{"product_id":"akane-monchhichi-vinyl-lp-uk-import-pre-order-out-12-11-26","title":"Akane - Monchhichi (Vinyl LP, UK Import) PRE-ORDER - Out 12\/11\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a pre-order. It will ship on or around 12\/11\/26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-product\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-desc\"\u003eSophomore album by \u003cb\u003eAkane\u003c\/b\u003e, the bedroom-pop solo project of Tenerife's \u003cb\u003eCarolina Machado\u003c\/b\u003e -- best known as the drummer and vocalist for space-rock psych outfit \u003cb\u003eGaf y La Estrella de la Muerte\u003c\/b\u003e. Born out of an intensive three-day artistic residency at Keroxen festival, Carolina returns to Espacio Cultural El Tanque -- the massive, echoing decommissioned fuel tank that gave her debut release its raw, subterranean resonance. This time around, she joins forces with Cairo-based producer \u003cb\u003e3phaz\u003c\/b\u003e, pairing her ethereal, floaty textures with his heavyweight rhythmic architecture and sharp-edged electronic grooves. Picking up where \u003cu\u003eNight-Time Birds\u003c\/u\u003e left off, \u003cu\u003eMonchhichi\u003c\/u\u003e expands Akane's sonic palette into darker, more immersive territory. The record navigates a vivid dichotomy between the neon-lit, spectral urban pulse of Japan at night, captured in tracks like \"Tokyo City Girl\" and \"Monchhichi,\" and the mist-choked coastlines of Tenerife, evoked in \"Takatana\" parts I and II. With the murmur of a constant sea swell, the album serves as an inner sanctuary -- a place for reflection on her own creative mechanics, artistic isolation, and the transformative weight of motherhood. Drenching dreamy shoegaze guitars and vintage synth lines in 3phaz's hypnotic, club-born polyrhythms, \u003cu\u003eMonchhichi\u003c\/u\u003e bridges leftfield dance music, ambient pop, and raw location recordings. An(other) essential document of Canary Islands sound worlds, pushing the archipelago's experimental underground further into its own thing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67606197731546,"sku":null,"price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/5705\/3402\/files\/KRXN051LP_PROD.jpg?v=1792724035","url":"https:\/\/jackpotrecords.com\/products\/akane-monchhichi-vinyl-lp-uk-import-pre-order-out-12-11-26","provider":"Jackpot Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}