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SCH 051CD
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Akira Kosemura's In The Dark Woods combines the electronic and acoustic sounds of piano, Wurlitzer, and synthesizer with a string quartet, similar to the music heard on his previous improvisational solo piano work One Day from 2016. As indicated in the title, the entire album is filled with an obscure darkness and a world of misty sounds ever to be feared of, like a comfortable quietness in the dark where a child in the womb is hearing a mother's heartbeat. As the music goes on, it gradually begins to widen an introspective worldview. The combined sounds of repeated phrases, as seen in minimal music, a sophisticated crossover sound between acoustics and electronics, and an improvisational solo piano present a worldview suggestive of a broader theme, such as the circulation of life or the law of nature. The highlights on the album, "In The Dark Woods" and its variations "Letter From A Distance", will leave listeners with deep emotions and afterglow. In The Dark Woods is released by 1631 Recordings and Schole Records.
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SCH 051LP
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LP version. Akira Kosemura's In The Dark Woods combines the electronic and acoustic sounds of piano, Wurlitzer, and synthesizer with a string quartet, similar to the music heard on his previous improvisational solo piano work One Day from 2016. As indicated in the title, the entire album is filled with an obscure darkness and a world of misty sounds ever to be feared of, like a comfortable quietness in the dark where a child in the womb is hearing a mother's heartbeat. As the music goes on, it gradually begins to widen an introspective worldview. The combined sounds of repeated phrases, as seen in minimal music, a sophisticated crossover sound between acoustics and electronics, and an improvisational solo piano present a worldview suggestive of a broader theme, such as the circulation of life or the law of nature. The highlights on the album, "In The Dark Woods" and its variations "Letter From A Distance", will leave listeners with deep emotions and afterglow. In The Dark Woods is released by 1631 Recordings and Schole Records.
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RMSG 002R-CD
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In late 2006, Someone Good received a package from a young Tokyo musician called Akira Kosemura. On the CD-R was the initial rendering of It's On Everything. Instantly, label-heads Lawrence and Rebecca English were struck by Kosemura's amazing sense of melody, space and compositional restraint. Working at the edge of pop structures, avant-garde influences and a gentle yet focused textural aesthetic, Kosemura typified a new vision of melodic instrumentation shrouded in rich textural electronics. Within a couple of months, Someone Good was preparing to release the album that would go on to lay the groundwork for one of the most vital and considered independent artists currently working in Japan. Someone Good couldn't be more proud to re-release this edition -- five years on, it still feels as fresh and passionate as it did the first time they heard it.
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