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"50/50," an 8-song collection produced by Sardine in 1989, is a collection of eight songs that fully demonstrates Iwashita's abilities as a piano player. It also features thick choruses created by overdubbing alone.
For this release, we added a total of four songs: one instrumental that I presented in a composition class while I was in Music college, two rehearsals during live performances, and one early version of "Awakening from a Dream."
The simultaneous recording of the vocals and piano sometimes has a rough appearance and there are mistakes, but the realism of the documentary is unmatched. Please enjoy.
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.