NOTIFICATION

As of July 25, 2022, I have deleted my Gallery Six Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts.

From now on, I will stay away from the mundane world and work on my own research projects. I will keep my Bandcamp and Soundcloud accounts. You can still enjoy Gallery Six’s works on other streaming services.

If you have any questions, please send me an email through the “Contact” link on my official site.

See you in the next piece.

お知らせ

2022年7月25日をもちまして、Gallery SixのTwitter, Instagram, Facebookのアカウントを削除しました。

今後は、雑多な俗世から離れ一人蟄居して自らの研究課題に勤しみます。尚、BandcampとSoundcloudのアカウントは残しています。その他のストリーミングサービスでもGallery Sixの作品は引き続き楽しめます。

何かご用件のある方は、弊公式サイトの「Contact」からEメールを送ってください。

では、次の作品でお会いしましょう。

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

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Shivering Rain

Slow Down . In The Now | Album 'SO FAR'

無常 - 過去の時間, Impermanence Past Time

Taking over three years to come to fruition, this collaboration between Japanese artist Gallery Six and New Zealand ambient duo Saltmarsh has finally come to light.

We had planned for a physical release for a long time, with the idea sparked as early as mid-2019, but the state of the world (no further explanation required, we're sure) seriously hindered our ability to make this dream come to life. Finally, with the help of the seriously talented Dave Norman (Softseed Music/Zegema Beach Records/Tomb Tree Tapes), these beautiful tapes are now available for your listening preasure!

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover art by Tomcat McCone

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The Seaside Hotel

Disappeared In A Cloud

Memories In A Diary

4. PROSPERITY - DECLINATION

There is a Buddhist term called "無常". It means impermanence, that things change and never stay the same, that life and death are always changing. For example, many of us Japanese who value Buddhism find more beauty in the fading of cherry blossoms than in their full bloom. Because we see the transience of things there, we naturally feel the need to cherish the finite nature of life.
The words "無常 - impermanence" or "諸行無常 - the impermanence of all things" have been frequently used in much Japanese literature since ancient times.

Flowers and trees that sprout in the spring will eventually wither and return to the earth. We must respect and follow such an unchangeable fate, which is inherent in nature, in order to gain guidance for life.

In this work, the sound fades away unnoticed, and in the end only traces of its former existence remain. Here I wanted to express the "aesthetics of transience.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 4

This album consists of unreleased tracks. Some were not suitable for labels or collaborations, others were just outtakes that I refused to include in any works.

When I listened to them again, they sound interesting. I think my subscribers will find them interesting as well.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

The Forgotten Music

Levitation

Piggy Play Along

The trajectory of Alex Cobb’s music over the course of the last decade could be viewed as a distillation of tone and atmosphere to arrive at Chantepleure, his most optimistic and sanguine musical statement to date. The album, however, was created at a time of heartache, isolation and emotional upheaval and acts as a balm of tender tones where abstract guitar lines circle and suspend in a kind of refined elegance. Noise, once a hallmark of Cobb’s music, has not been entirely removed, but manifests here in a different form. A delicate dissonance shades the edges of the these four tracks, providing textural color and gorgeously offsetting the lush nature of the music. Even in short spans, this approach yields substantial results. At three and a half minutes, “Disporting with a Shadow” pulls back the curtain just enough to let flecks of natural guitar notes and traces of alluring melody seep into the mix. The album closes with the side-long “Path of Appearance,” a cathartic composition that is best described as a poem of overtones which, like the rest of the album, is sourced from electric guitar and minimal effects but feels more akin to the sun stretching to fill all corners of a darkened room. A testament to sonic refinement, a way of coping, an exciting step forward for an established artist—the minimalist Chantepleure is all of these things. LP releases on 4/28/15. Available to preorder via studentsofdecay.com

Disporting with a Shadow

https://hshirptsubaki.bandcamp.com/album/chapter

The Seaside Hotel

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