からっぽの操縦士
漕ぎだせない航海士
待合室で
ぼくは時計とけんかする
煙草を嚙みしめ
小刻みにかかとでビートを刻む
いつの間に乗ってた？
行方知れず
霧の中につつまれ
切立った崖のうえ
地図にもない道を
転がりつづける
バスの中
朝の新聞受け
窓越しにみえる氷の結露
午後の定期便
鳴りやまぬ不在の電話のベル
いつか見たこの町
行方不明？
そうだ夢に出ていた
ぼくの死亡通知だ
間違いだと訂正する気にも
もう
なれない
つまるところ
ぼくはいない
ここにいない
どこにもない
バスのなかに
閉じこめられ
ぼくはもう
帰ってこない
だろう
15分ごとに
きみのことを思いだしている
揺れる路面から
気味の悪いエンジンの割れる音
「どちらまで行くのですか？」
わからないよ！
年老いた車掌が
ぼくに切符を手渡す
その切符に書かれた行く先は
Nowhere
Nowhere
Nowhere to go
とどのつまり
ぼくはひとり
ここでもなく
どこでもない
会社はなく
家庭もない
ぼくは孤立
して生きてる
たぶんきみは
知らないけど
ぼくはいない
いつの間にか
バスのなかで
揺られつづけ
ぼくはもう
帰る術さえ
もう、ない
- Lyricist
Iwashita Keisuke Sardine
- Composer
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- Producer
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- Recording Engineer
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- Graphic Design
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- Synthesizer
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- Vocals
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- Programming
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Listen to The Long Absence by Iwashita Keisuke Sardine
Streaming / Download
- 1
Baby Understand
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- 2
Bitter Sweet Memories
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- ⚫︎
The Long Absence
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- 4
Girl Hunt '84 in the city, on the beach
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- 5
Don't Destroy
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- 6
Too many lovesongs, who's listening?
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- 7
Kiss for Anthony
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- 8
Hammerklavier
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- 9
My Girlfriend
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- 10
Long Long Sunday
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- 11
Music in the Air
Iwashita Keisuke Sardine
The third installment of the Cassette Gadget series features recordings from two periods: 6 tracks from Tokyo in 1985 and 5 tracks from Kumamoto in 1987.
The album from between, 1986, is included on the masterpiece "Everything/Nothing."
1985 was when I reached his mental and technical limits, and 1987 was when I was questioning the very concept of home recording. That's why I don't like the works from these two years very much, but although the collection lacks cohesion, each song has its own appeal when viewed individually. Even at their worst, Iwashi's music has always been pop. I want you to listen without prejudice.
P.S. I am no longer a smoker.
Artist Profile
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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