cokiyu EP "荒野" 
release date: 11 Aug 2021

Download: https://cokiyu.bandcamp.com/album/kouya
Streaming: https://linkco.re/h5ts8Ydu

tracks
1. 旅人
2. 酸素
3. まじない
4. 潮騒
5. 海の人と雪

All songs and lyrics written by cokiyu

Mastered by Yosi Horikawa
https://yosihorikawa.bandcamp.com/
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1. 旅人
Produced by cokiyu

Ambient guitar by masami.ueti
https://masamiueti-livinglabel.studio.site/


2. 酸素
Produced by cokiyu

Electric bass by Hirofumi Nakamura
http://hirofuminakamura.com/

Drums by HAMADAH(NETWORKS)
https://lit.link/hamadah


3. まじない
Produced by cokiyu


4. 潮騒
Produced by cokiyu


5. 海の人と雪
Composed and edited by cokiyu
Arranged and recorded by Ueda Takayasu at Singing Frog Studio
(Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Harmonium, Percussion)
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/

*Special Piano version by Ueda Takayasu
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/album/leichtschnee-song-by-cokiyu

荒野 - kouya

https://machinone.bandcamp.com/album/parasol-boat

主に2006~2007年あたりに作った曲をまとめた作品でmachinoneを始める前に活動していたLow Parasolというポストロックバンドの影響もあり、エレキギターやベース、トイドラム、ピアニカも使用していて、これまでの発表した作品とは少し雰囲気の異なる感じもある。

Mainly a work that summarizes the songs made around 2006-2007, and was active before starting machinone
Due to the influence of a post-rock band called Low Parasol, electric guitars, basses, toy drums, etc.
I also use Pianica, and it feels a little different from the works I have released so far.
credits
released June 24, 2021

music by machinone

instrument by Guild Star fireⅢ sb, maxon franger, martin acoustic guitar, Toydrum, Pianica, Harmonica, Bass, Reed organ, banjo, maxon flanger,

Artwork by Daizo Kato

Fuori-B002

Parasol Boat3

Henning Schmiedt - 25 to 7

cokiyu EP "荒野" 
release date: 11 Aug 2021

Download: https://cokiyu.bandcamp.com/album/kouya
Streaming: https://linkco.re/h5ts8Ydu

tracks
1. 旅人 ★
2. 酸素
3. まじない
4. 潮騒
5. 海の人と雪

All songs and lyrics written by cokiyu

Mastered by Yosi Horikawa
https://yosihorikawa.bandcamp.com/
---------------------------------------------

1. 旅人
Produced by cokiyu

Ambient guitar by masami.ueti
https://masamiueti-livinglabel.studio.site/


2. 酸素
Produced by cokiyu

Electric bass by Hirofumi Nakamura
http://hirofuminakamura.com/

Drums by HAMADAH(NETWORKS)
https://lit.link/hamadah


3. まじない
Produced by cokiyu


4. 潮騒
Produced by cokiyu


5. 海の人と雪
Composed and edited by cokiyu
Arranged and recorded by Ueda Takayasu at Singing Frog Studio
(Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Harmonium, Percussion)
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/

*Special Piano version by Ueda Takayasu
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/album/leichtschnee-song-by-cokiyu

荒野

旅人 - Tabibito

cokiyu EP "荒野" 
release date: 11 Aug 2021

Download: https://cokiyu.bandcamp.com/album/kouya
Streaming: https://linkco.re/h5ts8Ydu

tracks
1. 旅人
2. 酸素 ★
3. まじない
4. 潮騒
5. 海の人と雪

All songs and lyrics written by cokiyu

Mastered by Yosi Horikawa
https://yosihorikawa.bandcamp.com/
---------------------------------------------

1. 旅人
Produced by cokiyu

Ambient guitar by masami.ueti
https://masamiueti-livinglabel.studio.site/


2. 酸素
Produced by cokiyu

Electric bass by Hirofumi Nakamura
http://hirofuminakamura.com/

Drums by HAMADAH(NETWORKS)
https://lit.link/hamadah


3. まじない
Produced by cokiyu


4. 潮騒
Produced by cokiyu


5. 海の人と雪
Composed and edited by cokiyu
Arranged and recorded by Ueda Takayasu at Singing Frog Studio
(Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Harmonium, Percussion)
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/

