Quasimode-Sounds of Peace
RLS DATE.......: 10.08.2008
GENRE..........: Jazz
LABEL..........: Geneon
CATNUM.........: GNCL1171
URL............: http://quasimode.jp/
SiZE...........: 87,3 MB
TYPE...........: Album
QUALiTY........: avg.kbps, 44,1kHz, Joint, LAME
SOURCE.........: CDDA
TRACKS.........: 11
TOTAL LENGHT...: 59:49 min
TRACKLIST & NOTES
Press Release :
Quasimode consists of Yusuke Hirado (Piano,
Keyboards), Takahiro "matzz" Matsuoka
(Percussions), Kazuhiro Sunaga (Bass), and Takashi
Okutsu (Drums).
On the club jazz scene, quasimode has introduced
itself as one of the best band all over the world.
The demonstration, created with Masato Komatsu
(Slowly) as the producer, attracted the VIPs
attention on the club jazz scene, and released as
the pre-release as 12 inches single world-widely on
April of 2006 by Raw Fusion which is the most
important label in Sweden. This single was welcomed
fanatically by the top DJs and stirred the world.
In July 2006, the first album "oneself-LIKENESS"
was released. It acquired 1st place across the
board with the club chart of the foreign-affiliated
CD shops in Japan. The foreign version of this
album was released by Freestyle in the U.K. as
well. This made quasimode popular not just in Japan
but worldwide.
After that, the second single "Ipe Amarelo" was
released by Raw Fusion. This single included the
remix version of Spiritual South in U.K. and
received high acclaim among the world, for example,
Gilles Peterson nominated it as "Track of the Year"
in his BBC radio show "World Wide".
In September 2007, quasimode released the second
album "The Land of Freedom". This album was got the
4th place for Gilles Peterson's "WorldWide15" which
is the radio program of J-WAVE and the 1st places
for the club jazz chart of iTunes Music Store and
foreign-affiliated CD shops. The foreign version of
this album was released by Sonar Kollektiv in
Germany. This album was the biggest topic work on
the club jazz scene in 2007.
In March 2008, the live album "Straight to the Land
of Freedom", recorded in the release party with
Carmen Lundy, Masato Nakamura, and so on as the
guests in Ebisu Liquidroom, was released. It rang
up big sales remarkably as a live album.
In addition, their remix and produce works, such as
Idea6, Markus Enochson, Yasuko Agawa, Masa
Collective, and so on, have earned sterling praise.
Now not only Japan but the world especially Europe
perk up their ears to quasimode. They are going to
drop the much-anticipated 3rd album "Sound of
Peace" in October 2008.
ENJOY THiS RELEASE AND TURN UP YOUR STEREO!
01 take the new frontiers 01:43
02 finger tip 05:28
03 jeannine 05:33
04 young black horse 07:31
05 one possibility 06:26
06 dance of the little children 06:53
07 rope-a-dope 06:36
08 rumble in the jungle 05:29
09 midnight flower 06:46
10 sounds of peace 05:23
11 take the new frontiers (reprise) 02:01
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TOTAL PLAYTiME: 59:49
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