Néstor González
These compositions remind me of Ludovico Einaudi's. Both musicians, Kosemura and Einaudi create very comforting music. I need this music now.
This album is compiled with the piano solo musical pieces composed and recorded in his private studio during stay home period.
It’s his first attempt to produce a piano solo album with the well-composed music sketches, a different approach from his improvisational piano solo albums released in the past, “Polaroid Piano” (2009) and “One Day” (2016). Due to the pandemic, he was enforced to suspend the work which he had been developing and idea for past few years, and this situation made him to start producing this piano solo album.
In the spring of 2020 when the government declared a state of emergency, this album started out as a respond to his impulsive desire to creating music. A unique and original fourteen music sketches in this album are beautifully written and performed by him with a gentle manner.
The current situation which no one had expected has given a birth to these peaceful piano music, as if a light dropping to the changing world as a sunshine filtering through branches of trees.
//Bio//
Born on 6th June, 1985, from Tokyo. Akira Kosemura founded his own label “Schole Records” after his solo album, “It’s On Everything”, released from an Australian label in 2007 while he was still in school. Since then, he has been constantly releasing solo albums, and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.
Akira’s main composition works includes, the Cannes 2020 feature film “True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru)” directed by Naomi Kawase, the drama series produced in Hollywood “Love Is__”, Nintendo Switch game “Jack Jeanne” produced by Sui Ishida, TBS drama series “Chugakusei Nikki”, a contemporary ballet theatre “MANON”, and Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. Also his music pieces were used in the Amazon original movie “Jonas Brothers CHASING HAPPINESS” and a French movie “Mais vous êtes fous”. In recent years, he worked collaboratively with international brands such as LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L’OCCITANE. Also he coproduced a music with American musician Devendra Banhart, and his music was used as a runway music for an apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist. at Pitti Imagine Uomo fashion show.
Akira was ranked in to Spotify’s “Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10” on 2017 and 2018, and his works has been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media “Pitchfork”, Australian newspaper “THE AGE”, French public broadcast “FIP”, Canadian public broadcast “Ici Musique”.
credits
released March 26, 2021
All Music Composed, Arranged and Performed by Akira Kosemura
Recording Engineer: Akira Kosemura
Album Mixed by Shunroku Hitani
Album Mastered by Zino Mikorey
Album Produced by Akira Kosemura
Piano Technician: Yasuaki Kubota
Photographs, Art Direction and Design: Shin Kikuchi
Production Management: SCHOLE INC.
Special Thanks to: David Wenngren, Jenn Ravenna, Arbel Bedak, My Family, Wife and Son.
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. His debut major album "SEASONS" on Decca Records (UMG) is now available on Bandcamp....more
The vinyl is a perfect presentation of a perfect album. This has helped me remember the beauty of life, and to bring awareness to the spaces and margins between moments, between breaths. Thank you to nujabes, who helped and taught haruka nakamura and encouraged him to return to piano to record this album, and thank you to haruka for assembling this masterpiece. He wanted to create a sound to accompany a beautiful sunset, and he succeeded. jammingdevice
Wonderful witchcraft and pure piano pleasure with vivid voice ventures! I adore this whole masterpiece. Thank you Lady Hania. It is a pleasure Ms. Rani. Wandowaiato
Stunning piano pieces make up this highly anticipated debut on Coldcut’s label and "playground for free expression." Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 14, 2017
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