Konoyo

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Konoyo
Konoyo Tim Hecker.png
Studio album by
Tim Hecker
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2018
Studio
Various
  • Studio Atlio
  • Jiunzan Mandala-Temple Kanzouin, Tokyo
  • Sunblind Studios
Genre
Length59:06
Label Kranky
Producer Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker chronology
Love Streams
(2016)		Konoyo
(2018)		 Anoyo
(2019)
Singles from Konoyo
  1. "This Life"
    Released: July 31, 2018
  2. "Keyed Out"
    Released: September 12, 2018

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10 [3]
Metacritic 82/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [6]
Exclaim! 9/10 [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [10]
PopMatters 9/10 [11]
Resident Advisor 4.2/5 [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Uncut 7/10 [14]

Konoyo received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 82, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [4]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Crack Magazine Top 50 Albums of 2018
26
Gaffa Top 30 Albums of 2018
13
The 405 Top 50 Albums of 2018
6
PopMatters Top 70 Albums of 2018
28
PopMattersTop 20 Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018
4
SputnikmusicTop 50 Albums of 2018
7
Tiny Mix Tapes Top 50 Albums of 2018
21

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Hecker

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

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