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October 12, 2018

Swimé: Review by Tina at MakeUseOf

Makunouchi Bento is a traditional Japanese lunchbox. For Felix Petruscu, aka Waka X and Valentin Toma, aka Qewza, it was a metaphor and the name patron for their experimental / electronica project founded in 2001. At first, Swimé drowns you in sounds, but as you incorporate it all and immerse in the music forming in your head, you begin to float....

October 12, 2018

Swimé: Review by David Nemeth at Acts of Silence (ex Disruptive Platypus)

I don’t know the reason, but sometimes a band or an album just strikes you differently than other albums. Makunouchi Bento‘s Swimé (Eerik Inpuj Sound) is an album like that for me. Now, I have Makunouchi Bento’s work over the last several years, but something about Swimé or maybe something about me made this album a much bigger impression. The Romanian duo of Makunouchi Bento is Waka X and Qewza who have...

October 12, 2018

Swimé: Review by Codin Oraseanu at Ginger Group

Makunouchi este un tip de mâncare japoneză ce conţine peşte, carne, murături, ouă şi legume, împreună cu orez şi se serveşte sub forma unui bento (pacheţel, tradus european un fel de “to go”). Încă de când am auzit prima dată de Makunouchi am fost atras de nume. După ce un prieten mi-a povestit de artist, pe care l-a descoperit la un TMbase am dat şi eu un search pe net (acum ceva ani se...

October 12, 2018

Swimé: Review by Supersole

And in a totally different mood: Makunouchi Bento. Hailing from Timisoara in Romania, and fervently recommended by Kaneel (aka Monsieur Baguette). Their Swimé album has been today's soundtrack. Eerie, atmospheric, intriguing. A very good background for thinking....

October 12, 2018

Swimé: Review by Rajsank at Yamanotedreams

This is the new free album of Makunouchi bento. Only one word: SPLENDID! Musique experimentale de haute qualité. Musique libre et propice à l'imagination. Public cible: renégats, qui n'aiment ni les bergers ni les troupeaux...

October 12, 2018

Swimé: Review by Peter Kirn at Create Digital Music

For something more experimental, Makunouchi Bento’s Swimé is a delightful, fanciful soundscape that rattles its way through musical fragments, noises, and cinematic landscapes, sometimes recalling John Cage (particularly when the piano dances over a repeated, asymmetrical motive of some sort). I very much like that it’s free, not so much as a judgment on the commercial potential of the record (which I’ll admit is relatively limited), but because it allows you to encounter...

October 12, 2018

Swimé: Review by Travis at Hiddenplace Music

Romanian producer Makunouchi Bento's newest release Swimé is an ambitious avant garde work containing an exotic blend of organic instrumentation, electronic effects, and a jungle of clicks, buzzes, chirps, screeches, and roars. Each movement in the work tumbles through a cavalcade of colorful vignettes. In one passage, an abrasive barrage of chaotic sound design breaks into a soaring string quartet arrangement accompanied by an out of tune toy piano. In another, a wandering accordion...

October 12, 2018

Swimé: Review by Doru649 at The Cookshop

Released only weeks ago as a free download, Swimé is another quiet but intriguing work from this duo who, like others of their generation (e.g. Gultskra Artikler), have gotten so free that they’ve just left any easy pigeon-holing (“IDM”, “neo-classical”, or elsesuch) far behind. To anyone with a passing knowledge of the netlabel scene, they’ve also been among the most prolific Romanian acts to follow, and I should say that this new blend of...

October 11, 2018

Swimé: Review by Anca Von Kelp at Fresh Good Minimal

Waka X si Qewza scot din Makunouchi Bento 8 lumi imaginare, aventuri si filme comprimate in 8 audio track-uri, iar ascultatorul este incurajat sa-si imagineze ce vrea. “Albumul a fost preparat in 2 ani si un pic si necesita ascultare atenta, noi recomandam la niste casti bune. Stingi lumina, stai cu castile pe urechi si-l asculti cap coada.”, imi spune Felix, adica Waka X acum vreo 2 zile. Eu m-am plimbat printr-o cada cu bule...