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Lyric

Monolith (Alternative Version)

Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

どこまでも遠くまで晴れわたる 青い空

永遠にいたるまで続いてる 青い空

ひとりぼっちになりたい

過去の過ちから自由になりたい

希望なき街から

野を駆ける子どもたち 野を駆ける子どもたち

ぼくの記憶すべてを託した 野を駆ける子どもたち

昨日より高くなり低くなり 走りだす

呼び覚ます声となり風となり うたいだす

ひとりぼっちになりなさい

捨てがたい想い出も忘れてしまえば

もはや眠りの中

野を駆ける子どもたち 野を駆ける子どもたち

ぼくの記憶すべてを受け継いだ 野を駆ける子どもたち

くりかえす営みの刻まれる 記憶装置

あゝ壊してしまえ 役立たずの一枚岩なんて!

野を駆ける子どもたち 野を駆ける子どもたち

今あらゆり記憶は消えゆく 解き放ってやろう

野を駆ける子どもたち 野を駆ける子どもたち

今あなたに新たに伝える 追いかけていくがいい

野を駆ける子どもたち 野を駆ける子どもたち

  • Lyricist

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Composer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Recording Engineer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Mixing Engineer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Guitar

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Bass Guitar

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Synthesizer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Vocals

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Background Vocals

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  • Programming

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

21st century Outtakes Front Cover

Listen to Monolith (Alternative Version) by Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

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  • 1

    Chorus Variation (a cappella)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

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    Monolith (Alternative Version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 3

    Ballade in D (Demo)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 4

    Waltz America I (Demo)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 5

    Alone, my friend (Demo)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 6

    I want to be your shadow (Demo)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 7

    Ressentiment (Demo)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 8

    Sweet imagination (Alternative Version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 9

    I won't cry

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 10

    Drifting fluffy away

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

The 2002 album "21st Century Protest Songs," their final album, is their most important work, and the effort put into it was extraordinary. I had previously demonstrated the density of the backing tracks in "Chicane," but with this subsequent "Side Story," I thought it might be possible to reveal the origins of the songs and gain a three-dimensional understanding of the structure of "21st Century Protest Songs."
"21st Century Outtakes" includes six simple demos and two outtakes, as well as two songs created around the same time (unrelated to the album).
The cover photo shows the cassette tapes and CD-Rs used during the album's production.

Artist Profile

  • Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

    My name is Iwashita Keisuke, also known as Sardine. Over the 20 years from 1983 to 2003, there are about 170 songs that I recorded using multitrack recording by myself. From 2024 to 2025, I have been releasing albums that compile these songs in chronological order. Then, in 2026, I plan to release several best-of albums based on the significance of the songs and listeners' preferences. 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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