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Tokyo Ambient Collective: The Gentle Island (to be released on BandCamp on 12th April, general release and other digital platforms on 8th May, 2024)
The subtle and sweet aroma from the southern island.
This is the fourth album from Tokyo Ambient Collective, a non-fixed member ambient music project established by Tokyo-based artists; Takahiro Kido, Kenji Azuma, and Sami Elu.
This album 'The Gentle Island' was created by two of the founder members; Takahiro Kido, a composer who works as a member of Anoice, and Kenji Azuma, an instrumentalist who plays various unusual instruments from around the world, and Yuki Murata, a pianist/composer and a member of Anoice, and Calu, the vocalist of an electronica unit, Matryoshka. Just like the previous works from Tokyo Ambient Collective, this album was recorded by all improvisational performances.
One of the biggest key ingredients of the album are the nostalgic sounds created on music boxes on which the members composed melodies by themselves, an upright piano with its soft pedal, and old vintage synthesizers, but by their adding subtle vocals and the environmental sounds which they recorded in Taiwan during their improvisation sessions, this album turned to the quietest and gentlest work of their career. You should be able to feel the soft breeze and warm rain on the southern island and the interactions of humans and animals via each sound.
This is sublime ambient music which brings about a sleepiness during the early afternoon.
'The Gentle Island' will be available for a “Name Your Price” only on BandCamp on April 10th, and all the proceeds to the general release date for May 8th will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society as relief funds for the Hualien Earthquake in Taiwan occured in 2024.
| 1. night market | Takahiro Kido: Synthesizer, Music Box | |
| 2. southern song | Kenji Azuma: Synthesizer, Flow Chime, Music Box | |
| 3. coconut | Yuki Murata: Piano, Synthesizer, Glockenspiel, Music Box | |
| 4. squall | Calu: Vocal | |
| 5. ocean wave | ||
| 6. at a tea restaurant | ||
| 7. riverside train | ||
| 8. sultry night |
| Composed by Takahiro Kido, Kenji Azuma, Yuki Murata, Calu |
| Recorded by Takahiro Kido, Calu |
| Mixed and Mastered by Takahiro Kido |
| Photo by Takahiro Kido |
| Art Direction and Design by Takahiro Kido |
| Produced by Ricco Label |
| BandCamp | https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/the-gentle-island | |
| Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, etc. | https://linkco.re/gXRQtpBt |
