| Konoyo | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Tim Hecker |
| Cover: | Konoyo Tim Hecker.png |
| Released: | September 28, 2018 |
| Length: | 59:06 |
| Label: | Kranky |
| Producer: | Tim Hecker |
| Prev Title: | Love Streams |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Anoyo |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Konoyo is the ninth studio album by Canadian electronic music musician Tim Hecker, released on September 28, 2018 on Kranky and Sunblind Music. A majority of the album was made from Hecker's visits to Japan, where he worked with a gagaku ensemble, Tokyo Gakuso, in Jiunzan Mandala-Temple Kanzouin on the outskirts of Tokyo.[1]
Konoyo received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 82, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crack Magazine | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | |||
| Gaffa | Top 30 Albums of 2018 | |||
| The 405 | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | |||
| PopMatters | Top 70 Albums of 2018 | |||
| PopMatters | Top 20 Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018 | |||
| Sputnikmusic | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | |||
| Tiny Mix Tapes | Top 50 Albums of 2018 |
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