Filmmaker Kotaro Tanaka‘s bombastic visual interpretation of composer Kensuke Fujii‘s experimental track “Varfix” is a minimalistic moving manga with a barely discernible storyline, but intricately developed aesthetic. In fact, the combination of Tanaka’s animated chaos with the sonic nuances of Fujii proves to be a smart and dynamic combination.

What starts as a monochromatic encounter of electronic blasts and anonymous bursts of lightning and distortion builds into a climax of polychromatic patterns and resolutions. The galvanizing voyage culminates as it disassembles the mayhem deployed during the majority of the 8-minute film. Tanaka expands the rather monophonic structure of Fujii’s music by making the animation seem as polyphonic as possible in contrast. With his keen Japanese eye for the beauty of simplicity and audiovisual sync-precision, Tanaka illustrates “Varfix” to look new, feel mysterious and remain intriguing.