Yano et Agatsuma - Asteroid and Butterfly (2020) Hi-Res

When I interviewed Oichika Soichi Terada, who combines techno and folk songs, the words about folk songs are impressive. "If you listen to folk songs by yourself, the melody can be refined and heard, but the harmony and rhythm are parts that are not so much in folk songs. So I brought such polished melody from a completely different place I thought there was a gap that I could put in voicing. ''

Akiko Yano, who has sublimated with her own interpretation of traditional Japanese music, has created a sophisticated folk song melody freely in this work created with Hiromitsu Uesuma, the leading shamisen. Various attempts have been made to fill. For example, Yano's piano is sometimes bluesy or jazzy. Various percussion by Kiyohiko Senba. English words that appear suddenly. Or the use of so-called hammering sounds and shamisen effects. In particular, when the sound of Kamizuma's shamisen playing the chord and the sound of Yano's piano playing a sound that is not on the chord collide, new sounds and nervousness are created.

New songs, such as "Meet Me" and written by Yano and Kamizuma, and Yano's songwriting, "Ikeru Kamo", also combine Yano-style pop, shamisen, and other elements to create a good taste. For Yano fans, it's irresistible that "Funamachi Uta Part III", a sequel to the debut "JAPANESE GIRL" (1976) song "Funamachi Uta Part II" and "Ⅱ", is included. , He just fell down on Yano's posture, which has been steady for more than 40 years.