50/50 & other rare tracks Front Cover

8月の熱い風 昼と夜の境目

何杯目かのソーダを 退屈は飲み干した

出来すぎの話だから 誰も信じやしない

忙しいひとたちには どうでもいいこと

Heaven for you

それは瞬きみたいな夏の記録

Heaven for you

つらい仕事と仕事のあいだの

短すぎる休日

錆びたレールを枕に 昨日ずっと眠ってた

貨物列車に頭を はじかれる夢みてた

昨日凪いていたのに 今日の海は荒れてる

ヘミングウェイよろしく 海を観察できる

Heaven for you

それは瞬きみたいな夏の記憶

Heaven for you

つらい仕事と仕事のあいだの

短すぎる休日

気づいたひとはいなくて

見届けた報せもなく

時に思いだすのは

ひどく曖昧な 笑顔だけ

焼けた砂握りしめた 女を探してくれ

うまく説明できない ここにいないこと

怠け者のつぶやきさ 気にしなくてもいいよ

どうせ町に戻れば 忘れてしまうくせ

Heaven for you

Heaven for you

  • Lyricist

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Composer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Producer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Recording Engineer

    Hanasiro Masatoshi

  • Mixing Engineer

    Hanasiro Masatoshi

  • Mastering Engineer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Vocals

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Background Vocals

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Piano

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

50/50 & other rare tracks Front Cover

Listen to Diving by Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

Streaming / Download

  • 1

    Sunday Driver

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 2

    Transfer Student

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 3

    Emily

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • ⚫︎

    Diving

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 5

    Who is in the ocean

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 6

    24 Blues

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 7

    Maybe the first time

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 8

    Awakening from a dream

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 9

    Transfer Student (Live rehearsal)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 10

    Wait at Z bridge (Live rehearsal)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 11

    Awakening from a dream (Early version)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 12

    Sunset Hill (Instrumental)

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

"50 / 50," an 8-song collection produced by Sardine in 1989, is a collection of eight songs that fully demonstrates Iwashita's skills as a piano player. The title "Fifty-Fifty" means that the vocals and piano are equal, but the thick chorus created by solo overdubbing is also a distinctive feature.
For this release, four songs have been added: one instrumental that my presented in a composition lecture while I was a student at a music college, two live rehearsals, and one early version of "Awaken from a Dream."
The 2025 version has been corrected to make it easier to listen to, as it had some harsh noise and level variations in the 2024 version when it was first released.
I hope you enjoy it.

Artist Profile

  • Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

    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.

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