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  • Summary: The latest full-length solo release from Japanese vibraphonist Masayoshi Fujita features guest appearances by Hatis Noit and Moor Mother.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
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  1. Sep 13, 2024
    80
    Migratory is a beautiful listening experience that should hopefully bring some succour to you, wherever you might be.
  2. Sep 13, 2024
    80
    Fujita clearly listens to nature as intently as he listens to music, and Migratory is a wondrous reflection of our environment.
  3. Uncut
    Sep 13, 2024
    80
    While the recitation by guest Moor Mother lends form and force to “Our Mother’s Lights” and Fujita’s saxophonist father adds Jan Garbarek-like lines to three other tracks, the album is otherwise distinguished by the music’s shimmering beauty and other sounds that glide overhead like the birds evoked by the title. [Sep 2024, p.33]
  4. Sep 17, 2024
    80
    On Migratory, as on Bird Ambience, Masayoshi Fujita finds deep inspiration in his peaceful working and living environment.
  5. Mojo
    Sep 13, 2024
    80
    For the most part Migratory is music for reflection and meditation, held together by Fujita’s unique lightness of touch. [Oct 2024, p.84]
  6. Sep 13, 2024
    77
    Migratory balances this restlessness with an equanimous serenity unruffled by the gales, confident that Fujita’s scrupulous hand will catch the next updraft.