Yuu Udagawa - Forever EP
Format: 12" 180g Vinyl, Picture Sleeve, Clear Plastic Oversleeve
Catalogue No.: CYPHN01
Barcode: 823679900118
Release Date: 07 Oct 2022
Back in stock: 17 Feb 2023
Genre: Deep House, Electronica, Electro
A1 – Forever
A2 – Mojito
A3 - Hug Close
B1 - Illuminated Night
B2 - Stay With Us
Tokyo-based DJ, producer and sound artist Yuu Udagawa inaugurates the freshly launched Cyphon Recordings with her debut EP, ‘Forever’.
Growing up on a cocktail of everything from rock, hip-hop and Latin jazz to techno and house, Yuu’s immersive musical output draws inspiration from this diverse pool of influences to create ‘uplifting and healing’ music for the mind and body. There’s an elegance and sophistication to her productions, which stems from her desire to make music guided by the Golden Mean philosophy of finding a middle ground between two extremes: excess and deficiency.
Active as a DJ since the millennium, which saw her playing at clubs, festivals and fashion shows across the country, she soon turned her attention to music production and has since self-released a handful of singles and contributed audio commissions for Sony Playstation3, museums, theatres and apparel brands. Yuu’s meditative pallet of sounds instantly grabbed Cyphon’s third ear which led to the tracks that make up ‘Forever’: a collection of analog slo-mo electronica and leftfield minimal house that strike a perfect balance between warmth and depth.
The release opens with the titular track: a deep, emotive electro cut punctuated by a twinkling synthline and blissful vocals. ‘Mojito’ continues the EP’s voyage into the deep, matching softly spoken word with jazz-tinged chords and meandering melodies, before ’Hug Close’ strips things back, guided by a crunchy minimal groove, warm, resolute keys and reflective synths.
The B-Side steers things on a soulful course. The dark, enveloping atmosphere of ‘Illuminated Night’ is lifted by bright synth stabs and harmonic R&B-flavoured vocals. These influences continue on closer ‘Stay With Us’. Slowing down the pace, the track is a wash of shimmering funk-inspired chords and shuffling rhythms, laced once again with effortless, soaring vocal tones.
Radio:
Ed Banger – Apple Music’s Ed Wreck show "Brillant record! Very ecelctic I love love it!"
Mr Beatnick – NTS Radio
Matthias Hellwig - RBB Radio Eins / Kaleidoskop
Press:
Find Your Sounds News Piece
Ransom Note Premiere - Forever
Yuu Udagawa - Ransom Note Mix
Ed Banger – Apple Music’s Ed Wreck show "Brillant record! Very ecelctic I love love it!"
Mr Beatnick – NTS Radio
Matthias Hellwig - RBB Radio Eins / Kaleidoskop
DJ Feedback:
Ed Banger - Brillant record! Very ecelctic I love love it!
Fred P - Dope...
Ben Mono - super star release.
dBridge - Varied and tight, nice stuff
Marco Bailey, Materia Festival - AMAZING music!
Shedbug - Some really interesting stuff in here. Digging the whole thing.
Carrot Green - great stuff!
Andrew Wowk - "Mojito" is awesome - such a nice groove
Simon Caldwell - Cool and different.
Paul Beller - super star release.
Joyce Muniz - Nice one!
Fred Peterkin - Dope...
Alex Barck - Sounds fresh to me
Ruben Mandolini – Nice
Gabriel Izarraraz - great music will play for sure
Kristijan Molnar - Very nice!
Chris Loxton - superb
Danton Eeprom - Really love the production and original vibe of this record. bring it on!
Raymundo Rodriguez - cool release
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