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HIMOROGI is the tenth album by ironomi. Divining Japanese mythology and its relationship with nature, the new album is an aural pastorale that fosters deeper territory in the realm of spiritual searching through dreamy, drifting piano, 17-string koto (jūshichi-gensō) and new form electronic processing. 

ironomi’s desire to commune with mother Earth and its season’s colors has always served as a continual inspiration for their music. In HIMOROGI, the duo delves into a more spiritual focus in their journey towards musical impressionism. Japanese culture has long held the idea that heavenly spirits live in many elements of the natural world, such as mountains, rocks, trees, and the sea. The album title comes from the Japanese word Himorogi (神籬), which in Shinto terminology is translated as "divine fence," which refers to sacred areas that a celestial spirit enters.

Six songs were created in chronological order, ama-saki (Bloom in the Sky), yume-asobi (Playing in Dream), sakura-ame (Cherry Blossom Rain), hibiki-sora (Echoing Sky), ama-yadori (Rain Shelter), chumu (Abstract Nil Space). On each, they move organically in the nature they were recorded, as rain connects the sky with the Earth, giving life to it with blossoming flowers. Once the hues of autumn bid their farewell, another life cycle begins. Rather than arriving at a state of tranquility, the idea is to reach a state of ‘nothingness’ as suggested in the zazen-inspired chumu. 

Junya Yanagidaira’s sublime, elegant phrasing of subtle polyphony and melodic piano lines fall like rain through a picturesque blue horizon over calming koto sways by multi-instrumentalist Yu Isobe. Flashes of sunlight momentarily refract through the water’s surface in the form of bright starlit keyboards, at times weaving child-like melodies of enchantment. The lightest touch of koto strings seems to hover and balance the murmur of a garden stream. It beckons you closer as the gentle caress of the music awakens your inner senses. HIMOROGI will remain timeless because the duo created music that absconded with time and place with their endless visions of beauty. 

ironomi releases HIMOROGI on 24 February 2023 via KITCHEN. LABEL. Available on clear vinyl LP, CD and digital formats, with artwork by Japanese photographer Kisei Kobayashi and design by KITCHEN. LABEL founder Ricks Ang. Katsunori Fukuoka mastered this record at Flysound in Japan.

ironomi - 桜雨 (himorogi, 2023)

ironomi - 夏虫色

Satomimagae / Niji

2014/12/10/  on sale Satomimagae 『Koko』

released by White Paddy Mountain
http://whitepaddymountain.tumblr.com/

Satomimagae official HP
http://satomimagae.under.jp/

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buy
https://chiheihatakeyama.bandcamp.com/album/koko


■タイトル ：Koko（ココ）
■アーティスト ：Satomimagae （サトミマガエ）
■発売日 ： 2014年12月10日（水）
■発売元 ： White Paddy Mountain
■商品番号 ： WPMC016
■価格  ： 2,000（本体価格）＋ 税
■バーコード ：4941135980392

Satomimagae（サトミマガエ）は2012年に自主レーベルよりファーストアルバム「awa」をリリースして以来、都内で積極的なライブを活動を行ってきました。弾き語りに生活音やフィールドレコーディングを取り入れるというスタイルで多くの人々を魅了。郊外の白昼夢あるいは、暗闇と希望が充満する洞窟の中から世界を覗くような世界観、そして純粋さが氷結したような人の心を捉えて離さない歌声をもつ２枚目のアルバムが遂に完成しました。10年代の日本の女性シンガーソングライターの系譜を引き継ぎつつも、グルーパー、メデリン・ マーキーなど、海外の女性アーティストとも共振！！
2012年に映画「耳をかく女」の音楽を担当、そのため今作はより映像的、叙情的であり、鮮烈な印象を残します。
ミックスとマスタリングをアンビエント・ドローン作家のChihei Hatakeyamaが担当したことにより、音の芯、奥行きなどより深いSatomimagaeワールドを形成する事に成功！
10年代究極の女性シンガーソングライターの誕生です！！

収録曲

01.Mikkai
02.Chuya
03.Niji
04.Mangetsu
05.Jumon
06.Tomodachi
07.Fukurou
08.Manekare
09.Ishikoro
10.Katachi
11.Ga

Satomimagae / Niji

More information http://www.kitchen-label.com/catalogue/ki005

ironomi - 時色 (sketch, 2010)

Piano M 8045 15-12-2025 4:09

Sonorite

kokyu

From the album "12 & 1 SONG" (KI-008, KITCHEN. LABEL)

Available via KITCHEN. LABEL 
http://www.kitchen-label.com/catalogue/ki008-janis-crunch-and-haruka-nakamura-12-and-1-song

Janis Crunch & haruka nakamura - カノン (12 & 1 SONG, 2011)

光

2010
haruka nakamura 2nd Album 
「twilight 」 
bonus track

special site
http://www.kitchen-label.com/twilight/main.html


voice by April Lee
original track by twilight
new edit by haruka nakamura

01 prairie home suite part 1

02 prairie home suite part 2

03 prairie home suite part 3

04 prairie home suite part 4

06 a la musique

07 till it comes

Acoustic music with sensibility of fine electronica. 

Drops of notes played by piano, accordion, sax and voice.

02 prairie home suite part 2

the sleeping beauty

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