Meitei / Komachi (REISSUE) (LP)
The masterpiece album "Komachi," released in 2019, is now available on analog reissue! Meitei, a musician based in Hiroshima who sheds light on the lost mood of Japan and has received high acclaim both domestically and internationally, released the masterpiece album "Komachi" in 2019 on Metron Records. This marks the first CD release and the reissue of the out-of-print analog record.
Meitei often finds direction in his compositions from the impressions of Japan's past and considers himself to possess an old-fashioned spirit. During the period he was creating this album, he lost his beloved grandmother. He believed his grandmother, who passed away at the age of 99, was one of the last people to experience and understand the traditional Japanese atmosphere. The driving force behind his music and art is his desire to shed light on the eras and aesthetics that he believes are disappearing from the collective consciousness of Japanese people with each passing generation – in other words, the "lost mood of Japan." This work, "Komachi," is an album dedicated to his late grandmother.
"Komachi," with its lingering delicacy and a distant, eternal resonance, is filled with white noise, intricate field recordings, and the hypnotic sounds of flowing water. While possessing a confident modernity akin to J-Dilla, the lineage of "Komachi" can be traced back through the prism of 80s Japanese ambient pioneers and 90s pastoral sample-based artists like Susumu Yokota and Nobukazu Takemura, all the way to the Ukiyo-e and Gagaku worlds of "Ukiyo."
Each of the 12 tracks is constructed as an individual sonic diorama, designed not only to evoke nostalgia but also to explore the dichotomy of old and new in contemporary Japanese society. This pervasive narrative flows throughout, reminiscent of the works of Yasunari Kawabata and Soseki Natsume, writers captivated by the introspective tranquility that also permeates traditional Japanese home life, as well as the films of Yasujiro Ozu and Hayao Miyazaki.
TRACKLIST
A1. SetoA2. IkeA3. NamiA4. Sento [Pt. II]A5. Kawanabe Kyosai [Pt. II]A6. ChouchinB1. MaboroshiB2. Sento [Pt. I]B3. MyoB4. Kawanabe Kyosai [Pt. I]B5. ShinkaiB6. Utano
Product Details
Product NumberARTPL-231LP
Country/Year of ManufactureJPN/2025
LABELPLANCHA
ConditionNew
Shipping MethodCourier Service
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