable genre: sound artists Francisco Lopez, Stephen Vitiello, musician/visual artist Robert Lippok, composer Scanner, and Takashi Kokubo.

Yui Onodera - Entropy 9

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