Akebono vinyl

As many of you will be aware, Mathimidori is not an obscure Japanese producer, but rather the occasional alias used by German studio buff Mathias Kaden for his more dub-fuelled techno releases. Akeboni is his first album under the alias and arrives on translucent red vinyl following the release of a handful of admired EPs over the last nine years. For the most part, it's a lazy and hazy affair, with Kaden contrasting the stoned, spaced-out warmth of 'Maiia', 'Ork' and 'Soso' with darker explorations such as 'Asaka' and 'Shao'. To keep things varied, the set also boasts a number of collaborations, a handful of downtempio dub workouts and a mostly ambient -and suitably atmospheric - closing cut.