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Lyric

winter dawn

YankaNoi

冷たく遠く飛んでゆく

広がる白いこの道

走る速さを共にする

輝く景色と

光纏う頬が 風の中で染まるの

小さな手のひらの中 預ける横顔

朝焼け越えて照らされる

優しい君の瞳は

振り向き語りかける眼差し

寄りそう想いに

駆ける僕ら覆う 踏みしめる寒さ包むの

凍てつく今日を見つめてる 遥かな太陽

凍てつく僕ら抱きしめる

遥かな太陽

  • Lyricist

    yunniko

  • Composer

    yunniko

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YankaNoi, a solo project by yunniko, a singer-songwriter who also performs with the Shugo Tokumaru Band and other bands, has released its long-awaited second album "ALMA".

yunniko is a singer-songwriter who also works with the Shugo Tokumaru Band. She is releasing the album "ALMA" as her project YankaNoi.
ALMA" is an elaborate world of home recording art woven by all kinds of instruments. The sounds of her own performance and singing voice and other various sounds overlap each other, and beautiful music appears like the colors of twinkling lights in the night sky. Immersed in private intimacy, yet evoking a magnificent and profound soundscape, this music gently caresses "I" from all over the world who are forced to travel within, and invites us to "somewhere other than here"-an unknown world.
Guest performers include kauai hirótomo (drums, also in charge of arranging M4 "Crossing the Night"), who released his solo work "Another Galaxy" (2019) also on TONOFON, Wakana Ikeda (flute), Yasuyo Toi (clarinet/bass clarinet), Shugo Tokumaru(piano/cello, also in charge of some mixing).

The title "ALMA" means "soul" in Spanish, "grace" in Latin, and "leap" in Greek. Like this word, which is filled with various meanings, the music in this album has a multi-layered sound that foreshadows a rebirth and liberation from the dark space.

Artist Profile

  • YankaNoi

    Yankanoi is a solo project by yunniko. The first album "Neuma" recorded by the band was released on P-vine in 2014. The second album "ALMA", recorded by herself, was released on TONOFON in 2022. In live performances, she performs in a variety of styles, including band, trio, and duo compositions, as well as solo compositions in which instruments and voices are multiply recorded in real time.

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