Kenji Kariu – "Rain / Water" [LP] Jazz / Free Improv seeking less to violently overload

seeking less to violently overload and more for the right tools to engage

A native of Hokkaïdo

“Criss-Cross” recorded at Studios Ina GRM

” This familial/familiar thread extends to the album artwork too

Each side of the LP ends with an extended keyboard work: the first for groaning

Kenji Kariu – "Rain / Water" [LP] Jazz / Free Improv seeking less to violently overload""rain water" is the fourth album by Tokyos Kariu Kenji. Following 2021s Sekai, which was also released by Bruit Direct Disques, rain water is a gorgeous haze of song, a modern driftwork thats creatively rich, and full of fleeting sensation its an album that captures its artist in process, moving through ideas and sounds with a deft hand. Its also another step in a career, of sorts, thats been continually compelling, from the experimental prog touches