Basiscape member Kimihiro Abe (alias “emanon”) is one of the few Japanese composers to embrace the music distribution service that English-speaking composers (especially of the indie variety) use almost universally. Yes, I’m talking about Bandcamp.
Abe’s Bandcamp page currently features one free track he released on New Year’s Eve called “21seiki Techno Shonen 2011,” and a new original concept album called “After 4406274 Days…” — which is what we’re going to talk about today. After the jump, you can follow along with the bandcamp embed while reading my thoughts on Abe-san’s strange and wonderful new concept album! (more…)