Lyric
White-hot
SHIN KOKAWA, SOUUN
どんな言葉を並べるかよりも
言葉にどう力を与えるか
俺がお前にどう見られるかより
俺は俺のままでいられるか
まずはそれが基本だ 着込んだ理論は
脱ぎ捨ててまとめて淘汰
幸か不幸か 今日は今日だ
実った果実すら肥やしにしようか
身も蓋も無いが文字の羅列なら
ただの記号さ Over the border
意味持たせるのはいつだって人だ
問われるのは技量より器量だ
行間 さらにその裏
落とし込むイズムとリズムの交差
クロスオーバー Drumを強打
熱で返せと無言のオーダー
雄弁は銀 沈黙は金色
声にならない声を More dig'in
口で証明したがるけど
口先だけならDon't believe
暗黙の了解 皆の常識
真実と嘘の両利き
本能 衝動 心の模様
表情や行動は正直
踏み込むべき領域
燃やし切るまで続く不定型詩
心揺れた瞬間が黎明期
そこには介在しない経験値
0.1秒のレイテンシーも
許さない直通のメッセージ
天地の間に原始の姿
一人 掻き分ける原生林
変幻自在に操る言葉は
ときに鎧 ときに矛に
裸のこの身にぶら下がる重荷
詭弁一つで隠す綻び
もっと"切実"に触れてみたく
もっと心地良く もっと痛く
言い表せないことの数々
それでも性懲り無くノート開く
そもそも矛盾を孕んだ存在
溶けない氷 消えない灯火
寒の戻り 春を示す暦
火の無いところに上がる狼煙
目は口ほどに 沈黙の底に
筆舌に尽くし難い想い
そこに筆舌を尽くす試みに
人間の呪いとMCの矜持
解釈は自由 求めない返答
言語化の前後で変わる鮮度
99.9パーセントの
熱を閉じ込める手書きの清書
減少する残り時間 燃焼
刹那の連続 命の全貌
点と点を結び歩く遍路
身体は持っていけない百年後
昨日と今日に境目が無いように
遠い未来も直線上に
文字通り 記録する レコーディング
諸行無常に楯突く行為
再生のたび想起させる脳裏
このリリックに込められた本意
2025 12月当時
熱は残ってるか？ 未来の同志
- Lyricist
SOUUN
- Composer
SHIN KOKAWA
- Co-Producer
SHIN KOKAWA, SOUUN
- Recording Engineer
Noriyuki Inoue
- Mixing Engineer
Noriyuki Inoue
- Mastering Engineer
Noriyuki Inoue
- Drums
SHIN KOKAWA
- Synthesizer
SHIN KOKAWA
- Rap
SOUUN
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White-hot (Instrumental version)
SHIN KOKAWA, SOUUN
A collaborative EP by drummer Shin Kokawa and SOUUN, a Kyoto-based MC.
SOUUN is affiliated with ZERO-Gravity and WE BUILT THIS CITY. Active since around 2007, he stands apart through his well-regarded rhyming skills and lyrics drawn from a sensibility honed in the Kyoto underground. At the ULTIMATE MC BATTLE, he represented Kyoto five times, finishing runner-up in 2019 and finally claiming his long-sought first championship in 2020.
"I think" and "White-hot" three tracks (one an instrumental version) in which the groove of Shin Kokawa's live drumming and SOUUN's words meet head-on.
"I think" is a striking track built from the drums of a song Kokawa co-created with Shun Ishiwaka on his first album, remastered and reconstructed for this release. Over Kokawa's drum beat, the lyrics steadily catch fire.
The ninth chapter of Shin Kokawa's 13-week consecutive release project a record of the chemistry that emerges as Kokawa's rhythm meets thirteen different artists.
Artist Profile
SHIN KOKAWA
In his pursuit of live drum expression, improvisational artist SHIN KOKAWA resonates with Japanese spirituality, including indigenous nature worship and the sublime concepts of Zen. He internalizes a diverse range of genres: free jazz, spiritual jazz, world music, ambient, and hardcore. By infusing the primitive, powerful, and beautiful sounds of his instruments with the raw intuition of the moment, he creates soundscapes that depict the vastness of the universe. Making his major debut as a founding member of the instrumental band jizue (founded in 2006), Kokawa has performed at numerous large-scale festivals in Japan and abroad, including the FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL. Since embarking on a solo career in 2019, he has released his 1st album 'ANIMA' (2020) and a 2nd album 'touch the sub conscious' (2024), which features collaborations with renowned artists such as Seiichi Yamamoto, Shing02, and Shun Ishiwaka. He is also an active member of the Kyoto-based experimental band kott, with whom he performed at FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2023. In 2026, he launched '13 ARTIST X 3 WORKS,' an ambitious project featuring collaborations with 13 different artists and 39 tracks to be released consecutively every week.
SHIN KOKAWAの他のリリース
SOUUN
Born on New Year's Day, 1988, in the easternmost part of Kyoto. An MC affiliated with ZERO-Gravity and WE BUILT THIS CITY. He began his career around 2007. Renowned from the beginning for his exceptional rhyming skills, his lyrics are spun from a sensibility cultivated by directly absorbing the ethos of the Kyoto underground scene. This unique foundation allows his words to stand out brilliantly, refusing to blend in with the crowd. Furthermore, in the "ULTIMATE MC BATTLE" hosted by Libra Records, he has represented Kyoto five times (2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2021). In the national tournament, he reached the Top 4 twice, finished as the runner-up in 2019, and finally secured his long-awaited first championship title in 2020.
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