Ki-Oku

A landmark release from DJ Krush's peak period, 'Ki-Oku' emerges from the Mo Wax lineage with uncompromising vision. Across its sprawling runtime, the producer distils turntable mastery and rhythmic precision into a deeply introspective soundscape. Kondo's saxophone becomes a narrative thread—filtered, textured, and emotionally charged—guiding listeners through intimate late-night scenarios and weightless, transcendent passages. Tracks like 'Ki-Gen' blur the line between IDM and illbient with its intricate breakbeats, while 'Mu-Cha' and 'Ko-Ku' sink into hypnotic, narcotic grooves that demand repeated listening. For collectors of sophisticated electronic music, this is an essential artifact of early 2000s underground production at its most refined and uncompromising.