[PCMS 2020.3] Takeshi Nakamura - Unlovely Drum

Takeshi Nakamura’s Unlovely Drum is the second full-length artist album on Pinecone Moonshine. The album is woven together with Takeshi’s unique style of drum and bass and ambient, droning pieces.

Drum and Bass and Drumfunk are the core to this album as demonstrated by the title track, Against Mainstream, Black Hole, and others. Takeshi layers peculiar and randomized melodies with warbling harmonies. These clashing sounds evoke outer space themes from the planetarium. Drums are a mixture of live recordings, sampled breaks, and synthesizers. All three types are utilized in each track. Anticipate the robotic voice that has been common in Takeshi’s work to appear throughout the album. The overall sound is funky and a bit chaotic.

The more ambient tracks, Inner Core, Tension, and Mucus, have an underlying tempo either from muted kick drums or from percussive synthesizers. The last piece, Post Adjustment, becomes more introspective with a few piano notes repeated and glitching like a broken computer program.