Minimal and emotionally evocative compositions for solo piano in the Ryuichi Sakamoto vein from Cincinnati's Tristan Eckerson. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 18, 2020
This purchase completes my collection of Marika Takeuchi's recordings available on Bandcamp so far - one full-length album, two mini-albums, one EP, and one single. Still missing "Colors In The Diary" and "Night Dream". The recipe on "Rain Stories" is the same as on "Impressions", i.e. piano solo pieces are interleaved with full-fledged symphonic compositions for piano and synth orchestra. Another pleasant constant is that Marika Takeuchi's songwriting is outstandig, as ever. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)