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Waters

Albem

I think it’s only way

To to be a harmless shade

So I can no longer hurt you

As I always did

Think you were once a worm

And then I was a bird

So many different attempts

That ends same

“we’ve tried so hard

Dear children”

They say

“we tried so hard

Over and over again...”

We’ll rather choose to sleep

Deep in the warm finale

Til we decay and melt down

I think it’s only way

To to be a harmless shade

So I can no longer hurt you

As I always did

Think you were once a worm

And then I was a bird

So many different attempts

That ends same

“we’ve tried so hard

Dear children”

They say

“we tried so hard

Over and over again...”

We’ll rather choose to sleep

Deep in the warm finale

Til we decay and melt down

In the water

In the water

ふやけた肌の奥に

たゆたうheat and beat

Only vapor

答えないままの僕を

溶かして

飲み込んだ quantum wave

In the water

砕けた泡の中に

残したメッセージ

Sinking deeper

“時には思い出してね”

In the end

You can only hear the waves

In the water

ふやけた肌の奥に

たゆたうheat and beat

Only vapor

答えないままの僕を

溶かして

飲み込んだ quantum wave

In the water

砕けた泡の中に

残したメッセージ

Sinking deeper

“時には思い出してね”

  • Lyricist

    nozakimugai

  • Composer

    nozakimugai

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    Albem

The theme of this work is "mimicry and parasitism". The aim was to impersonate and parasitize various objects such as existing pop music, vaporwave, shoegaze, and film music, and to generate something monstrous out of them. The result is a clearer and more poignant realization of the hyperactive and fractured song structures and layers of nostalgia and malevolent parody found in the previous work, "do you recognize me?"
Ableton Live was used for production, which involved a seamless process from demo production to recording and mixing. The members' recorded material and takes were retroactively edited and looped, and multiple edits were made until the impersonal nature of each piece of material was lost. The completed pieces were then further cut and reconnected.
As references, the project includes vaporwave tracks by death's dynamic shroud, catsystemcorp and Macintosh Plus, electronic music such as Arca and OPN, hip-hop tracks of Kanye West, shoegaze, J-pop, film music and others. J-Pop, film music, etc. were referenced (references are available as a playlist).

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  • Albem

    An electronic/rock band consisting of nozakimugai (vo, sound engineer), Shuhei Miyazaki (gt, sampler), Tomonori Sato (ba, synth), and Naru Furusawa (drums, programming). The band creates conceptual music with virtual but organic soundscapes, melodious but cold vocals, and strong but fluid grooves. Their live performances are characterized by a strong physicality, with hard band sounds and danceable grooves at the forefront, despite the use of electronics.

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