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9月も終わる土曜

夜の西口は人の多さに反して

まどろんでいるかのように静かだった

9,000キロ先のベルリンでは

50,000人の声が揺れている

3メートル四方のこの貸しスタジオでは

ギターの6弦が重く唸る

10,000キロ先のラバトでは

若者たちの怒声が街角に響く

3メートル四方のこの貸しスタジオでは

4弦が鼻にかかった声を上げる

交換したばかりのニッケルがうねり、共振した

その限りにおいて 夜の空気は澱まない

暗渠の水のように

人知れず私たちの感情は押し流され

存在しなかったものとして処理される

騒音が溢れ出る分厚い防音ドア

大ガードの向こうとこちらを隔てる高い城砦

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    HIROYUKI ITO

  • Composer

    HIROYUKI ITO, Naoki Okada

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    HIROYUKI ITO, Naoki Okada

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    HIROYUKI ITO, Naoki Okada

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    HIROYUKI ITO, Naoki Okada

  • Graphic Design

    Naoki Okada

  • Guitar

    HIROYUKI ITO, Naoki Okada

  • Bass Guitar

    HIROYUKI ITO

  • Synthesizer

    Naoki Okada

  • Programming

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A minimalist beat drives the track as jazzy textures and post-rock atmospheres take shape. A restrained spoken word cuts through, reporting fragments of the present moment.
Built from a single, unrepeatable improvisation session - guitar and laptop in the studio, reshaped into three dense minutes.
The spoken word is performed in Japanese. The following is an English translation of the lyrics.
A Saturday at the end of September.
The west exit at night - crowded, yet somehow
drowsing in its own silence.
Nine thousand kilometers away, in Berlin,
fifty thousand voices are swaying.
In this three-meter rental studio,
the sixth string groans, heavy.
Ten thousand kilometers away, in Rabat,
the shouts of young people echo at street corners.
In this three-meter rental studio,
the fourth string lifts a nasal cry.
The freshly changed nickel strings ripple and resonate.
To that extent, at least - the night air does not stagnate.
Like water running through a buried culvert,
our emotions are swept away without anyone knowing,
processed as though they never existed.
A thick soundproofed door, overflowing with noise.
A high fortress wall dividing the two sides of the overpass.
Even so - or perhaps because of that.

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