The Gentle Island: Taiwan Earthquake Charity Album, by Tokyo Ambient Collective

The Gentle Island: Taiwan Earthquake Charity Album

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The subtle and sweet aroma from the southern island.

This is the fourth album from Tokyo Ambient Collective, a non-fixed member ambient music project established by Tokyo-based artists; Takahiro Kido, Kenji Azuma, and Sami Elu.

This album 'The Gentle Island' was created by two of the founder members; Takahiro Kido, a composer who works as a member of Anoice, and Kenji Azuma, an instrumentalist who plays various unusual instruments from around the world, and Yuki Murata, a pianist/composer and a member of Anoice, and Calu, the vocalist of an electronica unit, Matryoshka. Just like the previous works from Tokyo Ambient Collective, this album was recorded by all improvisational performances.

One of the biggest key ingredients of the album are the nostalgic sounds created on music boxes on which the members composed melodies by themselves, an upright piano with its soft pedal, and old vintage synthesizers, but by their adding subtle vocals and the environmental sounds which they recorded in Taiwan during their improvisation sessions, this album turned to the quietest and gentlest work of their career. You should be able to feel the soft breeze and warm rain on the southern island and the interactions of humans and animals via each sound.

This is sublime ambient music which brings about a sleepiness during the early afternoon.

'The Gentle Island' will be available for a “Name Your Price” only on BandCamp on April 10th, and all the proceeds to the general release date for May 8th will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society as relief funds for the Hualien Earthquake in Taiwan occured in 2024.

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released April 10, 2024

Produced by Takahiro Kido, Kenji Azuma, Ricco Label
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Track 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 Composed by Takahiro Kido, Kenji Azuma, Yuki Murata
Track 2 and 7 Composed by Takahiro Kido, Kenji Azuma, Yuki Murata, Calu

Takahiro Kido: Synthesizer, Music Box
Kenji Azuma: Synthesizer, Flow Chime, Music Box
Yuki Murata: Piano, Synthesizer, Glockenspiel, Music Box
Calu: Vocal

Recorded by Takahiro Kido, Calu
Mixed and Mastered by Takahiro Kido

Photo by Takahiro Kido
Art Direction and Design by Takahiro Kido

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