Konoyo
2018 studio album by Tim Hecker
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Konoyo is the ninth studio album by Canadian electronic music musician Tim Hecker, released on September 28, 2018 on Kranky and Sunblind Music. A majority of the album was made from Hecker's visits to Japan, where he worked with a gagaku ensemble, Tokyo Gakuso, in Jiunzan Mandala-Temple Kanzouin on the outskirts of Tokyo.[2]
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2018
Studio
Various
- Studio Atlio
- Jiunzan Mandala-Temple Kanzouin, Tokyo
- Sunblind Studios
Length59:06
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| Released | September 28, 2018 | |||
| Studio | Various
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| Length | 59:06 | |||
| Label | Kranky | |||
| Producer | Tim Hecker | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 81/100[4] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[6] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| Mojo | [9] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10[10] |
| PopMatters | 9/10[11] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.2/5[12] |
| Rolling Stone |  [13] |
| Uncut | 7/10[14] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Konoyo received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 from eighteen critic scores.[4] The review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave Konoyo a weighted average score of 7.7 out of 10 from nineteen critic scores.[3]
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Crack Magazine | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 26 |
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| Gaffa | Top 30 Albums of 2018 | 13 |
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| The 405 | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 6 |
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| PopMatters | Top 70 Albums of 2018 | 28 |
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| Top 20 Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018 | 4 |
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| Sputnikmusic | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 7 |
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| Tiny Mix Tapes | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 21 |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tim Hecker.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "This Life" | 8:42 |
| 2. | "In Death Valley" | 5:36 |
| 3. | "Is a Rose Petal of the Dying Crimson Light" | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Keyed Out" | 9:46 |
| 5. | "In Mother Earth Phase" | 10:26 |
| 6. | "A Sodium Codec Haze" | 5:46 |
| 7. | "Across to Anoyo" | 15:26 |
| Total length: | 59:06 | |
Notes
- All tracks are stylized in sentence case, except for "In Death Valley" and "Across to Anoyo". For example, "This Life" is stylized as "This life".
Personnel
- Mariel Roberts – cello
- Tim Hecker – computer, electric guitar, synth, writer, producer
- Kara-Lis Coverdale – keyboards
- Yoshiyuki Izaki – percussion (uchimono)
- Takuya Koketsu – woodwind (ryuteki)
- Motonori Miura – woodwind (hichiriki)
- Fumiya Otonashi – shō
- Jake Viator – transfer
- Akihiro Iizuka – engineer
- Ben Frost – engineer
- Toshihiko Kasai – engineer
- Teo Schifferli – design, layout
- Tobias Spichtig – artwork, photography
Charts
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| UK Dance Albums (OCC)[22] | 18 |