FOREVER EP

A1  Forever A2  Mojito A3 - Hug Close B1 - Illuminated Night B2 - Stay With Us Tokyo-based DJ, producer and sound artist Yuu Udagawa inaugurates the freshly launched Cyphon Recordings with her debut EP, ˜Forever™. Growing up on a cocktail of everything from rock, hip-hop and Latin jazz to techno and house, Yuu™s immersive musical output draws inspiration from this diverse pool of influences to create ˜uplifting and healing™ music for the mind and body. There™s an elegance and sophistication to her productions, which stems from her desire to make music guided by the Golden Mean philosophy of finding a middle ground between two extremes: excess and deficiency. Active as a DJ since the millennium, which saw her playing at clubs, festivals and fashion shows across the country, she soon turned her attention to music production and has since self-released a handful of singles and contributed audio commissions for Sony Playstation3, museums, theatres and apparel brands. Yuu™s meditative pallet of sounds instantly grabbed Cyphon™s third ear which led to the tracks that make up ˜Forever™: a collection of analog slo-mo electronica and leftfield minimal house that strike a perfect balance between warmth and depth. The release opens with the titular track: a deep, emotive electro cut punctuated by a twinkling synthline and blissful vocals. ˜Mojito™ continues the EP™s voyage into the deep, matching softly spoken word with jazz-tinged chords and meandering melodies, before ™Hug Close™ strips things back, guided by a crunchy minimal groove, warm, resolute keys and reflective synths. The B-Side steers things on a soulful course. The dark, enveloping atmosphere of ˜Illuminated Night™ is lifted by bright synth stabs and harmonic R&B-flavoured vocals. These influences continue on closer ˜Stay With Us™. Slowing down the pace, the track is a wash of shimmering funk-inspired chords and shuffling rhythms, laced once again with effortless, soaring vocal tones. Radio: Ed Banger  Apple Music™s Ed Wreck show "Brillant record! Very ecelctic I love love it!" Mr Beatnick  NTS Radio Matthias Hellwig - RBB Radio Eins / Kaleidoskop DJ Feedback: Joyce Muniz - Nice one! Andrew Wowk - "Mojito" is awesome - such a nice groove (followed up) Geordie Elliot-kerr - Some really interesting stuff in here. Digging the whole thing. Simon Caldwell - Cool and different. Paul Beller - super star release. Fred Peterkin - Dope... Alex Barck - Sounds fresh to me Ruben Mandolini  Nice Gabriel Izarraraz - great music will play for sure Kristijan Molnar - Very nice! Chris Loxton - superb Danton Eeprom - Really love the production and original vibe of this record. bring it on! Raymundo Rodriguez - cool release