Midori Hirano - OTONOMA [CD]

Format: CD, Gatefold cover [w/ download card]
Catalogue No.: CDTHRILL643
Barcode: 790377064322
Release Date: 20 Feb 2026
Genre: Dance & Electronic

The artistry of Midori Hirano lives in the resonance between sonic and visual worlds. Over her distinguished career the Berlin-based, Kyoto- born composer, pianist, and synthesist has crafted a distinctive voice straddling the spheres of classical music and harmonies with abstraction and invention. In addition to works under her own name, Hirano has released dynamic experiments under her MimiCof moniker as well as composed for film, television, art exhibitions and architectural expos. Hirano has also been a prolific collaborator, working with CoH, Brueder Selke, Nils Mosh, Teodor Wolgers, Ben Lukas Boysen & Paul Emmerich, SPECIMENS, Mami Sakurai, Atsuko Hatano, and more, contributing to dozens of releases. Hirano is acclaimed for crafting emotive works that stimulate all the senses with impressionism, or painting with sound. OTONOMA is the culmination of her work synthesizing these elements and highlights her acumen as a practiced and intuitive artist. The album infuses Hirano’s more classical sense of harmony on the piano with the endless textural possibilities of synthesizers. Like nebulas coalescing into galaxies, the pieces of OTONOMA emanate hues dense with subtle layers of color folded into gradients, arresting and radiant.

A1. Illuminance  A2. Ame, Hikari  A3. In Colours  A4. Warped In Red  A5. Rainwalk  B1. Blue Horizon  B2. Aurora  B3. Before The Silence  B4. Oto, Kioku  B5. Was It A Dream