7FO

𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙢, 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮, 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙭𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘, 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 “𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚” 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙙𝙪𝙗 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡-𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘, 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙪𝙤𝙢𝙞 𝙃𝙤𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙤, 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙖, 𝙇𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜, 𝙀𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙭𝙭 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙨.

7FO: pronounced “nana f o” in English, “nana” being seven. Ryu no Nukegara: “dragon’ s husk” . These are the only difficulties you’ ll encounter here. This is warm, friendly, very relaxed music, very “understandable” and yet intriguing, sure to appeal to fans of electronic ambient, dub and chill-out music, as well as artists like Haruomi Hosono, Captain Ganja, La Monte Young, Equiknoxx and Tapes. The Osaka-based 7FO combines groovily sparse electronic percussion with similarly sparse dub-feel synth bass, as well as pentatonic synth and steel pan melodies, the latter with an intriguing Okinawa/Sunda/Malay feel. Sparkling dub-influenced processing and thoughtful mixing gives us a music which is trans-oceanic, warm, and enveloping. Following releases on RVNG, Bokeh Versions and Metron, Ryu no Nukegara is available on digital, CD and 12” LP, featuring a suite of four tracks and the 20-minute title track, whose titular dragon is Asian: a potent symbol of water, strength and good luck.