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Old 2008.03.17, 10:53 AM   #35
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HZM is kind of an enigma to me. I feel like his playing really focuses on that moment and time. And if he were to play the same song again on a different day, it would almost be like hearing a completely different tune.

I think this is his strong-point and his weak-point.

I can't argue against the fact that he's a virtuoso. I've seldom seen many players who've made ME want to play some instrument I'm not intimately familiar with. The videos live of him playing with Tokyo Jihen are some of the best piano playing I've seen live--especially in such a setting.

But when that type of crazy, frenetic playing transfers to his solo stuff, I just can't hang on to it. Sure there are a couple track I enjoy off of his first release, but most of it I felt like I couldn't listen.

Maybe it's my short attention span. :[
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