Bridge by ENA

Japanese producer Yu Asaeda aka ENA produced an introspective soundtrack for the architectural documentary Bridge — covering the Dejima bridge, a reconstructed symbol of the Dutch-Japanese trading history in Nagasaki, Japan. 

The album finds the producer stepping outside of his usual remit of dark ambient and experimental music, and instead comprises ten shorter tracks that touch on abstract and rhythmic sounds that define the essence of Japanese culture. Asaeda’s first original soundtrack finds him freely inspired by the documentary and heads in exciting and unknown directions. 

Hugely atmospheric throughout, there is hypnotic repetition of sounds, strange audio design and a mixture of melancholic moods with more dreamy synths. Sometimes gloopy rhythms gently ripple beneath soothing harmonies and at others times a micro-rhythm appears through the constantly shifting and evolving found sound loops. It’s a compelling and unusual album that seamlessly mixes human emotions with a mechanical sense of industry.

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