In »Transients« Miki Yui creates a multilayered, tactile sound space that unfolds in a quadraphonic setup using samplers and a sequencer synthesizer. Starting from a focus on ‘small sounds’, she develops musical structures that, as Erich Franz notes, »emerge from the perception of the faintest tones and noises, [from which] she creates pieces of music and sound installations that subtly reference what is already present.« Tolouse Low Trax also describes Miki Yui’s music as a living process: »[It] is not a river, in fact it overflows in all directions imaginable, and it seems like the sounds and their interaction describe a kind of natural evolution. It’s like watching a web woven in time-lapse, or mushroom or butterfly. Instead of the camera or the microscope it’s the microphone capturing the proceedings from close-up. Thus we experience the energy and life itself, unbridled and unrelenting.«

Miki Yui is a Japanese artist and composer based in Düsseldorf. Since her first album »Small Sounds« (1999), she has been creating mysterious sound worlds using synthesizers, samplers and field recordings. In her work, she weaves diverse sonic elements into fragile, minimalist yet organic soundscapes that move between abstraction and narrative. Her practice explores the grey areas of perception and imagination. Miki Yui studied at Tama Art University in Tokyo and at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. She has released numerous albums and performs regularly throughout Europe and Japan.

www.instagram.com/miki_iuy

< See all artists