Formerly of Japan, Berlin's Tetsuya Hori catches my ears and eyes because of his use of everyday objects from which to generate music. This 3 track release features source material derived from beer bottles, water, and flute, respectively. As Tetsuya demonstrates across the album, each one contains a new world of sonic possibility going beyond the source's mere existence. It's quite easy to forget what you are actually hearing, as I found myself losing focus on the origins of the material often. That's great.
According to his liner notes, his approach to composition is with 'no concept'. I imagine he's emphasizing sound just for the sake of developing sound, which intimates a sense of well considered development and exploration across each work. Piece 1, for beer bottle and laptop features slowly morphing forms of metallic and wind-like tones, as well as glass-like emergences of pitch and timbre. Piece 2 for glass of water and laptop features plopping, bubbling, and emerging sounds of water in a wide stereo space, almost like you are actually inside of the glass of water. The highs are high, and the lows are felt in your core. The piece later lands on an underwater sound stage with an orchestra of aquatic life. I enjoyed this one most, as it was a new soundworld to my ears.
And piece 3 is for flute and laptop, played by flutist Ryoko Sakurai. Following a minimal soundworld, we are thrown back to planet earth with vocalisms reminiscent of Takemitsu's Vocalism AI. This piece is also the most effects-heavy, with endless reverbs and heavily digitized blankets of sound being pulled across your ears.

In all, Hori's use of space through is intriguing, taking care to illuminate tones in the distance as well as in the forefront at most every moment. Through the album, there is a clear sense of spontaneity and improvisation which will keep this a fresh listen into the future.

It should be noted that since this release he has also produced an album with Soon Kim called Non-transposed sense. If it's anything like his self titled album on Naivsuper, its surely a release to be consumed as well.