*Special Piano version by Ueda Takayasu
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/album/leichtschnee-song-by-cokiyu

酸素 - Sanso

cokiyu EP "荒野" 
release date: 11 Aug 2021

Download: https://cokiyu.bandcamp.com/album/kouya
Streaming: https://linkco.re/h5ts8Ydu

tracks
1. 旅人
2. 酸素
3. まじない ★
4. 潮騒
5. 海の人と雪

All songs and lyrics written by cokiyu

Mastered by Yosi Horikawa
https://yosihorikawa.bandcamp.com/
---------------------------------------------

1. 旅人
Produced by cokiyu

Ambient guitar by masami.ueti
https://masamiueti-livinglabel.studio.site/


2. 酸素
Produced by cokiyu

Electric bass by Hirofumi Nakamura
http://hirofuminakamura.com/

Drums by HAMADAH(NETWORKS)
https://lit.link/hamadah


3. まじない
Produced by cokiyu


4. 潮騒
Produced by cokiyu


5. 海の人と雪
Composed and edited by cokiyu
Arranged and recorded by Ueda Takayasu at Singing Frog Studio
(Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Harmonium, Percussion)
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/

*Special Piano version by Ueda Takayasu
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/album/leichtschnee-song-by-cokiyu

まじない - Majinai

cokiyu EP "荒野" 
release date: 11 Aug 2021

Download: https://cokiyu.bandcamp.com/album/kouya
Streaming: https://linkco.re/h5ts8Ydu

tracks
1. 旅人
2. 酸素
3. まじない
4. 潮騒 ★
5. 海の人と雪

All songs and lyrics written by cokiyu

Mastered by Yosi Horikawa
https://yosihorikawa.bandcamp.com/
---------------------------------------------

1. 旅人
Produced by cokiyu

Ambient guitar by masami.ueti
https://masamiueti-livinglabel.studio.site/


2. 酸素
Produced by cokiyu

Electric bass by Hirofumi Nakamura
http://hirofuminakamura.com/

Drums by HAMADAH(NETWORKS)
https://lit.link/hamadah


3. まじない
Produced by cokiyu


4. 潮騒
Produced by cokiyu


5. 海の人と雪
Composed and edited by cokiyu
Arranged and recorded by Ueda Takayasu at Singing Frog Studio
(Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Harmonium, Percussion)
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/

*Special Piano version by Ueda Takayasu
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/album/leichtschnee-song-by-cokiyu

潮騒 - Shiosai

cokiyu EP "荒野" 
release date: 11 Aug 2021

Download: https://cokiyu.bandcamp.com/album/kouya
Streaming: https://linkco.re/h5ts8Ydu

tracks
1. 旅人
2. 酸素
3. まじない
4. 潮騒
5. 海の人と雪 ★

All songs and lyrics written by cokiyu

Mastered by Yosi Horikawa
https://yosihorikawa.bandcamp.com/
---------------------------------------------

1. 旅人
Produced by cokiyu

Ambient guitar by masami.ueti
https://masamiueti-livinglabel.studio.site/


2. 酸素
Produced by cokiyu

Electric bass by Hirofumi Nakamura
http://hirofuminakamura.com/

Drums by HAMADAH(NETWORKS)
https://lit.link/hamadah


3. まじない
Produced by cokiyu


4. 潮騒
Produced by cokiyu


5. 海の人と雪
Composed and edited by cokiyu
Arranged and recorded by Ueda Takayasu at Singing Frog Studio
(Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Harmonium, Percussion)
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/

*Special Piano version by Ueda Takayasu
https://uedatakayasu.bandcamp.com/album/leichtschnee-song-by-cokiyu

海の人と雪 - Umi no hito to yuki

flau.jp/releases/wind-letter/

Machinone, an enigmatic artist who composes music based on "town (Machi)" in the broad sense of the word, will release his third album. Acoustic guitar and small piano are spun in a simple and gentle manner.
On top of variously designed instruments and objects, a faintly imaginary world rises up and opens a new door.

