beyond the valley (feat. Anoice)
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If you climb that hill, you'll surely find a beautiful view waiting for you.
On December 4th, pianist and composer, Yuki Murata, who is also a member of the instrumental band Anoice, and its side projects RiLF and Films, will release her new single, 'beyond the valley'.
'beyond the valley' is the lead single from 'FORMOSA', Yuki Murata's 7th solo album, which will be released on December 24 and is the album she has dedicated the most time to creating thus far. Featuring piano alongside a quartet of violin, viola, cello, and flute, 'beyond the valley' is a grand and beautiful neoclassical piece. As the opening track to 'FORMOSA', an album filled with both joy and sorrow that centres around her visits to Taiwan and her Taiwanese born and raised grandfather, the song evokes an exciting yet slightly bittersweet and nostalgic feeling, as if you were climbing a slope that stretches toward the sky.
As with the artwork for the album 'FORMOSA', the artwork for the single 'beyond the valley' was created using an old map of the area surrounding the house where Yuki Murata's grandfather grew up, which she discovered at the National Diet Library. She scanned the map and, together with her Anoice bandmate, Takahiro Kido, digitally transformed it into a torn-paper collage. The box edition of 'FORMOSA' also includes liner notes written by Yuki Murata herself, expressing her feelings toward Taiwan and her grandfather, as well as photographs she took during her numerous visits to Taiwan. The album has become the most personal work of her career.
As you listen to this single, slowly surrender yourself, both body and soul, to the story of 'FORMOSA'.
Artist Profile
Yuki Murata
Yuki Murata is a Tokyo-based pianist/composer. Since her childhood, she had been learning various styles of piano and then studied composing music in, not only Japan, but also France and Canada. As a classical music pianist, she was awarded top prizes in various piano competitions such as the PTNA Piano Competition and International Piano Duo Competition. She debuted as a member of the chinematic music group Anoice, by releasing their first album, 'Remmings' through Important Records, Boston in 2006. In 2008, Anoice established their label, Ricco Label. Since then, he has released many music works on not only Anoice but also his own solo project, Takahiro Kido and other projects such as RiLF (an alternative rock band formed by the members of Anoice and Matryoshka's Calu), films (The Tokyo-based dark classical music unit, featuring members of Anoice and two female vocalists in their original languages), mizu amane (Films' side project featuring Japanese languages), cru (The neo-classical music unit formed by Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata who is the member of Anoice), and The Frozen Vaults (an ambient music unit formed by Yuki Murata, Dave Dhonau, Tomasz Mrenca, Harry Towell and Bartosz Dziadosz) on some music label such as Ricco Label, Important Records, noble label, 1631 Recordings, Flower Blossom In The Space, VoxxoV. In addition, Yuki Murata has taken charge of composing and performing music for many commercial adverts such as Armani, Louis Vuitton, YAMAHA, TOYOTA, ASICS, ANA, TOSHIBA, UNIQLO, Heintz, and etc. Also, she created the soundtracks of some movies such as 'Tusikiji Wonderland' directed by Naotaro Endo and 'Olivier Zahm: Digital Provacateur' derected by Can Evgin and some TV programs such as NHK and WOWOW. Some film works awarded at Venice Film Festival, Prix Italia, National Arts Festival in japan, and Cool Japan Maching Award, and Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata who are the music composers of Anoice, received the Best Original Score Prize at Sapporo International Short Film Festival.
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