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When I produced my previous album "Hen-sin" in 2001, I felt the arrangements were too simplistic. I decided to put more effort into the next collection. As a result "21st Century Protest Songs" produced in 2002, ended up featuring considerably complex arrangements.
This time, following the example of the Beach Boys "Stack-O-Tracks", I selected four tracks from the sixteen songs on "21st Century~" that feature elements where the backing track demands close listening. Additionally, I recently discovered a new version of the instrumental track released digitally last year (2024) as "G.T.E.D," featuring added kecak and agitation elements. I've renamed it "chicane" and included it here.
As human-powered electronica, I hope you'll enjoy listening to it casually.
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.