Memories Are My Only Witness

1. Small Circular Motion

2. Why Do We Distrust the Machines We Made?: Do Creators Hate Us?/A Happy

3. You Think You Are So Generous, But It's the Most Conditional "Anything"

4. Driving Down by the Hudson River, We Saw the Blood Red Burning Sky

5. Sun Beam - Nothing Hurts - On a Cold Winter Morning I Walked Back Home

6. Single Silver Bullet

7. Some Days I Stay in Bed for Hours

8. Schwaltz

9. Last One to Fall Asleep With

10. Night Diving

11. Liberation #6- Leaving the Memories Behind

Tracks:

Small Circular Motion
Why Do We Distrust The Machines We Made?
You Think You Are So Generous, But...
Driving Down By The Hudson River...
Sun Beam...
Single Silver Bullet
Some Days I Stay In Bed For Hours
Schwaltz
The Last One To Fall Asleep With
Night Diving
Liberation # 6 - Leaving The Memories Behind

Customer Reviews:

"Why do we distrust the machines we made?".......2007-03-10

An exciting Electronica album. Strong rhythms, colourful and strange sounds, creative production and some great melodic writing. Yuka Honda's album is an almost perfect example of modern Japanese dance / pop / electronica.
I guess that it could be said that there all sorts of elements and styles on this album - a Kraftwerkian electronic feel, a little Lounge, some Hip Hop beats, some Jazz-fusion and a dose of Trance.

I was going to list some standout tracks but I like them all. Listen to "Why do we distrust the machines we made?", "You Think You Are So Genorous, But It's the Most Conditional "Anything"" [yes, Yuka like loooonnnnnngggg titles] and the spooky "Some Days I Stay In Bed For Hours" for a feel for this album.

I am very glad I have this album, Yuka Honda is another artist to watch in the future. It goes very nicely with John Foxx's "Tiny Colour Movies". Maybe Mr. Foxx and this young lady should get together?

I have Yuka Honda's "Eucademix" and that album is well worth investigating, too.

holllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-04-21

well the album is really good on the second track has more up beats although most tracks are really 3 instramental tracks combined i was hoping to hear her solo vocals but alas good to play in a dance or just to listen to in your cd player or in the lounge the album is alright since cibo matto disbanded but sean lennon on her side since miho hatori is callaborating with the gorillaz but appears on yuka second album it is alright but can sometimes sound the same -_- -_-

havent ACTUALLY heard the CD but i saw her live.......2003-11-22

i JUST saw her live 2 days before writing this (opening for Le Tigre in Boston) and it was the first i had ever heard of her. she was absolutely amazing. she played amazing songs and had some trippy and fantastic video projections behind her. i cant imagine that her CD would be bad.

Good Stuff.......2003-05-07

Yuka's music is wonderful. At first I missed Miho's voice layed over Yuka's music, but I soon came to appreciate how great this is as a lyricless album. All of the tracks are deeply atmospheric, and often experimental. If you were a fan of Cibo Matto, or not, do yourself a favor and check out this album.

Yuka's Liberation, and the longest track titles you ever hea.......2003-03-31

Yes, the title of this review was too long to fit in the things, as an homage to Yuka Honda's monstrous track titles. This is really a magical album. Any fan of defunct off-pop duo Cibo Matto would love this, especially since Yuka is half of the mitoticized Cibo Matto. Yuka has such vast talent and potential as a musician and thinker (I would assume), and the liberation of her music has created such a beautiful mosaic of melody and rythm. Yuka's A.D.D. is manifest in this collage of color and sound, which is a very refreshing departure from traditional (commercial) song construction. It's an instrumental, which is the best type of music, meaning it is pure art. When you listen to it, one word that is destined to float to the top of your head is ART, because that's what it is. Yuka doesn't fool around. She just busts 'em out.

The other best thing about this album (besides the music of course, silly) are the gargantuan titles to some of the tracks. Here, for example, is the title of track 2:

Why Do We Distrust The Machines We Made? a. Do Creators Hate Us? b. A Happy Day, I Quit A.A., I Never Went Away c. My Tears Form A Pond In Your Garden

And that's the end of the track name. Yes, your eyes aren't deceiving you, it has three sub-track titles. I could imagine somebody calling a radio station and requesting that song ....

"Yeah, will you play Yuka Honda's "Why do we distrust the machines we made ... uhhh ... does a creator hate us ... uhh .. A happy day, something about A.A. and then it went away ... uuuuhhh .... something about a garden .... you know the one I'm talking about? Hello?"

Perhaps this was Yuka's intention. She seems to dislike or even abhor the limitations set on popular music. ("Each song must have a short, catchy, chewable name!") Stereo Type A, Yuka's 1999 accomplishment (as part of Cibo Matto) seemed to be sticking its begging cup out in front of the popular music scene, with track lengths ranging between 3 mins and 6 mins at the longest, and track titles never exceeding 3 words. Memories Are My Only Witness, however, has tracks ranging from 45 secs to 8 mins, and .... well, I've already explained the track titles.

Another thing that sets this album apart is the typography of the cover. The front cover doesn't include Yuka's name (tho it is boldly stated on the back side), and the album title is half-way off the side. I almost didn't see it the first time I looked at the cover, then when I saw it I was like, "That's cool."

The best thing about the album, hands down, is the undeniably cute (tho way too small) picture of Yuka on the back, bearing her shoulders from behind a, I don't know, some sort of musical equipment, and looking off into the distance. Way cute. I want to get a bigger version of it.

Bottom Line: Get this album if you're sick of commercialized [music]. It'll expand your musical mind a little, if it doesn't totally blow you away and introduce you to a whole other musical universe you were never aware of in your cultural deprivation chamber.

Album Review:

Album Review

album review

Album Review

Anything [CD-single] [Import]

Finnish Chamber Music

Inland Waterways

Music: Whose Truth, Whose Lies? [Hybrid SACD] [SACD]

Fake Sound of Progress

Holy Land/Angels Cry

Gullah. Songs of Hope, Faith, and Freedom

Li Puntigli DeLle Donne

Documentary

Exitos Originales [Import]

Fwdthought: Extending Electronic Music's Lineage...

Fuka [Import]

Global Clubbing: Germany

Bryn Terfel - Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 39, Romanzen & Balladen

Laurita