九夏三伏, by Hirotaka Shirotsubaki & Gallery Six

九夏三伏

by Hirotaka Shirotsubaki & Gallery Six

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Luis Miehlich It's a great occasion when artists you like individually decide to collaborate. In this case their own distinctive voices fuse so wonderfully well that you'd think the album was made by a single person. During the dark and grey German winter, listening to this album takes me back into the Japanese summer heat🎐

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	1.	朝顔咲くまで 09:59
	2.	蕭々 09:51
	3.	鶯音を入る 09:56
	4.	夕凪に舟 10:04

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九夏三伏 , pronounced "Kyuka Sanpuku", means the hottest time of the summer. Hirotaka Shirotsubaki and Gallery Six have teamed up to narrate an emotional description of summertime in Japan using their unique approach to instrumental ambient music.

Track names and their descriptions from the artists:

1. 朝顔咲くまで - Asagao Sakumade
Until the morning glory blooms. From this track, we imagined early summer, when morning glories are about to bloom.

2. 蕭々 - Syousyou
This word is used to describe the sound of rain, wind, and flowing rivers, as well as the desolate state of the sound of cries.

3. 鶯音を入る - Uguisu Newo Iru
When the warblers stop chirping in late summer, after the breeding season has passed. This phrase means the end of summer.

4. 夕凪に舟 - Yunagi ni Fune
Yunagi means that the condition of no wind in the evening, when the wind changes from sea breezes to land breezes. Fune means boat.

credits

released December 25, 2023

All tracks composed and recorded by Hirotaka Shirotsubaki and Gallery Six.

Photos taken by Hirotaka Shirotsubaki

Cassette design and layout by Jonathan Forsythe

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