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Beat & ambient producer TOMC's new piece is a beat music that combines the suppleness of jazz/chamber music and the strength of soul/hip-hop. The track is a contribution to "Motoko Tanaka's Memento Tokyo," a podcast by Motoko Tanaka, owner of Kissa Laundry, which covers "city", "public", and "architectural" topics.

The organic interplay of piano and wind instruments is an extension of the controlled, classical style of his previous ambient album, "Music for the Ninth Silence," and shows his musical deepening. At the same time, the strong drums reminiscent of neo-soul and 1970s funk are also present without any sense of discomfort, a characteristic of a beatmaker with a wide range of musical knowledge. The blending of various environmental sounds, such as the clinking of dishes and the sound of water, as heard in a cafe, is also noteworthy.

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Place To Be

iTunes Store • Jazz TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 44 • 22 Oct 2022

Past Playlist In

Place To Be

Spotify • Hangover Detox by block.fm • 20 Aug 2022 Spotify • New Music Everyday - tuneTracks (curated by TuneCore Japan) • 8 Jun 2022 Spotify • All New Jazz • 10 Jun 2022

Artist Profile

  • TOMC

    Beat & Ambient producer. He has released works on labels such as Inner Ocean Records in Canada and Local Visions in Japan. He has been expanding the listenership base both in Japan and abroad. Since 2020, his EP "Lunar Maria" has been #1 on the iTunes Japan chart and "Stories & Studies" has been #2. Since 2022, several songs including "Honesty (feat. arcomoon)" have been ranked on the Apple Music U.S. chart. His latest album, "True Life," released in 2023, has been called "the Nujabes 'Modal Soul' of the 2020s," and was selected as one of the best albums of the year by the music media Small Music, among others. In recent years, he has joined Stone Music, a collective of improvisers formed by Tokio Hasegawa (Taj Mahal Travelers). He also has a long career as a DJ of house, disco, and R&B music, and is active outside the boundaries of the music scene. With his extensive knowledge of both major and minor music, he contributes to web media such as Cyzo and Mikiki, as well as to record stores such as Kankyo Records and Disk Union. He has also made numerous media appearances, including on J-WAVE, Tokyo's largest radio station.

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