Ki-Oku

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.[1] The album was issued in Europe by the R&S Records imprint Apollo on January 26, 1998,[2][3] and in the United States by Instinct Records on March 23, 1999.[4]

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

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
AllMusic[5]
The Guardian[6]
Muzik9/10[7]

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."[5] In 2015, Fact placed Ki-Oku at number 25 on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.[8]

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.[9]

Musicians

Production

  • Toshinori Kondo – production
  • DJ Krush – production
  • Noriko Asano – executive production
  • Shuichi Ikebuchi – mixing, recording
  • Masahito Kitayama – executive production
  • Koichi "Oppenheimer" Matsuki – mixing on "Sun Is Shining"
  • Yuki Noda – executive production
  • Masayo Takise – mastering
  • Naohiko Yamada – associate production

Design

  • Mikio Hasui – photography
  • Miki Terada – art direction, design
  • Masakazu Yamamoto – art direction, design
  • Shigeru Yamaoka – art direction, design

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 155
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[11] 4
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[12] 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. 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. Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (July 30, 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  9. 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)
  10. "Chart Log UK: Alex K – Kyuss". Zobbel.de. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  11. "Dance Albums" (PDF). Music Week. February 7, 1998. p. 21. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  12. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
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