Records of my youth 1984
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In 1984, at the age of 22, I was living a dark and twisted youth. I quit my band, which was actively performing live in Tokyo, and devoted myself to songwriting and music production, but I didn't receive favorable reviews. I was told that I was "lacking energy" and that my music lacked variety. I was also told that "you won't be recognized by the public unless your songs have more punch." At times like these, I asked myself, what makes a song punchy?
In 2025, I titled the works from this period "Cassette Gadget" and put them on the digital music charts. The three more subdued tracks received more views than the more punchy tracks. So I decided to compile these three tracks --a brooding instrumental, a sentimental monolog, and a hopeless torch song--into a compact album. I'm releasing this in the hopes that it will reach lonely souls all over the world.
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Iwashita Keisuke Sardine
My name is Iwashita Keisuke, also known as Sardine. Over the 20 years from 1983 to 2003, I have recorded about 200 songs by myself. I compiled these into eight albums and released them one by one in 2024. In 2025, instead of an anthology, I will release an album edited in chronological order. Sardine's music is diverse. It ranges from accessible pop to socially conscious message songs, from progressive constructions to punk subversiveness. I'm a formidable pianist, a mad synthesizer player, a halting guitarist, a tone-reading bassist, a loose percussionist, and a clumsy singer-songwriter with solo multi-choruses. All of these parts are integrated into one persona. A mixture of romance, cold-heartedness and passion, depicting incoherent anxiety and yearning for something unattainable, this is an oldie but an evergreen. Please listen to Sardine's expressive music.
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