ABOUT THE ARTWORK

The front cover includes a photo of Shigeto’s great grandfather’s house from 1916 in Hiroshima, Japan. The back cover includes a photo of his great grandfather, Shigeto Ohmura, at the Amache Internment Camp in Grenada, Colorado after his family was transfered from Tule Lake Internment Camp. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war against Japan many Americans believed that the Japanese-Americans were spies or traitors. Thus, why Shigeto’s grandfather and other family members ended up in these camps. Layout, text and additional design created by Michael Cina.

I’ve yet to get this EP, but I should have it within a few days. I’ve peeped at a few tracks, but I don’t want to spoil the anticipation of it’s purchase, so I refrained from checking out all of them. From the sounds of the first track ghostly released for free (Lineage) I assumed the EP would be centered mostly around chilled out jazz vibes with some occasional IDM elements spruced in the mix. I also imagined it to be a little less complex than his previous releases on the Ghostly imprint, yet by the sounds of it he’s stuck to the initial formula all of us have grown to appreciate. I suppose Lineage served as the song to stick out amongst the rest because it dwells a little on the minimal jazz side of production, being a little less complex as the others. It’s only natural though given the tracks meaning. It boasts the same name of the EP centering around Shigeto’s Japanese heritage. I see no need for anything but a chilled out, almost admiring and appreciative sound he’s portrayed in his tribute to his ancestral background. Many of the other tracks featured on the EP present intricate patterns dwelling on the hip-hop/ jazz fashion with a little IDM thrown in as well. However I haven’t listened to everything, but I’ll be sure to follow up with a full feature when I’ve analyzed it completely. Stay tuned.