Tujiko Noriko joins with collaborators Lawrence English and John Chantler for ‘U’, a record of orbiting themes, esoteric lyrical wordplays and warm analog infused song-forms.Following on from the acclaimed ‘Blurred In My Mirror (ROOM40), ‘U’is an LP of phases and exchanges between Paris and Brisbane over athree year period. Like its recording process, it unfolds with atime-lapse exposure – capturing moments of absolute loss andunrelenting ecstasy. It’s a record of extended technique andunconventional method (both in terms of song writing cycles andproduction), but most of all U is a swelling passage through the rareand eccentric reality Tujiko Noriko evokes with her curiously distantsongs.U, a title chosen for its ‘shape’ (reflecting the collaborative natureof the record), is by far one of Noriko’s most affecting records. It'salso one of her most eclectic, littered with songs that are tellingof the world in which Tujiko Noriko finds herself.