Following the 1st album Tokyo, which depicts the west side of Tokyo, and Pieni, which expresses the compassion for the towns and small things in our memories, Machinone's third album is an imaginary wind letter that has arrived in our time. Using the title "Wind Letter" and the melody of the title track as a clue, Wind Letter was constructed with a slightly sci-fi story in mind. In addition to the gut guitars, small pianos, banjos, and prepared guitars that characterize Machinone's music, this album also features triangular analog string synthesizers, cheap keyboards, triangles, and denden taiko (Japanese pellet drum). The result is a varied and, in some songs, magical ensemble. From the keywords that influenced the album, such as Draisine, Chacun cherche son chat (Cédric Klapisch), Niewinni Czarodzieje (Andrzej Wajda) and Frank Patterson's Cycling Eutopia, as well as the stories brought by the various invisible forms of wind indicated in the song titles, may give you a sense of longing for the near future and the past that does not exist, and a soft look at contemporary society. The world changed dramatically during the making of this album, and the songs that were created to dispel this change are a collection of small pieces that have a hint of brightness and comicality, and give a sense of a new swing for Machinone as a musician.

Machinone - Ossyana

Meadow & Gen Tanabe
EP「Two Lands #1」

Digital Release  June 21 2023
https://linkco.re/g9aQYq4s

【Track List】
1 Four Seasons
2 green grass
3 SHUREI
4 nei
5 cold winter way

All Composed & Arranged by Gen Tanabe & Meadow
All Lyrics by Meadow
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Gen Tanabe (Studio Camel House)

Art Works by Tomohiro Ono

—

巡る季節のさまざまな現象や、仄かな気配を音にしたような景色的な音楽。

2022年リリースされたMeadowのアルバムや、田辺玄とharuka nakamuraのユニットorbeのアルバムなどで楽曲を共作するなど、近年共に音づくりを重ねている2人が初のコラボレーション作品をつくった。

大分と山梨。
二つの異なる地で山や里を近くに感じながら暮らし音を紡いできたMeadowと田辺玄が、今作をつくる上での共通言語は”land”
丘や山や土地の空気や気配。
そこにはある一定の冷たさと、巡る季節の仄かなあたたかさを携えている。

雪溶けの水が山を流れる、やわらかな草が風を受けて揺れる、始めの鳥が鳴き始める。
山肌や、土の層、水面に揺れる模様、質感やマテリアル感を感じるサウンドづくりは、
互いの楽曲を持ち寄り、それぞれが色彩をつけ、
軽妙なコンビネーションによって形づくられていった。

楽曲制作、アレンジ、演奏などすべて2人で行い、時にはその場でアイディアとサウンドを出し合い、録音されてゆく。それぞれの個性を発揮しつつも、新たな世界観がどこまでも広がる今作。

それぞれの土地、さまざまな季節や時間。風や温度の中で心地よく響くことを願って。

Meadow & Gen Tanabe  EP「Two Lands #1」 teaser

Amber Skies

#821 need u. w

DeathofStevenPt.2

Taken from the album 'niji', to be released worldwide on December 24, 2015 on Kitchen. Label

Order on 3CD here: 
http://www.kitchen-label.com/ki017-ironomi-niji/

Tracklist: 
1-1 風草 (Feat. 沢田穣治)
1-2 茜空 (Feat.今西玲子)
1-3 水藻 (Feat. hofli)
1-4 紫陽花 (Feat. ASPIDISTRAFLY) 
2-1 光旅 (Feat. haruka nakamura) 
2-2 舟月 (Feat. ARAKI Shin)
2-3 睡蓮 (Feat. Rie Nemoto) 
2-4 楓 (Feat. Coupie)
3-1 朝靄 (Feat. 中島ノブユキ) 
3-2 碧空 (Feat. 内田輝)
3-3 箒星 (Feat. 沢田穣治)
3-4 日向 (Feat. haruka nakamura)

Following 2010’s release of the Kitchen. Label classic “sketch”, ironomi returns with their long awaited seventh album, a 3CD 164 minutes collection entitled ‘niji’ (English Translation: Rainbow). Joining pianist Junya Yanagidaira and programmer Yu Isobe are a stellar line-up of their most loved collaborators and contemporaries. In ‘niji’, the record is marked by the same tranquility and fleetingness of their sound but also offers a slight departure from the traditions of ironomi’s previous recordings with the addition of other instruments (Saxophone, Contrabass, Koto, Violins etc) contributed by the guest musicians on each of the 12 tracks - Featuring Nobuyuki Nakajima, Jyoji Sawada (Choro Club) as well as members of the Kitchen. Label family ASPIDISTRAFLY, haruka nakamura, ARAKI Shin, Akira Uchida, Rie Nemoto among many others.

ironomi has a sound which is almost enigmatic to describe. One could listen to their albums on an ambient level and just let the music flow through. Or one could listen closer and find a detail in the sound that is intricate and palatable. ironomi’s impressionistic ripples of piano fragments generate the cumulative feel of a gently flowing river or the shifting play of light through the leaves of trees. ironomi is like nature, a sound of nature that has existed from the beginning and free from any judgement.

