Great album with a very interesting rich diverse sound that will please anyone into tech music may it be Techno, House, Tech-House, Breaks...If haven't bought this album yet! Do get the re-issued on Ring label as it has two extra tracks including the excellent last 10(+)m track.

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There’s techno, and then there’s Rei Harakami. With his stunning blend of jazz, tech-house and Detroit, Harakami’s work on Opa*q avoids predictable chord progressions and finds its own melodic paths. “Glimglim” is light and quick on its feet, while “Chromatic Cliff” hums beatlessly with sharp tones. “Double Flat” shows its rhythmic and harmonic complexity without losing its way, and “Triple Flat” speeds along a futuristic racetrack. “300 ml (Milk)” and “Poof” are more sedate, but no less interesting. Two like-minded musicians, Ian O’Brien and Max 404, lend helping hands to “On” and “Double Flat,” respectively, with unsurprisingly marvelous results. Opaque? This album? Hardly. It’s crystal-clear wonderful.

Wow. You like IDM and the vibe of electric piano pieces? This is a synergy of so much i can't do it justice. Really sharp production, sensitive composition, choice sound-sculpting. Mellow idm with forays into houseyness. Not a bit cliched. Not a 'speck of cereal'. Fresh n krispy ideas. Thank you.

Most of the tracks have really funny bent melodies and crazy rhythms, except "chromatic cliff", which is completely beatless, and "V" which is a very noisy sound layering. My favorite track is "triple flat", which has nice drum & bass beats in it. The last two tracks are remixes by others, more straight and IMHO don't fit to the rest of the tracks. Except for "V" and the remixes I like this album very much and makes me curious about other productions of Rei Harakami.