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Lullatone are a band in love with life's little moments. They try to create sounds to turn your life into a scene from a movie. Built on a bed of soft instrumentation and close mic'd coziness, Lullatone's albums hint at the subdued piano of Goldmund, the modern classical of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and the textured ambience of Alaskan Tapes. Flourishes of analogue synthesizers, glockenspiel, intimate plucks of guitalele (a Japanese inventive cross between a guitar and ukulele), hushed strings, piano and brushed drums are all used in illustrative and imaginative ways. But, despite the intricate instrumentation, the tracks never feel cluttered. These are carefully considered compositions. Airy and gentle, they owe their understated quality to Lullatone's life in Japan, where subtlety and taste are a key to life. Each album is recorded in the group's meticulously organized studio which has been featured on Lifehacker and Apartment Therapy for its design conscious take on simplicity in life design. Like their studio, their albums show a modern take on minimalism, one filled warmth and intimacy, and proves that sometimes a lack of clutter is all that is need to inspire the imagination.
Read moreLullatone are a band in love with life's little moments. They try to create sounds to turn your life into a scene from a movie. Built on a bed of soft instrumentation and close mic'd coziness, Lullatone's albums hint at the subdued piano of Goldmund, the modern classical of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and the textured ambience of Alaskan Tapes. Flourishes of analogue synthesizers, glockenspiel, intimate plucks of guitalele (a Japanese inventive cross between a guitar and ukulele), hushed strings, piano and brushed drums are all used in illustrative and imaginative ways. But, despite the intricate instrumentation, the tracks never feel cluttered. These are carefully considered compositions. Airy and gentle, they owe their understated quality to Lullatone's life in Japan, where subtlety and taste are a key to life. Each album is recorded in the group's meticulously organized studio which has been featured on Lifehacker and Apartment Therapy for its design conscious take on simplicity in life design. Like their studio, their albums show a modern take on minimalism, one filled warmth and intimacy, and proves that sometimes a lack of clutter is all that is need to inspire the imagination.
