HELIX OF LIGHT

Introduction

The world has Warp and Squarepusher... Here in Japan, we have Revirth and Numb!!!

Revirth, the label that launched in 1997, supported the heyday of the domestic breakbeat/electronic music scene. After being forced to suspend operations in 2006 due to various circumstances, it relaunched in 2011 with the reissue of three masterpieces. Now, the man who is synonymous with Revirth has finally completed his long-awaited new album, his first in six years since 2006's "Kuu." Its unique and overwhelming sound, polyrhythmic development, depth, and a sense of danger lurking beneath its stoic sonic depths. This aggressive sound, more than ever before enveloped in electronic sounds, is by no means exaggerated; it is a monumental work in electronic music that will resonate worldwide.

About the Artist

[Numb] Graduated from the Engineering Department of the New York Institute of Audio Research. He began his career as a manipulator for the hip-hop group Buddah Brand. In 1995, he founded Karma Musik with musician/DJ Calm and began performing as an artist under the name Numb. After releasing several singles, he launched the label Revirth in 1997. To date, Revirth has released 20 CDs and 34 vinyl records, including Numb's own works. After a hiatus in 2006, he announced his return in 2010 with the release of reissues of his past works. In 2011, he released Sokif, an artist with a classical background. Since the late 1990s, he has also been actively performing using electronic devices such as synthesizers and controllers, as well as laptops. He has performed at festivals such as Fuji Rock Festival and Metamorphose, and overseas at Batofar in Paris, Sonic Light in Amsterdam, the Future Sound Of Jazz Festival in Denmark, and the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. He is also actively collaborating with other musicians, participating in Tokyo Zawinul Bach, a group featuring Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Masayasu Tsuboguchi, forming the unit Draco with tabla player Masaki Yoshimi and sitar player Kenji Inoue, and performing in the session numbxichiro with Ichiro Shibata, the former drummer of Yura Yura Teikoku, and providing dub for the dub band DRY & HEAVY, which miraculously reunited this year.