SPRING FLARE

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

This meditative piece, the title track of the album, acts as a musical still life. 
Melancholy and nostalgia rise up from the autumnal sound of rain, backdropping the slow, ruminative strains of piano.

Melaine Dalibert - Magic Square

taken from the album 'faintly lit'
http://www.flau.jp/releases/45.html

rima kato - i write letter

AOKI,hayatoとharuka nakamura

2014 RELEASE
1st ALBUM
「FOLKLORE」より
「g.」short ver.

photo by haruka nakamura
fete musique.

春の眠りから目覚めて〜Wake from a sleep

danse dramatique

Atmospheric soundtrack piece featuring acoustic guitar, delicate piano and mellotron

At The Gates

Thank you for always listening to my sound memo.
I released the 1st album “inacagraphy+” and 2nd Album“feel like, feel right”.
Please check it out.

『feel like, feel right』(March 11, 2020)
・Trailer(https://youtu.be/XhJ9dBv7Tzg)
・bange(https://youtu.be/QaROpnPpdkY)
・break in the parking(https://youtu.be/JcvXE1F6k4s)
・rufous scene(https://youtu.be/UZmHobyeXs0)
・ランプを灯せば(https://youtu.be/_GsPKSWlItw)

『inacagraphy+』(April 14, 2017)
・Trailer(https://youtu.be/WPDEZ_Ff-p4)
・garden curtain(https://youtu.be/azO5lZE9v_E)
・tone(https://youtu.be/R7n_fJ7Ln2E)
・roof snow(https://youtu.be/UyHbKVIniSA)

sound memo 31 - children grow up surely -

music : Junya Nishimura（jun)
add no11room
song melody & words & photo：no11room

波の音を描く描く
岸辺にはきみのかげ
夜の海は闇より深く
深く

遠くの街の光を眺めていた 
いつまでも 寄せてはかえす　
重なる呼吸の音

この思いを深く沈めることもできず
ありのままを受け入れる
優しさは きみが教えてくれた

遠く音は途絶え
夜は姿変え
きみのいない海

それでも光は生まれ

far add no11room

"KINFOLK COMMUNITY GATHERING YAMANASHI"

https://vimeo.com/143005145

Hosted by:Tina Minami Dhingra
Film:Shuhei Tonami
Music:Gen Tanabe
Handwriting:Akiko Naito

music for "KINFOLK COMMUNITY GATHERING YAMANASHI" 2015

from album『回路』 
sound produced by suppa micro pamchopp
song written by sutekinakairo
https://sutekinakairo.simdif.com

月面都市（4SC）

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)

Idearythmical

Orca、The Northern Peoples and Things.
北に暮らす人々、作り手などを記録する.
ディレクター、フォトグラファー、編集者、各エリアのクリエーター、作家も特派員として参加しているORCA.

https://www.instagram.com/orca_the_northern_peoples/

https://www.facebook.com/orca_the_northern_peoples-119187586548633

Music for “ORCA” project

FOLKLORE
(AOKI,hayato と haruka nakamura + 内田輝)

2012年春、CDショップ「雨と休日」3周年演奏会で出会い
AOKI,hayato と haruka nakamuraとして活動をスタート。
2014年秋 1st ALBUM「FOLKLORE」(fete musique.)をリリース。
2016年内田輝(SAX)が正式参加。
trio編成となりユニット名もFOLKLOREとなる。
2017年12月trio編成となっての初めてのスタジオ
レコーディング音源となる7インチアナログ
シングルレコード「RIVER](fete musique.)をリリース。

haruka nakamuraと青木隼人のデュオからスタートし
はじめはアルバムタイトルだった「FOLKLORE」は
いつしか活動全体を表す名前となりファーストアルバム発表後に
ソプラノサックスの内田輝を迎えトリオの形になり今に至っている。
2014年から始まったライヴツアーは日本全国を巡り
3年間で約100公演にも及んでいる。(現在もツアーは継続中。)

「FOLKLORE」という言葉に「旅」という
テーマを加え様々な場所に出かけて演奏を続けている。
都市もあれば、シャッター商店街の続く街や
人里離れた場所、森の中でも演奏をしてきた。
旅をしながら、出会う人や土地から受け取るものを
縦糸にそこでうまれる旋律と音響を横糸にして
音楽という織物を織り続けている。 

ギター、ピアノ、サックス、電子楽器を織り交ぜ、
交叉する旋律と音響の旅路。

g.

FOLKLORE

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