Ki-Oku

Ki-Oku
Studio album by
Toshinori Kondo and DJ Krush
ReleasedAugust 8, 1996 (1996-08-08)
StudioMetal Box (Kawasaki)
Genres
Length56:40
LabelSony
Producers
  • Toshinori Kondo
  • DJ Krush
DJ Krush chronology
Meiso
(1995)		 Ki-Oku
(1996)		 MiLight
(1996)
Alternative cover
European edition
Alternative cover
US edition

Ki-Oku (記憶, Kioku) is a collaborative studio album by Japanese jazz trumpeter Toshinori Kondo and Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released on August 8, 1996, in Japan by Sony Music Entertainment. The album was issued in Europe by the R&S Records imprint Apollo on January 26, 1998, and in the United States by Instinct Records on March 23, 1999.

Composition

Ki-Oku consists of 10 proper tracks and three short interludes. It features a cover of "Sun Is Shining", which was originally written and performed by Bob Marley.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
The GuardianStarStarStar
Muzik9/10
UncutStarStarStar

Rick Anderson of AllMusic said that Ki-Oku is primarily an album of "smooth-groove jazz" music, but "reveals more with repeated listens; if it sounds too easy at first, listen again – there's lots of interesting stuff going on beneath what sometimes sounds like a merely pleasant surface." In 2015, Fact placed Ki-Oku at number 25 on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Toshinori Kondo and DJ Krush, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Toh-Sui" (透睡) 4:57
2."Tobira-1" (扉-1) 0:35
3."Mu-Getsu" (無月) 6:19
4."Ha-Doh" (波動) 5:24
5."Sun Is Shining"Bob Marley6:52
6."Mu-Chu" (夢宙) 6:28
7."Tobira-2" (扉-2) 0:45
8."Fu-Yu" (浮遊) 4:56
9."Ki-Gen" (帰幻) 4:40
10."Ko-Ku" (孤空) 5:23
11."Shoh-Ka" (昇花) 4:39
12."Bu-Seki" (舞石) 4:58
13."Tobira-3" (扉-3) 0:44
Total length:56:40

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Musicians

Production

Design

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Albums (Official Charts)155
UK Dance Albums (OCC) 4
UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)12

References

  1. ↑ "記憶～KI-OKU～ | 近藤等則×DJ KRUSH" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Ki-Oku (liner notes). DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo. Apollo Records. 1998. AMB 8949 CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ "Release". mmjp.or.jp. Archived from the original on March 1, 2000. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ki-oku". Instinct Records. Archived from the original on January 13, 2004. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. "Ki-Oku – DJ Krush / Toshinori Kondo". AllMusic. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  6. ↑ Glaister, Dan (January 23, 1998). "DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo: Ki-Oku (R&S)". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ Wyatt, Kieran (February 1998). "Toshinori Kondo & DJ Krush: Ki-Oku". Muzik. No. 33. p. 69.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Simon (March 1998). "Toshinori Kondo and DJ Krush: Ki-Oku". Uncut. No. 10. p. 85.
  9. ↑ Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (July 30, 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  10. ↑ Ki-Oku (liner notes). Toshinori Kondo and DJ Krush. Sony Music Entertainment Japan. 1996. SRCS 8093.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ "Chart Log UK: Alex K – Kyuss". Zobbel.de. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Dance Albums" (PDF). Music Week. February 7, 1998. p. 21. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart on 1/2/1998 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 15, 2017.