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01. Ayane Shino - the backstroke
02. Ayane Shino - first period
03. Ayane Shino - long time
04. Ayane Shino - joy
05. Ayane Shino - 海1 - umi1
06. Ayane Shino - red curb
07. Ayane Shino - last night
08. Ayane Shino - さようなら - sayounara
09. Ayane Shino - 海2 - umi2
10. Ayane Shino - river
ARTIST
TITLE
River: The Timbre Of Guitar #2 - Rei Harakami
FORMAT
LP

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CATALOG #
MMDS 25002LP MMDS 25002LP
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RELEASE DATE
4/25/2025

River: The Timbre of Guitar #2 - Rei Harakami signals a new level of awareness and understanding of both Rei Harakami's significance and Ayane Shino's undeniable talent. In 1996 Tokyo-based label Sublime Records received a cassette demo from Rei Harakami, a 26-year-old Japanese experimental filmmaker, and musician. Within one year, Harakami's debut LP Unrest was released. As the 21st century dawned, Harakami was becoming a critically acclaimed figure, and there was a feeling in Japan that Harakami would be an inevitable successor to such luminaries as Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Sadly Harakami passed away at age 40 in 2011, leaving behind a musical legacy that seemed to deserve more recognition. A fitting tribute now comes from the incredibly gifted classical guitarist Ayane Shino. Continuing her album series The Timbre of Guitar, she now presents River: The Timbre of Guitar #2 - Rei Harakami. Ayane has reworked some of Harakami's standout tracks into an album of tranquil yet complex compositions helping to build a new level of awareness and understanding of Rei Harakami's significance. A collection of ten hypnotic guitar renditions that dive deeply into the traditional compositional musicality that underpins Harakami's hallucinatory beatscapes before reconsidering them under a fresh, innovative and engaging new light. During her time completing a masters at Tokyo's University of the Arts, Shino became fascinated by Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, Oneohtrix Point Never, Steve Reich, and, closer to home, Harakami and Susumu Yokota. On her approach to the album, Ayane explains: "For this album, I succeeded in spinning some exquisite, silk thread like delicate tones, interwoven with human warmth, gentleness and simplicity. And I was also able to rework Rei Harakami's distinctive sound with a floating feel to it and transform it into a very classical guitar sound. I hope many people will be able to receive this group of sounds that I created in this album that I played with all my heart."