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Paniyolo, a guitarist Muneki Takasaka's solo project, collaborated with a steelpan player Akio Watanabe from WAIWAI STEEL BAND, to release a new album "Sora mo sukoshi (Passage of sky)" from SCHOLE Label.
In February 2019, they performed a session inside the lodge located at Yatsugatake (Yamanashi-prefecture) and it was recorded with the warmth of wood-burning stove which silently crackling flames.
This album includes19 sketches, in total of 52 minutes of music composed with the layers of quiet sound of both a guitar and a steelpan, which express the changing of weather conditions and one's state of mind.
The openness sound from the steelpan is controlled, as it whispers to the listeners with a guitar sound.
Like reading a short story with a bliss, each music is created with a comfortable and serene tempo.
Mastered by Suguru Oba (no.9 orchestra).
Artwork by a printmaker Hitomi Hiraoka, photographs and design by Shin Kikuchi (SCHOLE).
Live tour schedule is planned after the release date.
A solo project of a guitarist Muneki Takasaka. Born in 1982, from Fukushima, Japan. In December 2006, paniyolo stared his music career from a performance in Shimokitazawa. Several acoustic guitar albums released from the music label Schole Records. 'Tama no Koto' featuring a guitarist Hirofumi Nakamura (tricolor, John John Festival), 'Sora Mo Sukoshi' featuring a steel pan player Akio Watanabe (WAIWAI STEEL BAND), etc. After 2020, he has been releasing music from digital platform, including collaboration music. He plays a guitar by valuing the silence in between sounds. In January 2022,'Sora To Hana' a collaboration album with Miho Ota be released.
1984年生まれ、千葉県松戸市在住。 ドラム缶から作られた楽器のスティールパン、そしてギターやウクレレなどのマルチ弦楽器奏者として活動中。 社会人経験中にスティールパンと出会い、2009年にWAIWAI STEEL BANDへ加入。 2017年1月から3月にかけスティールパン発祥の地であるトリニダード・トバゴへ渡航、現地で歴史のあるStarlift Steel Orchestraに参加しコンテストに出場。日本人男性として初めて、120人規模のスティールパンバンドの最前列で演奏する。 2018年5月、自主制作で初のソロアルバム「in my room」を発表。 明るい人柄と柔らかい音楽性を所望する声も多く、音源制作やライブサポートにも尽力を惜しまない一面を持つ、一児の父であり僧侶である。
Schole Records