Yasuaki Shimizu

Kakashi is a shadowy, enigmatic journey through avant-garde jazz and experimental soundscapes, where Yasuaki Shimizu wields his saxophone like a storyteller in a twilight world. Each track unfolds with cinematic precision: brooding drones, sudden bursts of improvisation, and layered textures that blur the line between jazz, minimalism, and ambient ritual. There’s a sense of tension and release that is both hypnotic and unsettling, a constant push-and-pull between control and chaos.

Shimizu’s approach is fearless—he explores space, silence, and dissonance with the kind of confidence only decades of mastery can produce. Kakashi isn’t just an album; it’s an experience of wandering through soundscapes that feel simultaneously alien and intimately human. It’s a record that demands attention, rewarding those willing to lean into its shadows and abstractions.