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Songwriter (Cassette Tape Master)
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Just standing there (Cassette Tape Master)
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Love Forever (Cassette Tape Master)
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Cut "N" Paste (Cassette Tape Master)
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Don't go away (Cassette Tape Master)
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Miracle of Love (First Version)
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Comeback (Cassette Tape Master)
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Songwriter
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Just standing there
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Love forever
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Cut 'N' Paste
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Don't go away
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A simple and scattered explanation.
When "Cut 'N' Paste" was released last year, it was called a "collection of all the songs," but the 25th edition has significantly changed the songs included in it from the previous edition. In other words, the album was newly edited based on a demo tape centered around "Standing There" and "Cut 'N' Paste."
In 1998, I made a demo tape that contained songs that reflected my depressed days. The tape went around the industry and eventually received financial support from a certain music producer. My songs never reached a professional standard, and the option contract was terminated early, but the real reason for the termination was that my songs "could not surpass the impact of the first demo."
The latter half of this album contains five tracks that were rough mixes on cassette tapes. The first five tracks were later remixed and recorded on CD-R. Two other tracks that were produced at the same time were added. "Ai no Kiseki" was released as a single at the end of last year. "Comeback" and "Love Forever" are the only unreleased tracks.
My name is Iwashita Keisuke, also known as Sardine. Over the 20 years from 1983 to 2003, I have recorded about 200 songs by myself. I compiled these into eight albums and released them one by one in 2024. In 2025, instead of an anthology, I will release an album edited in chronological order. 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.