Itoko Toma

Beyond the Mountain

$15.00

Pianist Itoko Toma will release a solo piano album.

In the summer of 2023, the album was recorded at the studio library “SALO” located in Oiso, Kanagawa, Japan.  A collection of piano works composed by her fingers, guided by the tone of an upright piano meticulously tuned by a piano tuner.

This collection of composed piano pieces were inspired by the works of Shin Kikuchi, Schole Records art director, exhibited at SALO during the recording period.  It has an image concept of one walking along the path in the deep mountain surrounded by fog and imagining an invisible landscape as one surrenders to the silence.

The sound of the piano were made even softer by the felt work, which helps to expand a tranquil soundscape, as if flower petals or fresh white snow gently falling.

Please enjoy listening as an accompaniment to a relaxing moment, as if lighting a lamp or enjoying a fragrance.

Produced by Itoko Toma

All Music Composed, Arranged & Performed by Itoko Toma
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Hiroshi Iguchi （SALO | ROLLES Inc.）

Piano Engineer: Makoto Kano
ALT.NEU.Artistservice Co.,Ltd

A&R: Akira Kosemura
Sales Promotion: Tokuhei Matsuo
Art Direction, Photographs & Design: Shin Kikuchi
Production Management: SCHOLE INC.

A Schole Records release;
℗ & © 2024 SCHOLE INC.
Manufactured by SCHOLE INC.

Pianist, vocalist, composer.
In 2017, her 2nd album "when the world will mix well" and a collection of improvised piano works "where the piano will lead us" were both released from Schole Records. In 2019, she co-produced and released a compilation album "After the Rain" from Schole Records to support the disaster relief efforts for the torrential rain disaster of July 2018 and the Hokkaido Bold East Japan Earthquake of 2018. In 2020, her third album "The Window" was released from 1631 Recordings. Itoko expresses her own unique sense of beauty by using a piano to depict landscapes and stories, has received acclaim from musicians, artists, and many other fields.