Be Here Now

my favourite :-)

Art direction and design by Rosa Uchima and Gene Brutty.

Reign

A cover song.  Both of my Japanese grandparents are from the island of Okinawa.
Original by The Boom, a Japanese rock band:
The four musicians, friends from Yamanashi Prefecture, formed the band in 1986 as a hokoten street band in Tokyo. They soon began getting club gigs and a record deal with Sony, with whom they released their first album, A Peacetime Boom, in 1989.
Vocalist Kazufumi Miyazawa who is the composer and lyricist for The Boom was inspired by the music of Okinawa. A single CD "Shima Uta" was released in 1993 with high sales, which reached approximately 1.5 million and brought fame to the band, around the world as well as at home.[citation needed] On December 31, 1993, The Boom participated in Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an exclusive show usually reserved for elite musicians.
After they released "Shima-uta," the group went on to perform "Kaze-ni Naritai," "Kaero-kana," and "Tsukisaemo-nemuruyoru," but Miyazawa wanted to write more Okinawa songs, so an album composed purely of Okinawa songs was released.

Art direction and design by Rosa Uchima and Gene Brutty.

Shima Uta (Okinawa Island Song)

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu is a Sanskrit mantra which means: 
“May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.” 

By chanting this mantra, we move from our personal self and radiate a prayer of love and empathy for the world around us. Illusions of separation dissolves, recognising we are all one, we can move into sincerer compassion for ourselves and those around us. The mantra moves us into the one-heart, and sparks global kindness.


released October 2, 2020 
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This is a collaboration between 2 friends/soul sisters Clare Uchima & Hinako Omori.
clareuchima.com
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Produced and mixed by Hinako. 

> the initial template, Clare's vocals and piano engineered by Paul Stanborough and Coco the cat. www.paulstanborough.com 

> ft. beautiful field recordings of Hossawa Waterfall in Japan by Luca Young. www.instagram.com/lucakyoung/ 

> mastered by Cicely Balston at Air Studios, London. www.alchemymastering.com 

> artwork & Metatron's Cube by Rosa Uchima. www.rosauchima.com

Clare Uchima

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