21st century Outtakes Front Cover

Lyric

Alone, my friend (Demo)

Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

着の身着のまま 昨日着たシャツのまま

うずたかく積まれたビール 空き缶の山

好きな時間に起きて 好きなものに囲まれ

好きな場所に寝転がり 好きなときに眠る

きみがいなくなって何日が過ぎ

独りになって何を失ったんだろう

誰も文句いわない 忠告することもない

誰もぼくの自堕落 咎めようとはしない

中略

ああ ありあまる自由の意味を知った ああ 自由はまるで牢獄みたいだ

ああ 何度も 何度も思い知らされる 今ここには きみがいないことを

なあ 自由と孤独の引き替えだ ああ いいとも ひとりぼっちともだち

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    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

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    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Recording Engineer

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  • Vocals

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  • Background Vocals

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21st century Outtakes Front Cover

Listen to Alone, my friend (Demo) by Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

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  • 1

    Chorus Variation (a cappella)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 2

    Monolith (Alternative Version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 3

    Ballade in D (Demo)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 4

    Waltz America I (Demo)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

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    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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