METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, ERIK HALL, SANDBOX PERCUSSION - Canto Ostinato ICHIKO AOBA as well as releasing his

as well as releasing his own tracks

the song introduces the record’s world with a kind of classicist immediacy

that floats between supercharged power-pop hits and hazy ballads

An exceptional piece of work for self-reflection in the company of darker side yourself

METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, ERIK HALL, SANDBOX PERCUSSION - Canto Ostinato ICHIKO AOBA as well as releasing hisCD. Sometime in 2020 I listened to Canto Ostinato for the first time, and my enthrallment with the piece had begun. I was transfixed by its particular amalgam of harmony, repetition, and pacing. By the spring of 2023 I had constructed and released my own solo interpretation, and I assumed at that point my working relationship with the composition had run its course. But I underestimated its magnetism. The following year I was back in its grips, having