Cassette Gadget 1983-1984 Front Cover

Lyric

Scarlet Sails

Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

それは古い航海図

パパのにおいのしみついた部屋

月の光に映された影

停泊中の大きな船

寄せてはかえす偽りは

荒くれ男を吞みこんだもの

少女が最後にみたものは

大きな背中とコーンのパイプ

深紅の帆をかかげた船は

群青色の瞳の中に

そして月日は流れて

幾千の夜は来てはさり

眠りの砂に埋もれた

放りだされた玩具の船

少女の夢は晴れた日曜日

大きな胸に抱かれる夢

星を見あげてはあなたの町が

近づいているのを確かめている

深紅の帆を風になびかせて

緑の海原かけぬけてゆく

それは古いアルバムの

やけてしまったポートレート

あなたを乗せて旅立とう

失った夢をとり戻しに

  • Lyricist

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Composer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Producer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Recording Engineer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Synthesizer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Vocals

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Background Vocals

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Piano

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

Cassette Gadget 1983-1984 Front Cover

Listen to Scarlet Sails by Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

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  • 1

    Suspended Ocean

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 2

    Long distance shore (Prototype)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 3

    In the backseat

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 4

    Ecstasy

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

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    Scarlet Sails

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 6

    Everlasting flowers illusions

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 7

    Stargazer Boy

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 8

    December rainy day

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 9

    Central station

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 10

    Glider

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 11

    Safety night

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 12

    Heartbreak all over the world

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

I began making multiple recordings in 1983 when I started working as a temporary employee at the Players Inn Music Store in Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The manager, Mr. Minamiyama, kindly allowed me to use the store freely after it closed to learn how to handle the instruments. I recorded some of the pieces I did back then and included them in this album.
I did not save the data on a CD-R, so I bought a TEAC cassette deck the other day and tried to play back the tapes. The first six tracks recorded at a music store in 1983 (I named them "Walking Tempo") were particularly difficult to listen to, and I wondered whether I should release them, but I decided to release them as a record.
The latter six tracks were recorded in 1984 at an apartment in Daizawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. Although he lived in the gorgeous Shimokita area, he was unable to form a solidarity with anyone and continued to make music while suffering from loneliness. The label of the tape was titled "Heartbreak all over the world."
Many people will find these sound sources difficult to hear. The lyrics are immature, the instrumental performance is full of mistakes, and the pitch of the song is questionable. I myself don't find it very pleasant to listen to. However, these 12 songs are indispensable materials when talking about Keisuke Iwashita's musical history.

Artist Profile

  • Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

    My name is Iwashita Keisuke, also known as Sardine. Over the 19 years from 1983 to 2002, I recorded about 150 songs that I recorded over multiple tracks by myself. I compiled these into eight albums and released them one after another in 2024. In 2025, instead of the anthology released the previous year, I will release an album that has been re-edited in chronological order. The first release was "Windsor Knot," a compilation of songs created between 1989 and 1995, released on January 25th. In February, I will release two titles from the "Cassette Gadget" series, which contain recordings made on cassette tapes between 1983 and 1984. It's an oldie but evergreen song that depicts a mixture of romanticism, cold-heartedness, and passion, as well as incoherent anxiety and longing for something that cannot be reached. Please listen to the variety of Sardine's songs.

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