Yuichiro Fujimoto - The Mountain Record

Yuichiro Fujimoto was born in 1981 and lives in Urayasu Chiba, Japan. He has already released two critically acclaimed albums in the last years and managed to established a very unique style. His songs are little, open poems, describing a small moment like a haiku does. The compositions are simple-strucured, but in this loose way of playing lies the strength of Fujimoto's work. This openess allows the music to create rooms, situations, to establish an atmosphere beyond the notes played. The nine songs all approach this aim in a different way. Yuichiro's instrumentation covers guitars, piano, xylophone, electronics and harmonica. All the songs are little, minimalistic and peaceful instrumentals. Apart from making music Fujimoto is a gifted photographer. The 12-sided booklet offers an insight in his way capturing scenes as images, closely related to his way of making music.