Cassette Gadget 4q (sketch) Front Cover

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The prosess of becoming a teacher

Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

だんだん調子が悪くなってく

真剣勝負の関係薄れる

ただ絶え間なく降りかかってくる

こんな 簡単な 問題も解けない

利口なやり方を説明したはずが

分かってないみたいだった

おまえが好きだった もろもろの者たちは

どこかへ去っていった もう戻っちゃこない

こんなんじゃ通るまいに 奪い取らねば

単純な計算すら どうして分からない?

ずいぶんとひどい ことば投げられた

完全勝利は 遠くなってゆく

まだ間に合うから 謝っておいで

いいや、そんなこと あーどうだっていいや

流れに逆らって 期待を裏切った やる気がないみたいだ

おまえが好きだった ほんとうに好きだった

無邪気なほほえみは 二度と帰っちゃこない

こんなんじゃ渡れまいに 立ち向かわねば

困難なこの時代を 生きてゆかねば

思ったより早く 向こうに行けそうだ 自由になれそうだ

おまえが好きだった 素直ないい子だった

答が知りたいか 止めを刺してやろう

膨張した中途半端 頭をぶっ飛ばして

さあ、おれを踏み倒していけ

  • Lyricist

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Composer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Recording Engineer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Guitar

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Vocals

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

Cassette Gadget 4q (sketch) Front Cover

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    Sad eyes

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 2

    A song for you (Guitar version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 3

    A song for you (keyboard version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 4

    If you call it love (keyboard version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 5

    If you call it love (Guitar version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 6

    Identity crisis

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

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    The prosess of becoming a teacher

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 8

    Rainy march (Review version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 9

    Private

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 10

    Lily of the valley

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 11

    Submissive

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 12

    Porter

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 13

    Lily of the Valley Alternative chord

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 14

    Fairytale

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

This release is the fourth in the Cassette Gadget series.
In the first half of 2001 (the 21st century), I completely rethought my approach to composition. Specifically, I dug deep into the content of the lyrics, writing the lyrics first and then creating the melody. I wrote over 30 songs during this period, and the majority of them would later appear on two albums.
Many of the studies included here are little more than sketches. Most are one-take recordings of me strumming a poorly guitar. They're bare-bones, without the cosmetic of an arrangement, so there's little to entertain the listener. Still, they offer excellent material for examining my compositional process (although who knows what else might do so in the future, lol).
The jacket photo was taken in Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture by my wife.

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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