小瀬村 晶

SEASONS

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CD: 限定紙ジャケット&レンチキュラー仕様
アナログレコード: 180g重量盤 / 33 rpm / カラー・ヴァイナル仕様(ピュア)

最もストリーミングで再生されている日本人クラシック・アーティストの1人であり、「飽きることの無い彼の旋律は、果てしなく他の音楽家と一線を画するものだ」(ピッチフォーク)など各国有力メディアから称賛を集める作曲家/ピアニスト、小瀬村晶。自身の作品のみならずカンヌ国際映画祭正式出品作品『朝が来る』(監督:河瀬直美)や、米国の人気TVドラマ『Love Is』など、国内外で数々の著名な映画、ドラマ、ゲーム、CM作品の音楽を担当するなど国内外で活躍を続ける稀有なアーティストで、その才能はデヴェンドラ・バンハートやジャイルス・ピーターソン、M83といった錚々たるアーティストからも熱烈な支持を集めている。2022年はデッカ・レコードからのEPリリースや、映画『ラーゲリより愛をこめて』、『桜色の風が咲く』の音楽などでも話題を呼んだ。

本作は、名門デッカ・レコードからリリースする待望のメジャー・デビュー・アルバム。日本の四季をコンセプトとし、それぞれの季節を3曲のソロ・ピアノで描いた全12曲が収められている。世界で活躍を続ける小瀬村だが、ここでは改めて自身のアイデンティティを見つめ直し、原風景を描くかのようにシンプルでピュアな旋律を紡いでいる。

アートワーク及びアートディレクションはSCHOLEの菊地慎が担当し、ブックレットやレコードのインナースリーブには写真家の阿部裕介の作品が使用されています。SCHOLEの美学を詰め込んだパッケージデザインが、小瀬村の奏でる美しくも研ぎ澄まされたメロディに四季折々の色をそっとあたえます。

Music composed, arranged, performed by Akira Kosemura

Piano Technician: Yasuaki Kubota
Recorded by Akira Kosemura at Schole Tokyo
Mixed by Shunroku Hitani at 54it Tokyo
Mastered by Zino Mikorey at Zino Mikorey Mastering Berlin

Cover design: ROKKAN DESIGN
Photographs: Yusuke Abe
Art direction, artwork & design: Shin Kikuchi (SCHOLE INC.)

Produced by Akira Kosemura

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