Dream In Dream is the second album by Berlin based Japanese Synth artist Saeko Killy who this times is assisted by Alexa D!saster and producer Sebastian Lee Philipp of Die Jagd Wilde, but plays most of the Synth's and machines herself.
The album opens with Kaiju an ambient synth piece with a calm slow feel as Saeko sings in Japanese possibly about the Anime series Kaiju No 8 as the shimmering sounds take us to dark places where Kafka lurks.
Next Time has a more urgent synth pop sound, with a slightly Kraut-funk edge, with the repetitive yet evolving vocal lines firing off the evolving synth patterns and drum machine parts.
Melancholic is rather downbeat with lots of odd percussion elements adding punctuation to Saeko's Japanese vocals, for what sounds like a distressing tale. the keyboard intrusions adding fearful parts.
Yokoshima has a slow march feel to the drum parts, synths conjure up a power plant disaster, I'm not certain if Saeko is singing about the disaster or some other aspect of Yokoshima, but this has a decidedly post-apocalyptic synth pop feel to it.
Jede Farbe has dark intonated spoken vocals in German as squelchy synths and pulses grind through the clap track and synesthetic percussive patterns. The use of stereo effects has a disarming effect on the second half of the tune.
Slight Fever will have you snapping your fingers along with Saeko in no time at all, while sci-fi synths take you into her fever dream of minimalist ambient colouring of the soundscape.
Dream In Dream the title tune has English, Japanese and German vocals giving this a trans-national dance party feel for the downbeat synthscape dancers to prove we can all get along together perfectly well if we try.
Kotoba No Kozui has an early 80's innocence about it yet uses more modern synth sounds for this very poppy tune spreading its word on the Goldsmith or whichever Kozui this song is about.
The album closes with Stay that has nothing to do with David Bowie or Shakespeare's Sister, this Stay is calmer more reflective imprecations to Stay in Japanese and English as if one language isn't enough to persuade you that they really mean it.
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