The duo’s music is distinctively less about conventional compositional structure than it is about the creating and sustain of mood. For each of the recordings in ‘niji’, improvised sessions were recorded and the best takes were kept intact with very minimal post production. The works showcase ironomi’s capacity to construct compelling music in real-time, their melodic-harmonic imagination as an improviser and ability to consistently find and shape new forms with each of their collaborators also sharing the same strong sense for the dialectics of sound and silence. A wishful charm imbues this entire recording of pieces which, though not written together, seem to have been predestined for each other in this album.

The latest album is highlighted by almost 40 minutes worth of music recorded together with haruka nakamura on classical guitar, whom he had spent his early formative years touring and collaborating with the duo on numerous occasions. In the collaboration with April Lee and Ricks Ang of ASPIDISTRAFLY, voices are striving to be heard and a song was unexpectedly born from the improvisational session. The result is perhaps the most strongly lyrical piece of ironomi’s releases to date.

“niji” is available on 3CD and digital formats on 24th December 2015. The physical CD copy comes in a customised letter-pressed folio. The cover is designed with a unique holographic foil which cause a refraction that creates constantly changing light reflections and prismatic colors. All linking back to the symbolic representation of the miraculous hues of ironomi’s sound world, trapping the listeners in a peaceful space of pure sound and sonic allusions.

Released & distributed by Kitchen. Label
Ⓟ & © 2015 Kitchen. Label

MORE INFO:
www.kitchen-label.com

KI-017 ironomi - niji (Album Excerpts)

Tate Modern2 score~outro

twilight was haruka nakamura’s second album, released in the summer of 2010. The album spawned the haruka nakamura classics such as twilight, Ongaku No Aru Fuukei, Curtain Call, Faraway and Hikari. Upon release it was seen (and still is) as a haruka nakamura masterpiece. twilight marks a milestone not only for the artist but also remains the best-selling album on KITCHEN. LABEL in over a decade. Recorded in a studio overlooking the ocean as a tribute to the sight of the expiring sun falling slowly over the horizon at dusk, twilight is a sustained reverie that mirrors the dwindling rays of light at day’s end with its subtle variations in timbre and texture. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the iconic album will be available for the first time on vinyl and the re-releasing of the much sought after original first press CD + art book edition. Included in the reissue are 8 previously unreleased tracks recorded during the original sessions in 2010. Remastered by long-time collaborator Gen Tanabe, the reissue features artwork faithful to the original design with the addition of liner notes written by Toshhiko Terada of Ameto Kyujitsu. 

haruka nakamura’s twilight 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is available on: 

2LP: Remastered album tracks + 8 previously unreleased tracks. 12-inch double vinyl housed in gatefold sleeves and 4-page insert. 

2CD + Artbook: Remastered album tracks + 8 previously unreleased tracks. Double CDs housed in 48-page hardcover book.

haruka nakamura - harmonie du soir

Music Producer

Born amidst the forested mountains where the Shimanto River begins its quiet journey in Ehime, Japan.
Her artistic voice first emerged during her time at music university, where she explored the fringes of electronic and contemporary sound, eventually bringing her sonic world to life on stage.
In 2007, she released her debut album Mirror Flake, followed by Your Thorn in 2011 - works that led her to perform across Denmark, Australia, and throughout Asia, weaving delicate, immersive live experiences.
In 2016, she collaborated with visual artist Akiyoshi Kitagawa on sidhe, a multi-channel sound installation enveloping VACANT in Harajuku with haunting layers of sound and image, accompanied by a 60-minute soundtrack.
After a period of quiet, she returned with the EP Koya in 2021 and Zanzo in 2024 - meditative works echoing landscapes both internal and external. Beyond her personal creations, her music has found homes in film (Confessions by Tetsuya Nakashima), television and web commercials (including for KOSE Sekkisei and SONY), animated works, and runway shows - each a canvas for her intimate and textured soundscapes.

旅人 - Tabibito

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