Yoah Johanne - “Hanabira”
Yoah Johanne, from Viborg, Denmark, has just released the intimate and atmospheric ambient folk track, “Hanabira.”
“Hanabira,” named after the Japanese word for “petal,” is an alluring composition filled with purity, nuance and delicacy. The deceptively sparse sonic palette is a meditative breath of fresh air and spine tingling when listened to on your favourite pair of headphones. Unfolding with a graceful sense of weightlessness and embodying a satisfying sense of stillness at its core.
The arrangement is nothing short of a reflective sensory experience with field recordings of water, birdsong, tinkling windchimes and absorbing reverb creating a heavenly sense of open space. Over the top flurries and ripples of a radiant, resonant, warm string instrument laps across the ambient sound field. The song feels free of structure and transportive even when the hypnotic drum beat enters. Soothing and sublime, you will feel the breeze and sunlight sweeping over your soul.
The spectral and serene vocal of Yoah Johanne dissolves into this environment acting as a breathy texture. The tones are gorgeous and really embodies the feeling of nature singing back at you. Almost as if you cross the shimmering performances of Björk on Vespertine and Grimes at the tail end of Visions.