小瀬村 晶

88 Keys Ⅱ

通常価格 $33.00
本作は、二年前にリリースされたピアノソロ・アルバム『88 Keys』の続編として、前作のリリース以降も途切れることなく、自身のピアノと向き合いながら、生まれてくる音楽を少しずつ掬い集めたピアノソロ・アルバムです。

前作『88 Keys』は、Spotify での総再生回数が僅か二年の間に4500万回を超えるなど、コロナ禍に置いて最もグローバルに支持され愛されるピアノアルバムになりました。
本作でもその身近で親密な世界観は変わらずに、より速度を落とし、穏やかでどこか懐かしさも感じさせるピースフルなピアノ小品が17曲収められた音楽集となっています。

近年は『ラーゲリより愛を込めて』や『桜色の風が咲く』『やがて海へと届く』などの映画音楽や、ジョン・レジェンドの楽曲『The Other Ones』への参加といったコラボレーションも盛んななか、本作では、極限までミニマライズされた、飾らない無垢な音楽へのささやかな喜びを感じさせます。

Music composed, arranged & performed by Akira Kosemura
Produced by Akira Kosemura
Recorded by Akira Kosemura
Mixed by Shunroku Hitani
Mastered by Zino Mikorey
Art direction, artwork & design: Shin Kikuchi

© 2023 SCHOLE INC., under exclusive license to 1631 Recordings AB
℗ A Schole Records release; ℗ SCHOLE INC., under exclusive license to 1631 Recordings AB

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