Self Portrait Front Cover

Self Portrait

SOMAOTA & DUCK HOUSE

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Release Date: 2024/03/13

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The single "Self-Portrait" has a groovy bass line at its core and combines the synths that symbolize 90s West Coast hip-hop with the drum patterns unique to 2000s hip-hop to create a funky track that will make your body move naturally. The track also features several sampling of artists who have influenced each member of the group.
Lyrically, the main theme of the song is that "no one can write a good self-portrait" or in other words, "you don't know yourself as well as you think you do".
I think the biggest contradiction and mystery of human beings is that "we don't know ourselves as well as we think we do. We are trying to ironically laugh at such ambivalence of human beings in this song.

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Spotify • 【毎週更新】HOLIDAY! RECORDS厳選の新鋭インディーズバンド特集 • 21 Mar 2024 Spotify • New Music Everyday - tuneTracks (curated by TuneCore Japan) • 15 Mar 2024 Spotify • Monday Spin • 18 Mar 2024

Artist Profile

  • SOMAOTA

    Born and raised in Miyamaedaira, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, SOMAOTA is a Tokyo-based MC and solo artist, and a member of the Kansai-based hip-hop collective Black petrol. He has performed at major festivals including SUMMER SONIC 2023 and FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '24. As a solo artist, he has also appeared at festivals both in Japan and overseas, including Taiwan's Neon Oasis Fest. '24 and Yui no Oto 2025. To date, SOMAOTA has released four albums and EPs, including his representative work Nori Nori Daze, along with numerous singles. Guided by the belief that life and music are inseparable, he transforms the contradictions, questions, and subtle discomforts he encounters in everyday life into music. After spending approximately seven years based in Kansai, SOMAOTA relocated to Tokyo in 2024 to pursue music on a full-time basis. On November 29 of the same year, he held his first solo concert, SOMAOTA ONE-MAN SHOW Trans, which was a success. Since 2025, he has actively expanded his creative scope through collaborations that transcend genres and borders. His work includes Alter Ego feat. Sora Oto with Funny Factures, readme.txt with Taiwanese R&B singer Malpaca, and Stay or Play? and AHA with Nagoya-based instrumental band QOOPIE. On June 10, 2026, SOMAOTA released the collaborative album Duck's Diary with DUCK HOUSE. The music video for its lead single Sakasa feat. Fuki Kitamura is currently available.

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  • DUCK HOUSE

    DUCK HOUSE is an alternative band that began in April 2022 as a share house and music project based in Daikokucho, Osaka. The group originally started as a trio consisting of SOMAOTA (MC), Oumi (Pf, Vo), and INUI (Ba). Through a series of self-organized events, the band gradually gained attention and performed at the 2023 edition of the NAKATSUGAWA SOLAR BUDOKAN festival. They have released several singles and, in 2024, unveiled their EP Lost Humanity. In August 2025, the band relocated to Tokyo to pursue its musical activities more seriously. They released the single Visitor in December 2025, followed by their first full-length album, Duck Diary, on June 10, 2026. Around the same time, founding member SOMAOTA departed from the band, and Tsuru-Sho joined as the new drummer, establishing the band current lineup. The band first album, Duck Diary, was created around the theme of life and music. Its title was inspired by the Japanese lifestyle magazine Kurashi no Techo, to which the band pays tribute.

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