Akira Kosemura

Tiny Musical (2015 Remaster)

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小瀬村晶 2ndソロアルバム「Tiny Musical」(2008年発表)がデジタル・リマスター盤としてリイシューされます。
オリジナル盤のリリース以降、ファンから熱望され続けてきた名曲「Light Dance」のオフィシャル・スコアを初収録、待望のスペシャル・エディションとして帰ってきました。
数あるソロ作品のなかでも、ファンの間で名盤として親しまれてきた本作は、小瀬村晶、22歳の頃に制作されたソロ作品。“自分だけの小さなミュージカル”をテーマに、フィールド・ワークによって集音した様々な環境音(非楽器音)や、ピアノを始めとしたアコースティック楽器、シンセサイザーによる音色など、あらゆる音を素材として等価に扱い、音で遊ぶことによって生まれた箱庭的エレクトロニカ・サウンドは、インストゥルメンタル作品として異例のセールスを記録し、一躍、彼のキャリアを押し上げる代表作となりました。
代表曲「Light Dance」を始め、要所で聴くことの出来るピアノ曲は、以降のピアノ作家としての活動を予感させるものであり、また、“日常に捧げる新しい音楽の形”を提唱し、立ち上げたレーベルである「SCHOLE」の初期を象徴する作品として、以降のリリース作品に大きな影響を与えています。

※ デジタル・リマスター盤
※「Light Dance」オフィシャル・スコア封入盤
※ 吉村健氏によるライナーノーツを封入

Akira Kosemura (he/him) is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.
Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It's on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. In 2017 and 2018 Akira's music was ranked in Spotify's "Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10", and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique.
Akira's major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers' CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan's debut film Mais vous etes fous (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare.
In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO's documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L'OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart.
In addition to his versatility and diverse portfolio, Akira has been working on a world scale. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records, and the EP Pause (almost equal to) Play was released worldwide. Akira's music was also sampled in John Legend's song "The Other Ones feat. Rhapsody" included in his new album Legend Act I & II. And Akira's first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) on June 30, 2023.

“It feels impossible to get tired of, circumscribed and boundless at once.”
by Pitchfork

“Fantastic stuff.”
by Gilles Peterson

“Peaceful, evocative music”
by Fact Magazine