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Pump Men at Dusk is an album that brings together the endless mechanical sounds behind the city and the heartbeat of human beings.
Water may seem to flow on its own, but in reality, someone is keeping it moving. That someone is me.
Machines may seem to run by themselves, but in reality, someone is protecting them. That someone is also me.
This album shines a light on the people behind the ordinary things we take for granted. In other words, me.
There is nothing flashy about it.
But if it stops, everyone is in trouble.
So today again, Pump Man heads to the site. Just another worker. Also me.
The sound of tools, the lights on a control panel, the faint sign of a water leak, and the work truck before dawn.
All of it becomes part of this music.
The toughness of work, the mistakes you can laugh about later, and the quiet relief when the water finally starts flowing again.
This album captures all of it.
By the time you finish listening, you might feel just a little more proud to head back to work.
And then, of course, there is more overtime.
That is the kind of album we set out to make.
Shindashi Man is a mysterious mechanical installation technician artist born from the gaps in couplings. His hobby is looking at dial gauges, and his special skill is prolonging work on site by saying, 'Just 0.1 more to the right.' Yet, to surprisingly little expectation, his music is straightforward and oddly piercing to misaligned hearts. For him, music is the core alignment of life. Today, somewhere in a pump room, he is a supervising technician who is correcting someone's heart's eccentricity.