Octopus Tapes, by The Octopus

Octopus Tapes

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『Octopus Tapes』+『半夏生』
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アルバム『Octopus Tapes』カセットと、The Octopusによるアンビエント作品『半夏生』カセット+ダウンロードコードのセット。『半夏生』単体での販売はなくこのセットでのみご購入可能です。限定50。

/// The Octopus 『半夏生』///

1.銀星石
2.斬深層
3.通学路
4.聖母の御子
5.半夏生

2曲目「斬深層」ではKlan Aileen澁谷がミックスを担当。

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『Octopus Tapes』+『半夏生』+ ハンカチ
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『Octopus Tapes』+『半夏生』+ 『Octopus Tapes』のジャケットとJolt! Recordingsのロゴをあしらったハンカチのセットです。限定50

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1.	Fossil Song 03:10	buy track
2.	Hello Mr. Sunshine 03:35	buy track
3.	Danae 03:49	buy track
4.	Ghost In My Life 05:01	buy track
5.	11.2km/s 04:44	buy track
6.	Realm Of Unreal 04:06	buy track
7.	Dissolve 01:57	buy track
8.	In The Bathroom 03:04	buy track
9.	In To Deep 01:45	buy track
10.	Last Song 04:36	buy track

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【アルバム解説】

The Octopusこと和泉雄彦(いずみたかひこ)は1987年生まれの宅録作家である。
今回リリースするアルバム『Octopus Tapes』とアンビエント作品『半夏生』は彼が2007年にギターと自作のアナログシンセ、ZOOMのMTRを使い1人で制作した作品だ。
その音楽はThe Velvet Undergroundを水色にしたように彩られ、Dinosaur Jr.のような倦怠感で、Deerhunterの双子のような横顔を持ち、King Krule(というよりもZoo Kid)にシンパシーする。
淡いサイケデリアを携えた『Octopus Tapes』の曲群は時代性が無く無邪気で、遊び相手のいない砂場で屈託無く笑っているようなピュアネスを宿している。
その証拠に、彼はクラシック音楽をルーツに持ちながらもギターコードを１つも知らず、ただ響きを頼りにコードを手繰り、「2、3時間ギターを弾いていたら自然と2、3曲出来た」と言う。
「エレキギターの良いところはエフェクターで音を変えられるところ」と楽しそうに語る彼の趣向は両作品を貫く音のテクスチャーに反映されており、その傾向は『半夏生』により顕著である。まるで宇宙遊泳から段々と現実に帰っていくような30分間のショートトリップで、誰もが夢のような夏を、そして強烈なノスタルジーを体験するだろう。

タイトルになっている半夏生(はんげしょう)とは雑節の１つで、曰く「タコが美味しい季節」

/// Album Description ///

Takahiko Izumi, aka The Octopus, is a home recording artist born in 1987.
The album "Octopus Tapes" and the ambient work “Hangeshou" were created by him alone in 2007 using a guitar, his own analog synths, and a ZOOM MTR.
The music is a light blue version of The Velvet Underground, with the languor of Dinosaur Jr., the twin profile of Deerhunter, and empathize with King Krule (more like Zoo Kid).
The songs on "Octopus Tapes", with their pale psychedelia, are timeless, innocent, and pure, like laughing carefree in a sandbox with no one to play with.
As proof of this, he says that despite his roots in classical music, he doesn't know any guitar chords.
"The good thing about electric guitars is that I can change the sound with pedalls" he says happily, and his taste is reflected in the sound texture that runs through both works, which is more pronounced in “Hangeshou". In this 30-minute short trip, which is like a space walk that gradually returns to reality, everyone will experience a dreamlike summer and intense nostalgia.

The title of the film is "Hangesho," which means "the season of tasty octopus" in Japanese.

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released April 14, 2021

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