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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: Kazumasa Hashimoto
Title......: Euphoriam
Rip Date...: May-24-2009 Cat.No.....: CXCA-1222
Style......: Electronic Label......: Noble
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 56,2 MB Source.....: CDDA
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
The Japanese Noble label, home to luminaries such as TENNISCOATS,
continue their releases of albums dedicated to the concept of
"music for a daily life". Readers of these pages know that Noble
is very dear to us, and we consider it Japan's prime label for
astute alert music. Some of you might also know that KAZUMASA
HASHIMOTO is our favourite Noble samurai. We are therefore eager
and thrilled to be able to offer you "Euphoriam" - the new album
by Japan's brightest burning star - the warm, mystical and
talentful Tokyo composer, digital alchemist and pianist KAZUMASA
HASHIMOTO.
The new album, "Euphoriam" is Hashimoto's fourth album, follow up
to "Gllia" (Noble, 2006), "Yupi" (Plop, 2003) and "The Second
Epitaph" released in May of 2004 - the latter was reviewed in over
40 publications in Europe and America, with Germany's best music
monthly DE:BUG awarding it 5/5 stars, and Hashimoto's works were
also extensively used by BBC TV. On all three works, he showed his
talent to initiate an astonishing fusion of rich acoustic and
electronic sounds, with found sounds and field recordings, which
found welcoming homes also outside of Japan. After a tour in
Japan, and in the East Asia, followed by collaborations with World
Standard and Shione Yukawa, "Euphoriam" is here released - an
undertaking that took 18 months to complete.
We have come to love Kazumasa Hashimoto for his warm genre-
transcending music, his delicate combination of academic musical
theory, unrivaled creativity and digital alchemist skills.
ôEuphoriumö sees Hashimoto take a more "traditional" shape,
wherein he brings his light experimental softness to a more
melodic pop body - pop music that is new yet nostalgic at the same
time. Hashimoto plays and produces most of the instruments, from
the piano, guitar, bass to drums accompanied by several guest
artists playing violin and cello, and features more vocal tracks
including M-5, featuring Gutevolk. The pop melodies and the
elegant and sophisticated arrangements of the tracks stun, with
their beautiful and breathtaking harmony.
p l a y l i s t
01 Count My Sheep 01:47
02 Lonesome Girl 04:39
03 Euphoriam 04:51
04 Velvet 36 02:39
05 Londo 04:45
06 Vagrantones 01:27
07 Ballad 05:31
08 White Butterflies 03:17
09 Endless 03:20
10 Perhaps I Never Meet You 05:08
11 Goodbye Miss Wiggie 04:08
41:32 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl