Idealism

by kita kouhei - 北航平

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1.	Ants and Philosophy, Pt. 1 01:10	buy track
2.	Ants and Philosophy, Pt. 2 03:14	buy track
3.	Scattered Ideas, Pt. 1 01:01	buy track
4.	Scattered Ideas, Pt. 2 03:11	buy track
5.	So As Not to Spill 02:16	buy track
6.	Sorrow Melted in the Soil 02:43	buy track
7.	Call, Pt. 1 01:09	buy track
8.	Call, Pt. 2 03:04	buy track
9.	Dots and Lines, Pt. 1 01:08	buy track
10.	Dots and Lines, Pt. 2 02:57	buy track
11.	Covered in Fog 03:04	buy track
12.	Stone Forest, Pt. 1 01:12	buy track
13.	Stone Forest, Pt. 2 03:21	buy track
14.	Indigo Sky 03:02	buy track
15.	Recollection 03:01	buy track

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Kyoto-based sound artist / percussionist / Array Mbira player kita kouhei's 10th solo album "Idealism" has been released!

Pieces of sound. Experimental ambient with excellent "lingering" and "intervals"

Kita Kouhei's 10th album. His trademark ArrayMbira, which plays a tone like water, children's xylophone and ukulele strings rubbing and plucking, a somewhat comical and warm ukulele bass, and an analogue with a cloudy texture. Synths, old tape noise, field recordings, etc., layer comfortably on top of each other.
In addition, this time, the focus is on the "intervals" of the sound space, making the most of the atmosphere where you can enjoy the attenuation and reverberation of the sound, expressing an experimental ambient world that fuses electronics and acoustic sound.

kita kouhei Profile:

Born in 1976, a musician, percussionist, and Array Mbira player living in Kyoto. An artist who creates a unique sound landscape that fuses live musical instruments and electronic music by making full use of the piano that he has been familiar with since childhood, the aesthetic sensibility of paintings that he has always spent with, and the skills of professional percussionists. He also works on commercials, documentary programs, avant-garde stage performances and music for art events.

■ 『『転がる音のカケラ。"余韻"と"間"が秀逸な実験的アンビエントの世界。』

北航平の10枚目となるアルバム。
トレードマークとなっている水のような音色を奏でるアレイムビラをはじめ、子ども用のシロフォンやウクレレの弦を擦ったりはじく音、どこかコミカルで温かみを感じるウクレレベース、曇った質感を纏うアナログシンセ、古いテープノイズ、フィールドレコーディングなどが心地良く重なるサウンド。
また、今回は音空間の「間」に重きを置いて、音の減衰や余韻を楽しむ空気感を最大限に生かし、エレクトロニクスとアコースティックサウンドを融合した実験的なアンビエントの世界を表現している。

■ 北航平プロフィール

京都市在住の音楽家、打楽器奏者、アレイムビラ奏者、猫廃人。

幼少の頃よりピアノと絵を始める。17歳でドラムを始め、35歳までプロの打楽器奏者として活動。その後サウンドアーティストに転向、39歳でなぜか世界15カ国以上でCDが発売されるという不思議なデビューを果たす。これまでに全9枚のアルバムをリリース。

その他、3人の音楽家（北航平・高山奈帆子・ミムラシンゴ）によるユニットcoconoeでは、高山奈帆子の神秘的なボーカルやコーラスをフィーチャーした、実験的でジャズテイストも感じる「歌ものアンビエントサウンド」を聴かせる。これまでに2枚のアルバムをリリース。

自然音やノイズを用いて曇ったアンビエントサウンド、様々な打楽器や生活音を用いた不規則なリズム、少し暗く少し美しく少し切ない感情表現などを融合した、どこか抽象画のような音風景が特徴。

また、ドラマやCM・ドキュメンタリー番組、舞台やアートイベントなどの音楽も手掛け、第51 回ギャラクシー賞CM部門選奨受賞。

現在、創作活動とそれを邪魔するかわいい猫との共存を模索中。

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released August 2, 2023

all songs written, composed, performed, mixed, mastered, artwork designed and produced by kita kouhei recorded at studio guzli, kyoto, japan 2023

all songs titled by takayama naoko
artwork drawn by Yamada Kai

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neuf is a Kyoto and Kobe,Japan based ambient/electronica/pop/post-classical music label established as an individual label of "coconoe" and members' other projects.

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