lots of unreleased stuff: live songs, demos and covers and some released album tracks spanning the last 10 years, including things by The Hand (duo with Will Newsome www.somenewwill.com) and Whalebone Polly (duo with Kate Stables of This is the Kit www.thisisthekit.co.uk)

rachael`s music archive

(c)2014 mmm
(p)2014 CGCG Publishing

#ミーマイモー

mmm - long days with television [from "Safe Mode" CGCG-036]

滝沢朋恵
『a b c b』（アベコベ）
http://www.faderbyheadz.com/release/headz213.html
http://takizawatomoe.tumblr.com/

WEATHER 070 / HEADZ 213
発売日：2016年6月15日（水）
定価：2,200円＋税

 1. 星の砂
 2. 終点
 3. 夜更け
 4. おままごと
 5. 宇宙旅行
 6. 列車の記憶
 7. 水平線
 8. 傘
 9. ダンス
10. SELF AND OTHERS
11. 戻らない

作詞・作曲・アレンジ・歌唱・ギター・録音（歌 & ギター）：滝沢朋恵
サウンド・プロデュース & ミックス：佐藤優介
ドラム録音 & マスタリング：宇波拓

ドラム：村野瑞希（M 3, 7, 9, 11）
朗読：鈴木健太

滝沢朋恵 - 星の砂 from 『a b c b』（アベコベ）

ミルク32 中島みゆき カバー

Taken from the album ‘Hikari' by haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE. To be released worldwide on 8 August, 2017 on KITCHEN. LABEL.

Pre-order (ENG): http://www.kitchen-label.com/ki020-haruka-nakamura-piano-ensemble-hikari/
Pre-order (JP): http://www.inpartmaint.com/site/21239/

KITCHEN. LABEL presents haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE’s new album entitled “Hikari” in a special 2CD box set edition to be released on 8th August 2017. “Hikari” is the final set of the trilogy of albums (Ongaku No Aru Fuukei and CURTAIN CALL) to feature the current PIANO ENSEMBLE lineup before they go on a indefinite hiatus after their last show at the grand St Mary’s Cathedral in Tokyo on 21st July 2017.

Since the release of “Ongaku No Aru Fuukei” in 2014, haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE has held a tour with 17 concerts in Japan and 4 around Asia, with high profile and sold-out concerts at venues such at Memorial Cathedral of World Peace in Hiroshima, Meguro Persimmon Hall in Tokyo and Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Kobe among others. Recorded in late 2016 and early 2017, “Hikari” includes a new suite of pieces from evolved and fully-formed versions of the group’s favourites and also previously unrecorded items from its concert programs. The album’s repertoire is the ensemble’s most complete yet and documented at the peak of the ensemble’s form.

Part one of “Hikari” begins with music recorded once again at the acoustically profound sonorium hall in Tokyo. As ever, haruka nakamura’s attention to the purity and precision of each and every note is matched by counterparts ARAKI Shin (Saxophone and Flute), Akira Uchida (Saxophone), Rie Nemoto (Violin) and Isao Saito (Drums). haruka nakamura’s piano melodies might appear uncomplicated, but this transparency of sound creates a mesmerising cumulative effect with “SIN” representing the ensemble at its most buoyant.

Part two and the centrepiece of the album features 3 extended tracks recorded at Meguro Persimmon Hall (Tokyo), Waseda Scott Hall (Tokyo) and Lutheran Church (Fukuoka). 9-piece female choir group CANTUS, baobab and 14 year old vocalist Urara all took part in these recordings where the pieces “CURTAIN CALL” and title-track “Hikari” showcase the album’s collection of sacred hymns and spiritual high points. The ensemble is also joined by long time associate AOKI,Hayoto (Guitars & Harmonica) along with Hiroki Chiba (Contrabass), Sakanoshita Norimasa (Guitar) and Ami Misawa (Cello). The album ender and new piece “Todai”, thereby closing a divine circuit with its concluding distances. If music is meant to be a transporting experience, then the album “Hikari” is haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE at their transcendent and luminescent best.

