Hunki Dori - Ciclo

Hunki Dori is the instrumental project of Dorothea Tachler (My Favourite Things) that is shaped by epic minimalism, where expansive, colorful textures unfold through cyclical structures. Built around looping foundations that could, in principle, continue indefinitely, the music uses repetition as a living framework rather than a constraint. Sounds are layered on top of each other to form a richly abundant, kaleidoscopic world, where familiar elements continuously recombine into new patterns and colors. The combination of instrumentation gives the record its vivid, saturated character, warm, detailed, and alive with motion. Voices appear only as instruments or as part of the surrounding environment through field recordings, never as narrative lead vocals. In this space, space jazz meets bedroom pop, intimate yet expansive, exploratory yet grounded.

The album, titled Ciclo, unfolds like a series of inner scenes, as if our lives had soundtracks. Alongside instruments and textures, the record weaves in field recordings captured in New York City and Seoul, fragments of everyday life, street sounds, parks, open windows, and moments of movement that found their way into the music by chance or intention. The title emerged from one such moment, a voice calling out “ciclo” on the street, unintentionally becoming part of the recording and ultimately naming the album. The word reflects the album’s deeper themes, life as a cycle, motion through repetition, and ciclo also meaning bicycle, a symbol of balance, movement, and forward motion. The album features contributions from Takuya Nakamura and Jay Rodriguez, alongside drummer Rob Heath. Like riding a bike, the record moves forward through repetition, balance, and continuous motion.