COM.A “Fuck Dream and Kill Hope” CD

★Commentary: Itaru Mita

COM.A, who took the world by storm as a response to Autechre and Aphex Twin in Japan, is back for the first time in 13 years! While injecting ambient and jazzy elements, the twitchy beats and playfulness have evolved even further, and this strange work also contains a scathing message to the chaotic modern world! This is the true essence of punk meets IDM!

●Sunken Japan. A dark world. An Earth with no future. Who would have thought that COM.A would wake up from a coma at a time like this? When the treasure box is opened, powerful music comes out one after another. He can't read the mood at all, lol. --Mita Itaru

A magnificent paradox. A parade of electronic music of dreams and hope. --Tsutomu Noda (ele-king)

●From strange beauty to strange beauty, the music has a pop feel and a memorable melody that you would never imagine from the title. --Masato Matsumura (author of "Introduction to Avant-Garde Music")

In 2000, COM.A debuted from the prestigious UK label FAT CAT, leading the breakcore boom and encouraging the emergence of De De Mouse and other artists. It's been 13 years since his previous album "Coming of Age" and 20 years since his first album "Dream and Hope". "Fuck Dream and Kill Hope" is the message that COM.A, who had been in a coma for a long time, has derived. In this era where we can't even understand our own brains and even control them, the situation remains as it is, with no way out in sight. COM.A is no exception, and this album is the culmination of those days of confusion and wandering without being able to control himself. How do you interpret and judge this song? In 2020, the beginning of a new decade, we hope you will check it out with your head broken by dreams and hopes.

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