Nobukazu TakemuraBest Nobukazu Takemura Albums Ranked

Hoshi No Koe

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8.2

“Most Americans know Nobukazu Takemura by *Scope*, his first album for Thrill Jockey. As high as the highs on that record were (I've written before about how emotionally engaging I find "Kepler"), it offered only a narrow slice of Takemura's musical personality. The precise and abstract line drawings on the cover in part reflected the album's content. "Taw," for example, resonates mainly as an exam”

Scope

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7.5

“Now is the time of year when people get sick. Know what? I'm sick. But before I bore you with another paragraph of self-pity, let me say that I'm getting better. The symptoms have been reduced to a full-body sweat, a feverish chill, a swirling nausea, lack of appetite and the occasional dry-heave vomit session. This afternoon, as I lay on the couch watching a hypnotising episode of "Judge Mills L”

10th

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6.5

“One bored afternoon a few years ago I decided to let Amazon.com know what kind of music I like in order to receive some recommendations. I rated a few CDs, checked the suggestions, then rated a few more. No matter how many records I rated, Amazon kept telling me I just *had* to buy Nobukazu Takemura's *Scope*. Curious, I clicked the link to the RealAudio clip for "Kepler" and proceeded to have the”

Water's Suite

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6.4

“After moving in a pop direction with the *Sign* and *Mimic Robot* EPs, Nobukazu Takemura returns with zeal to the noisier, more abstract territory of his Thrill Jockey debut *Scope*. The material on *Water's Suite* was originally recorded near the time of *Scope*, back in 1998, and as Takemura sets out in the liner notes, he had specific goals in mind for this project. The particulars are difficul”