Techno meets free jazz rhythms on Yoshinori Hayashi’s new LP, Pulse of Defiance

Alongside breaks, floating synthesizer, and “piano drama.”

Tokyo-based producer Yoshinori Hayashi is releasing a new album, called Pulse of Defiance, via Smalltown Supersound this April.

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Across 12 tracks, Hayashi brings together layered techno with jungle breaks, rhythms inspired by free jazz, and floating synthesizers.

Pulse of Defiance follows his Y EP, which was also released on Smalltown Supersound.

Pre-order Pulse of Defiance here in advance of its 9th April release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

2. Make Up One’s Mind

3. Luminescence

4. Touch

5. Twilight

6. Go With Us

7. Morning Haze

8. Frequency

9. Flow

10. Shut Up

11. Gallop

12. I Believe In You