AOIMORI IV -music for TSUTAYA BOOKS -

"AOIMORI IV -music for TSUTAYA BOOKS -"
by haruka nakamura

A music project for TSUTAYA BOOKS by haruka nakamura, created around the theme of "blue forest - AOIMORI". The fourth and final installment is acoustic ambient music with a nostalgic guitar sound as the main focus. The final installment returns to the guitar, which is the starting point, and creates a new landscape. The cover photo is by photographer Rinko Kawauchi, who is a close friend of the artist and was responsible for all of the series.
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Musician haruka nakamura will be in charge of the in-store music for several TSUTAYA BOOKS nationwide for one year from 2023 to 2024. All of the songs are original songs written for the TSUTAYA BOOKS project. Based on the concept of a bookstore that sells books and the theme of "forests," which are also the home of musical instruments such as pianos and guitars, a total of four albums titled "Blue Forest - AOIMORI ," which is connected to nakamura's hometown of Aomori, will be produced during the period until autumn 2024.

The final album was recorded on her father's acoustic guitar, which she has been playing since her teens, and a gut guitar given to her by Nujabes and the hydeout label when she produced her album "MELODICA." The new music, which blends in the synthesizer introduced in the Aoi Mori series, is reminiscent of her early works "grace" and "nica," a nostalgic sound from before she started playing the piano seriously.
As expressed in the cover photo of this album by Rinko Kawauchi, it is an album filled with hope and happiness, befitting a final album, as if she had reached a sunny garden.
The unified conceptual design of the Aoi Mori series makes it available as a beautifully bound CD album that you will want to display in your room.

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all written & mixed by haruka nakamura
photo: kawauchi rinko

design: suzuki takahisa (16 design institute)
mastering: tanabe gen (studio camel house)

A&R: yamaguchi kyoko (one cushion, inc)

collaborate with tsutaya bookstore
toudai label.