Takagi Masakatsu - Tamame ( D.S.edit )

Pool

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“As I sit here
Waiting and wanting
Surrounded by the ambient blur of the city lights
Waiting at a stop sign
Wanting to go beyond.”


It is exactly this longing to go beyond, beyond the solitary musical journey, that brought these two very gifted artists from Kyoto to cross each other’s’ paths. Marihiko Hara and Masumi Muranaka (Polar M), the 2 seasoned musicians from Kyoto, after 10 years of admiring each other works, decided to take on a voyage together, and sailed beyond the charted territories of their music. And thus, the beautiful result from this wonderful voyage - a special collaboration album entitled “Beyond”, was born.

In this album, both artists went beyond their own borders, over their perceived views, across existing ideas and ways of thinking, to allow their emotions to flow freely in the music making process. As a result, Marihiko, with his gorgeous piano touches, and Masumi, with his heart-felt guitars, jointly crafted the 10 delicate, and breath-takingly beautiful music pieces.

Traces of elegant post-classical, sweet-sounding folktronica, dreamy ambient, and even blue-ish jazz, can be found in this sound-rich album, with all elements masterfully blended together to create an exquisite music listening experience. Piano melodies that drifted in like fireflies at night, layers of guitars that painted the backdrop soundscapes, drips of tiny electronics, spaces between the notes…. The exquisiteness in music that created by Marihiko and Masumi’s wonderful talents are simply beyond words.

Mia Cabalfin, the renowned contemporary dancer from Philippines, who befriended the artists when they composed the music for her residency performance in Kyoto in 2012, lent her beautiful voice in spoken words for 3 amazing tracks. The album is mastered by Tokyo’s renowned musician and sound engineer, Chihei Hatakeyama, and features photos by prominent Japanese photographer Marisa Shimamoto, and designs by Itsuka Sato of sonihouse.

http://www.mu-nest.com/release-info.php?f=mnc014

Dream Bird / Marihiko Hara & Polar M

Throwing a Spoon 
Takeo Toyama (piano)
Seigen Tokuzawa (cello)

Throwing a spoon was founded 2012 by pianist Takeo Toyama and cellist Seigen Tokuzawa.
They are going to release the first album"awakening" in February, 2014. They recorded it early in the morning in a small hut in the heart of a mountain.
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Throwing a Spoon / clouds

Bin Ha-young's 2nd regular album [Life is like an old tree]
Bin Ha-young's seven melodies that contain life

Like an old tree that endures alone without a home

Our lives are also pain. Joy. Failure. Success
Accepting everything and living in it

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빈하영 정규 2집 앨범 [인생은 오래된 나무처럼]
인생을 담아 들려주는 빈하영의 일곱 가지 선율

집이 없이 홀로 견딘 오래된 나무처럼 
우리의 삶도 아픔. 기쁨. 실패. 성공
모두 받아들이며 그 안에서 살아내는 것

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

01. 오래된 나무

인생을 살다보면 좋은 일만 있지 않듯이
좀 불편하고 나쁜 일도 감당하다 보면
단단해진 스스로를 발견하게 된다.
울타리 하나 없이 모든 것을 견디며
뿌리를 깊게 내린 오래된 나무를 생각하며
삶을 해석했다.

02. 시도
곡의 모티브는 계이름 [시&도]. 
무언가를 시도한다는 단어와 빗대어 
중의적으로 표현했다. 
어떤 상황이어도 미래를 향해
굳건하게 시도하며 나아가자는 이야기다.

03. 얼마든지 할 수 있어
이 곡의 작곡 시기는 이혼하기 전,
사랑스런 어린 아들을 재워놓고
갑자기 떠올라 순식간에 만들었다.
행복하지만 견딜 것도 있는 그렇지만
해피엔딩일 거란 희망을 담아봤다.

04. 내 마음 같지 않아도 
누구에게나 실패는 쓰디쓴 아픔이다.
외부요인에 의해 어쩔 수 없이 겪은 아픔들을 품어가며
실낱같은 희망을 굳이 가져보려 애쓰는 곡이다.

05. 안개 속 무지개
1분 뒤에도 무슨 일이 일어날 지 모르는 
삶이지만 좋은 일들이 반드시 기다리고 있다고
믿어보는 의지를 얘기한다.

06. 내 곁에 있어주세요
이 곡의 오리지널은 가사가 있는 보컬 곡이다.
피아노로 먼저 들려주고 싶어 특별히 추가된 곡인데
마음을 많이 다친 사람이 자신의 곁에 있어달라고 조심스레 부탁하는 아련함을 담았다.

07. 이제는 꽃길
꽃 한송이가 피어나기까지 씨앗이 심겨지고
잎이 나고 가지를 뻗어나가듯 인고의 과정이 필요하다.
삶에서도 그렇다. 열심히 물을 줘도 때가 되지 않으면 
꽃이 피어나지 않듯이 아름다운 결실을 맺는 꽂길이 올 거라 설레이는 마음을 넣었다.

┃TRACK LIST┃

01. 오래된 나무
02. 시도
03. 얼마든지 할 수 있어
04. 내 마음 같지 않아도
05. 안개 속 무지개
06. 내 곁에 있어주세요
07. 이제는 꽃길


┃CREDIT┃

Piano by 빈하영 (Hayoung Been)
Composed & Arranged by 빈하영

Produced by 정소영 (Soyoung Joung)
Directed by 이규영 (Lee Kyu Young)

Recording LIKY @DONGAKNUA
Mixing & Mastering by LIKY @DONGAKNUA
Marketing Management by 박은지
Art Worked by 빈하영, 정소영
Video & Media Planning by 구본승

A&R Director by 박미진, 한다혜
A&R by 원서희, 홍효민
Performing Arts 송지우, 허민서, 정혜진
Media Marketing & Promotion 구본승

Created by 동아크누아

The Rainbow In The Haze

Solo Piano.  Created in Real-Time at the Midwest Music Conservatory, St. Louis MO.

Year of Music: March 3, 2025

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"Farewell" is worldwide debut album of Taiwanese female fronted chamber ensemble Cicada who played with Olafur Arnalds, Rachel Grimes, Balmorhea.
“Farewell” described how someone who went through the cycle of a relationship. It’s about breakup, facing the future alone and also reveals the teenage girls inside us. Cicada selected 14 songs from “Over the Sea /Under the Water”, “Pieces”, and “Let’s Go” With the new recording and production, together they told a story.

Cicada - Lake's End

潮音 〜 shione

A raw acoustic piano recording of "temporal" 《浮》for my new album to be released under Kitchen. Label next year. This track is just the piano recording and does not represent the completed track. It will also feature Natalie Soh on violin...

Inspired by the photography of light by Foo Aiwei

PHOTO: Foo Aiwei

temporal [raw piano recording]

Hideyuki Hashimoto 4th piano solo album "room" will be released on September 20, 2017.

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12. yume
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