Kenji Azuma

"Cinema-ish" is an album composed of a diverse range of music that recreates a non-existent movie scene, encompassing the drama, suspense, romance, action, and thrilling adventures that one would experience in a film.

In this album, you can fully immerse yourself in the enchanting magic of cinematic music. The unique melodies created by a variety of instruments evoke the grandeur of a movie theater screen, transporting you to a captivating world that ignites your imagination.

Through a hybrid blend of acoustic instruments and electronic sounds, this album weaves together the exhilarating intensity of action scenes and the beautiful melodies of fantastical moments, leaving a resounding impact on your heart.

Immerse yourself in these tracks that encapsulate various emotions and adventures, and bring the magic of movies into your daily life.

Cinema-ish

Scene Ⅰ

Maryse Dumas

Scene Ⅱ (feat. Maryse Dumas)

Mayu Sasamoto

Scene Ⅲ (feat. Mayu Sasamoto)

Ayane Ohno

Scene Ⅳ (feat. Ayane Ohno)

TommyBass

Rosie Lewis-Dunn

Scene V (feat. TommyBass & Rosie Lewis-Dunn)

Takahiro Kido

Yuki Murata

The sound of the wind that echoes into the moon.

This is the third collaborative work, and the second EP, by Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata, music composers who also are active as members of Anoice, RiLF, and Films, and ambient music artist, Kenji Azuma, who plays a range of unusual instruments.

The first single 'Ice Mermaid' featured the sounds of an ice and water and their first EP, 'Memories of the Stone' used the sounds of a stone and limestone cave. This time the trio chose the wind element as the theme of the sound for this EP. Just like their previous works, the illustrator, MATSURICA who also takes charge of the artwork for some of the releases from Anoice, Yuki Murata, and Films, painted the beautiful cover in tandem with the music production and each song included in this EP expresses four scenes; from a desolate desert into a lush greenery grassland, a noisy caravan passing by the oasis, a propeller airship flying from the grassland to sky with many birds, and the night flight toward the moon, by the colorful sound.

Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata created the base of each song with their instruments such as a piano, guitar, synthesizer, marimba, and vibraphone, and then Kenji Azuma added his performance on wind instruments from around the world such as futujara from Slovakia, wot from Thailand, Khlui Lib from Thailand, Khene from Thailand and Laos, and bawu from China, Thailand and Vietnam. You should be able to feel 'wind' that is the theme of this EP from the fantastic, dream-like, and exotic sound. Also, string players and a percussionist including Utaka Fujiwara and Tadashi Yoshikawa who are members of Anoice, joined. Their collective support touts this EP to be the most spectacular work in this trio's releases.

Enjoy the lovely and fairytale-like painting together with the music.

Gone with the Wind

Memories of a cave in ancient times, played by stone.

This is the second collaboration work by Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata, music composers who also are active as members of Anoice, RiLF, and Films, together with Kenji Azuma, an ambient music artist who plays a range of unusual instruments and the trio's first EP.

It's been only three months since the previous collaboration single 'Ice Mermaid' with the basis of the song's sounds created from materials which are related to ice and water. This time, they will release the four songs-included EP 'Memories of the Stone' featuring the sounds of a stone and limestone cave. Just like their previous work, this song is also based on an illustration painted by MATSURICA who also takes charge of the artwork for some of the releases from Anoice, Yuki Murata, and Films, and it is under the theme of the exploration into a cave. A wolf finds a cave in the forest and gingerly goes into it, and steps forward to the deep as if being invited by the sounds of water dropped on the puddle and bats singing. And then, he leaves his body to energetic dance of the ancient animals drawn on the wall...

Like the previous collaboration 'Ice Mermaid', each artist took charge of playing various instruments, but the most notable point in this EP 'Memories of the Stone' is that they mined Sanukitoids, a variety of high-Mg granitoid found in limited area of Japan and recorded its sound in the forest. You should be able to feel the memories of the long and epic history via the beautiful and clear sound of the stone which has existed since ancient times.

Step into an adventure with the main character wolf, Rem, while looking at the illustration.

Memories of the Stone

Ice music made from ice.

This is a collaboration single entitled 'Ice Mermaid' made by Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata, music composers who also are active as members of Anoice, RiLF, and Films, together with Kenji Azuma, an ambient music artist who plays a range of unusual instruments.

This song is based on an illustration featuring a mermaid in the ice world painted by MATSURICA who also takes charge of the artworks for some of the releases from Anoice, Yuki Murata, and Films, and is divided into four parts; the ground, the sea, the seabed, and the finale. The most notable point is that the basis of the sounds of the song are created from materials which are related to ice and water. The sounds of stepping on snow, waves, breathing, whale calling and mermaid's singing. You can feel the cold sea via the sounds expressed by the ice and water.

Also, with each participant take charge of playing their main instrument one after another on each part of the song, it makes possible for this song to expressively convey the world on ice with dignified air to the bottom of the ocean where no sound from the earth's surface can reach. Not only the beautiful tones of a piano, guitar and celesta, or EOX Drum, a kind of steel drums, but also the unique sound of the 'ice marimba' that is an original instrument made up of various sizes of ice, are worth listening.

You should begin on a fantasy journey with the mermaid while looking at the illustration.

Ice Mermaid

A song consisting of Soprano saxophone, EOX Drum (Steel Tongue Drum), and various nature sounds, depicting the journey of water particles from a spring to the ocean.

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