{{Infobox album | name = Konoyo | type = studio | artist = Tim Hecker | cover = Konoyo Tim Hecker.png | alt = | released = September 28, 2018 | recorded = | venue = | studio = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|Various}}|hlist=true|Studio Atlio|Jiunzan Mandala-Temple Kanzouin, Tokyo|Sunblind Studios}} | genre = {{flatlist| *Electronic *ambient *dark ambient *drone *gagaku *sound collage<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carr |first1=Paul |title=The 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2018 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-electronic-albums-2018-2622079585.html |website=PopMatters |access-date=August 21, 2022 |date=December 7, 2018}}</ref> }} | length = 59:06 | label = Kranky | producer = Tim Hecker | prev_title = Love Streams | prev_year = 2016 | next_title = Anoyo | next_year = 2019 | misc = {{Singles | name = Konoyo | type = studio | single1 = This Life | single1date = July 31, 2018 | single2 = Keyed Out | single2date = September 12, 2018 }} }}
'''''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.<ref name=resadvisor>{{Cite web |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/42228 |title=Tim Hecker returns to Kranky for new album, Konoyo |accessdate=September 29, 2018}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | ADM = 7.7/10<ref name=adm>{{Cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9571/Tim-Hecker-Konoyo.aspx |title=Konoyo by Tim Hecker reviews |publisher=AnyDecentMusic? |accessdate=September 7, 2019}}</ref> | MC = 81/100<ref name=mc>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/konoyo/tim-hecker |title=Konoyo by Tim Hecker Reviews and Tracks |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=October 27, 2025}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=am>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/konoyo-mw0003200892 |title=Konoyo – Tim Hecker |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=September 29, 2018 |last=Simpson |first=Paul}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Drowned in Sound'' | rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/20449/reviews/4152058 |title=Album Review: Tim Hecker – Konoyo |work=Drowned in Sound |date=October 1, 2018 |accessdate=September 7, 2019 |last=Bland |first=Benjamin |archive-date=September 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911123738/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/20449/reviews/4152058 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev3 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev3score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tim_hecker-konoyo |title=Tim Hecker: Konoyo |work=Exclaim! |date=September 25, 2018 |accessdate=September 29, 2018 |last=Hayes |first=Bryon}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=ra>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/28/tim-hecker-konoyo-review-japanese-forms-abstracted-by-ambient-dystopias |title=Tim Hecker: Konoyo review – Japanese forms abstracted by ambient dystopias |work=The Guardian |date=September 28, 2018 |accessdate=September 29, 2018 |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Tim Hecker: Konoyo |journal=Mojo |issue=301 |date=December 2018 |last=Chick |first=Stevie |page=93}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev6score = 8.5/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tim-hecker-konoyo/ |title=Tim Hecker: Konoyo |work=Pitchfork |date=September 28, 2018 |accessdate=September 29, 2018 |last=Haver-Currin |first=Grayson}}</ref> | rev7 = ''PopMatters'' | rev7score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/tim-hecker-konoyo-review-2607257358.html |title=Tim Hecker Explores the Negative Space with 'Konoyo' |work=PopMatters |date=September 24, 2018 |accessdate=September 29, 2018 |last=Stasis |first=Spyros}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Resident Advisor'' | rev8score = 4.2/5<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/23054 |title=Tim Hecker – Konoyo |work=Resident Advisor |date=September 26, 2018 |accessdate=September 7, 2019 |last=Beta |first=Andy}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev9score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-tim-heckers-konoyo-turns-japanese-woodwinds-into-powerful-ambient-730343/ |title=Review: Tim Hecker's 'Konoyo' Turns Japanese Woodwinds Into Powerful Ambient |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 28, 2018 |accessdate=September 7, 2019 |last=Weingarten |first=Christopher R.}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Uncut'' | rev10score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Tim Hecker: Konoyo |journal=Uncut |issue=258 |date=November 2018 |last=Robinson |first=John |page=30}}</ref> }} {{MCalbum|Konoyo|universal acclaim|81|eighteen}}<ref name=mc/> The review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave ''Konoyo'' a weighted average score of 7.7 out of 10 from nineteen critic scores.<ref name="adm"/>
===Accolades=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Publication ! Accolade ! Rank ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | ''Crack Magazine'' | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | {{center|26}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/feature-lists/the-top-50-albums-of-2018/#number50|title=The Top 50 Albums of 2018|publisher=Crackmagazine.com|accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref>}} |- | ''Gaffa'' | Top 30 Albums of 2018 | {{center|13}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Redaktionens Val |trans-title=Editors' Choice |url=http://www.e-pages.dk/gaffa/712/ |magazine=Gaffa |location=Århus |publisher=Gaffa A/S |date=December 2018 |access-date=May 2, 2021 |page=38}}</ref>}} |- | ''The 405'' | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | {{center|6}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-s-top-50-albums-of-2018-154|title=The 405's Top 50 Albums of 2018|publisher=Thefourohfive.com|date=December 20, 2018|accessdate=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331042622/https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-s-top-50-albums-of-2018-154|archive-date=March 31, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan=2 | ''PopMatters'' | Top 70 Albums of 2018 | {{center|28}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-albums-of-2018-2622492661.html|title=The 70 Best Albums of 2018|publisher=PopMatters.com|date=December 20, 2018|accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref>}} |- | Top 20 Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018 | {{center|4}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-experimental-albums-2018-2623308555.html|title=The 20 Best Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018|publisher=PopMatters.com|last1=Harrison|first1=Noah|last2=Fitzgerald|first2=Colin|date=December 17, 2018|accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref>}} |- | Sputnikmusic | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | {{center|7}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2018/12/19/staffs-top-50-albums-of-2018-50-31/|title=Staff's Top 50 Albums of 2018|publisher=Sputnikmusic.com|last=Spencer|first=Trey|date=December 19, 2018|accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref>}} |- | ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' | Top 50 Albums of 2018 | {{center|21}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2018-favorite-50-music-releases|title=Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018|publisher=Tinymixtapes.com|date=December 17, 2018|accessdate=February 20, 2019}}</ref>}} |}
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Tim Hecker | total_length = 59:06
| title1 = This Life | length1 = 8:42
| title2 = In Death Valley | length2 = 5:36
| title3 = Is a Rose Petal of the Dying Crimson Light | length3 = 3:27
| title4 = Keyed Out | length4 = 9:46
| title5 = In Mother Earth Phase | length5 = 10:26
| title6 = A Sodium Codec Haze | length6 = 5:46
| title7 = Across to Anoyo | length7 = 15:26 }}
'''Notes''' * All tracks are stylized in sentence case, except for "In Death Valley" and "Across to Anoyo". For example, "This Life" is stylized as "This life".
==Personnel== * Mariel Roberts – cello * Tim Hecker – computer, electric guitar, synth, writer, producer * Kara-Lis Coverdale – keyboards * Yoshiyuki Izaki – percussion (uchimono) * Takuya Koketsu – woodwind (ryuteki) * Motonori Miura – woodwind (hichiriki) * Fumiya Otonashi – shō * Jake Viator – transfer * Akihiro Iizuka – engineer * Ben Frost – engineer * Toshihiko Kasai – engineer * Teo Schifferli – design, layout * Tobias Spichtig – artwork, photography
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|UKDance|18|date=20181011|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 29, 2025}} |}
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