This album is recorded by Katsunori Fukuoka (Flysound) and is mixed and mastered by Gen Tanabe (studio camel house). “Hikari” is packaged in a hardcase box and features a 36 page book containing exclusive photos, liner and composer’s notes (In Japanese). The album also includes a digital download for 2 bonus tracks Hajimari No Sanbika (Waseda Scott Hall) and Yuube No Inori (sonorium). Total runtime: 85 mins.

Tracklist
1-1 nowhere (sonorium – Mar 11, 2017)
1-2 SIN (sonorium – Mar 11, 2017)
1-3 四月の装丁 (sonorium – Mar 11, 2017)
1-4 音楽のある風景 (sonorium – Mar 11, 2017)
2-1 光 (Meguro Persimmon Hall – Dec 11, 2016)
2-2 CURTAIN CALL (Waseda Scott Hall – Dec 23, 2016)
2-3 灯台 (Lutheran Church – Jun 18, 2016)
Bonus Track 1 – はじまりの賛美歌 (Waseda Scott Hall – Dec 23, 2016)
Bonus Track 2 – 夕べの祈り (sonorium – Mar 11, 2017)

Released by KITCHEN. LABEL
Ⓟ & © 2017 KITCHEN. LABEL

MORE INFO:
www.kitchen-label.com

haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE - CURTAIN CALL (光, 2017) - preview

psyche

a stream through blue beige curtains 
the shadow on the wooden floor 
in bloom on a dining table 
spots on the green cloth 

point and line , you and me 
no need to interweave take it as it comes 

things gonna change like weather 
the curtain color fades away 
see the horizon ,the setting sun 

heavy sunshine in Madras 
soda reflecting the blue sky 
deep chaos at midnight 
silence between two people 

bright and dark , short and long 
no need to design take it as it comes 

things gonna change like weather 
the curtain color fades away 
see the horizon ,the setting sun 

life goes on for sunny days 
sad stories are for novels 
take it as it comes 
no need to interweave 
take it as it comes
credits
released 25 January 2012 
Vocal by Duan Lin 
Written by Suguru Daikoku 
Music by Yoshijiro Mori 
All Instruments Performed by Yoshijiro Mori 

Mixed & Recorded at M.L.S. Studio 
Mastered at RAK Studios 
Photographed by Ayu Kobayashi

Interweave

Live recording from a show in Japan at Guggenheim house where I previously recorded piano songs for Bite the Mountain. Here I am joined by some of my favorite musicians in Japan - Inada Makoto on double bass who also plays on Bite the Mountain, experimental drummer Yamagisan (and famous for her delicious handmade udon noodles), Kamei Naoko on clarinet and ICHI on Steel drum 

Tsubomi Live at the Guggenheim

This is a doodle recorded last year on the 4-track as I was making demos for Bite the Mountain. 

Our Faces - home 4-track recording

The Hand are me and Will Newsome
www.myspace.com/thehandand
www.somenewwill.blogspot.com

And this amazing song is by rozi plain
http://roziplain.co.uk/

And this is on a compilation by 7iemciel
http://soundcloud.com/les-disques-du-7eme-ciel/sets/last-summer/

See My Boat - The Hand cover of Rozi Plain`s song

This is a version of Window recorded at the guggenheim, Japan, with ICHI on steel pan. It was recorded for Bite the Mountain but we chose to use the studio ukulele version instead so not many ears have heard this one

Window - banjo version

recorded in KDJapan in an alcove beneath the railway. Listen to the hypnotic sounds of trains going overhead!

There is another version of this song on Elephee EP released by Broken Sound Music www.brokensoundmusic.com 

Elephants swimming - live version

サマーダンス

くたびれた白 - demo

Swamp

フィールライクシット

Song from my most recent album Bite The Mountain which I recorded in Japan. This song is about onigiri which is a parcel of rice wrapped in seaweed with a surprise in the middle which is usually fishy!

See My Boat - The Hand cover of Rozi Plain`s song

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