In 1974, Japanese electronic musician Isao Tomita released the album Snowflakes Are Dancing, which featured reworked interpretations (some quite radical) of the music of French Impressionist composer Claude Debussy. The album became a worldwide hit, and has since become a milestone of electronic music (and spawned many follow-up albums for Tomita).
In the second of two simultaneously released EPs, Bay Area musician Onah Indigo (aka noaccordion) turns to another Impressionist composer, Eric Satie. In her first-ever “covers” project, all six tracks are instrumental adaptations of Satie piano works that definitely bear the stamp of Indigo’s musical stylings. While they aren’t quite the lush productions found on Tomita’s album, they do put an interesting spin on Satie’s music, weaving a soundscape that would appeal most to EDM fans (yes, there are beats to be found on several tracks).
