From Japanese only double album "This Spring Is The One" (epcd 125/6)
June 25th, 2021 on sale

more info : 7ep.net/item/epcd125_6/

Nicholas Krgovich / Time

Taken from "こもん（Common）" released on 25th May 2022 from Sweet Dreams Press, Tokyo.

作曲：中尾勘二
composed by Kanji Nakao

録音、ミックス：川瀬真司
recorded and mixed by Shinji Kawase (Gumbo STUDIO)

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吉田悠樹：二胡
Yuki Yoshida: erhu

服部将典：コントラバス
Masanori Hattori: contrabass

牧野琢磨：ギター
Takuma Makino: guitar

中尾勘二：アルト・サックス、ドラム
Kanji Nakao: alto saxophone, drums

こもん

あの丘のむこうがわへ

NRQ - あの丘のむこうがわへ

I wanna give you the silence
I want you to believe in me
I want you to love
I want you to see me

See my worth
See my strength
Look above
I'll save the day

Let me heal you
Heal your soul
Let me heal you
You soon will know

I love you
I love you strong
I love you
The love belongs

To you
For you
I lust
And I trust

Forever
For good

I love you
I need you

Forever
For good
For us
Understood

Forever and Understood
Forever and Understood

Let me heal you
Heal your soul
Let me heal you
You soon will know

I love you
I love you strong
I love you
The love belongs

To you
For you
I love you
I need you

Forever
For good
For us
Understood

Forever Understood
Forever Understood
Forever Understood
Forever Understood

Forever Understood
Forever Understood
Forever Understood
Forever Understood

Forever Understood

"Sunday" from Other Too Pure Songs (@othertoopuresongs) 7" EP "Twilight e.p.".
illustration by Amanda Åkerman from Alpaca Sports
info: http://fastcut.jp/artist/other-too-pure-songs/
ep trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyVW8ddCxKg

Other Too Pure Songs - Sunday

SECAI / New Eiga Featuring TENNISCOATS

Tracklist:
01. EVENFALL
02. OBSCURE DUSK
03. SINUSOIDAL PIRR
04. SOLEMN SOLACE
05. NIGHTFALL
06. INTERMISSION I : HÆTU
07. ETHEREAL COSMOS (ft. Okamotonoriaki, Kent Lee)
08. ANDROMEDIDS
09. COSMIC INFLATION (ft. Flica)
10. INTERMISSION II : ARÊTE
11. DAWNFALL

EVERY SINGLE DAY, OUR LIVES REVOLVES AROUND A SPIRAL OF SYSTEMATICAL LOOPS OF ACTIVITIES THAT SEEMS TO STATE OUR EXISTENCE IN THIS EARTH. THE MUNDANE DAYS AND ROUTINES THAT WE ENDURE AWAITS THE ARRIVAL OF THE WEEKENDS, WHERE WE SEEK COMFORT AND REST. THE CYCLE REPEATS TO FULFIL ONE GOAL AFTER ANOTHER, WHICH WILL LAST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE CONSTANTLY SEEK FOR LOVE, FILLING THE EMPTINESS INSIDE WHENEVER IT COLLIDES WITH SOLITUDE. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA AND MATERIALISM HAS OFTEN PLAYED A PART IN THIS FACADE TO SHELTER OURSELVES FROM THE ABYSS OF THE INSECURITIES SCREAMING FROM WITHIN. AMONG ALL OF THESE CATASTROPHIC SELF-SEARCHING EVENTS, YET IRONICALLY AT TIMES A BLESSING IN DISGUISE, WE FIND OURSELVES SEEKING FOR SOLACE

And like anyone of us, a Korean born musician, Dae Kim fnds his comfort in his frst LP, entitled Solace. In the midst of his soul-searching voyage, it has occurred to Dae that there is no other way to fnd comfort in life than fulflling one’s mandate, which in this case for him is by making music. Just like the mechanism of nature in this earth, every element took place to serve its core purpose. Hence, throughout this album, Dae was able to portray his perspective of this expedition through a soundscape of the living world. The three main themes entitled “Evenfall”, “Nightfall” and “Dawnfall” acts as a mould to the album with it’s looping melody lines and thematic structure.

Working for more than two years for his album, Dae Kim has took the approach of combining acoustic instruments from rhodes, piano, guitars, accordion to analogue synthesisers and turntables to create sounds of many colours. After spending countless nights in his bedroom drafting from one melody line to an ensemble track, he was fearless in trying new sounds and arrangements. With a mixture of electronica, ambient and acoustic, he was able to create songs that carries strong messages with a heartfelt innocence. As you could find the profound usage of these instruments throughout the album, it is hard to deny that Dae’s core inspirations such as Vangelis, Ennio Moricone and A winged victory of the Sullen (just to name a few), has played a part in shaping the overall soundscape of this production.

Playing a signifcant part in bringing this album to its fruition, is a strong line-up of musician collaborators. Bassist Kent Lee has showed his ability as a versatile musician through songs like “Obscure Dusk”, “Solemn Solace” and “Hætu” which carries the weight of the album’s theme between its heartwarming bass lines. He also did an additional composition for the seventh track, providing the drive and thrust for the song. Besides that, renowned ambient/electonica musician, Flica added an eccentric touch to the track “Cosmic Inﬂation” with his overdrived keys and alluring melody lines. It is as though in the midst of these indentation, there is peace and calmness. Last but not least on the featured artist is the Japanese born composer, Okamotonoriaki. Through his simple and benign repetition of vocal and harmonies, Okamotonoriaki was able to bring forth a sense of resolution through his work on the track “Ethereal Cosmos”. The album was mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama from Tokyo, who brought the entire album to it’s life and fruition.

“Solace” is Dae Kim’s journey of fnding his comfort amongst his vagrancy and it has been a rewarding one thus far. In this 52 reminiscing minutes of music, it stands for something more for the listeners. A time to reﬂect or a moment of catharsis, it is Dae Kim’s biggest hope for everyone who stumble upon this album to fnd their own solace amidst the pandemonium of our generation.

Solace

mnc018

Solace / Dae Kim (album sample mix)

Before I Go

Young Agings - You

Singer songwriter Rima Kato interprets hundred-year-old works by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti on upcoming album Sing-Song. 
Filled with toy instrument daintiness and folk guitar bounce, what began as a retreat away from the world is a refreshing, pastoral bridge through time and space, connecting listeners with the words of Rossetti herself.

Rima Kato - A Ring Upon Her Finger

[ARTIST] Morningwhim (@morningwhimband)
[TITLE] Most Of the Sun Shines
[LABEL] fastcut records
[CATALOG NUMBER] FCEP-030
[FORMAT] 7"
[RELEASE DATE] 18th April, 2020 (RECORD STORE DAY)
[PRICE] 1,500 yen (without tax)

TRACKLIST:
A. Most Of the Sun Shines
B. Wandering

Morningwhim - Most Of the Sun Shines

JOHN TO PAUL new 7" single "ONGAKU / GOD SAVE THE MEN" 2020.4.25 release!

https://seikosha.stores.jp/items/5e8d5264e20b045f926088b4

Nicholas Krgovich / Time

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