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"Where Lucy Waited" is a quiet, atmospheric piece that reflects on the time shared with a small life who became family.
It traces the days we welcomed her, the gentleness I failed to notice, and the regret of realizing too late what she had been offering.
The contrast between me, always chasing the wind, and Lucy, who simply waited in silence, forms the emotional foundation of this work.
The arrangement is intentionally minimal and transparent: dotted-quarter pulses, long-breath flute lines, soft Crystal arpeggios, and the subtle sound of a dog's breath.
By leaving space and removing excess rhythm, the music brings back the place and the moments where Lucy once lived and waited.
The cover photo was taken by photographer Hiroaki Mio.
Her calm gaze in the image quietly echoes the story behind the music.
This track is a small letter carried by the wind -
a quiet "I'm sorry" and "thank you" that I could never say in time.
Born in Tokyo and based in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from the Drum Program at the Ann School of Contemporary Music, I worked in Tokyo as a production-affiliated drummer. I later built a career as an IT engineer, and now work as an independent creator/engineer specializing in music production and sound design. Grounded in the physicality of rhythm and the structural mindset of an engineer, I create music by reconstructing the "small distortions and contradictions" scattered throughout society. From the unspoken tension between the lines of the news, to the noise of social media, to the subtle ethical tremors in everyday life - I transform these fragments of social reality into sound, blending humor with a quiet sense of sadness. My goal is to craft Vocaloid-based music that feels "playful on the surface, yet quietly lingering with a gentle sorrow." Unbound by genre or tools, I focus on letting the texture of sound speak for itself, creating works that invite listeners to reflect on their own inner questions.
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