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15/09/17 RELEASE
Akira Kosemura - In The Dark Woods
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Akira Kosemura releases a new album “In The Dark Woods”.
This album is produced under very intimate and personal environment, with combination of electronic and acoustic sound of Piano, Wurlitzer, and Synthesizer with a strings quartet, as similar to the music heard from his previous improvisational solo piano work “One Day” released in 2016.
“Treasuring a serene feeling and an intimate conversation with oneself.” is the main concept of his new work, which recalls a vivid emotions, as music goes into one’s body and feels a blood flow deep into a heart. As indicated in the title, an entire album is filled with an obscure darkness and a world of misty sounds never to be feared of, like a comfortable quietness in the dark where a child in the womb is hearing mother’s heartbeat.
As the music goes on, it gradually begin to widen an introspective worldview. The combined sounds of repeated phrases as seen in minimal music method, a sophisticated crossover sound in between acoustics and electronics, and an improvisational solo piano will present the worldview suggestive of a broad theme, such as a circulation of life or the law of nature.
The highlights of the album “In The Dark Woods” and its variations “Letter From A Distance” will leave the listeners with deep emotions and afterglow, as one sees a glimpse of a path beyond the darkness found in inner deep woods after an inward conversation.

[CD]
01. DNA
02. Resonance
03. Between The Trees
04. Sphere
05. Kaleidoscope Of Happiness
06. Inside River #1
07. Inside River #2
08. Shadow
09. Dedicated To Laura Palmer
10. Moving
11. Snowy Sky
12. Spark
13. Innocence
14. The Cycle Of Nature
15. Stillness Of The Holy Place
16. In The Dark Woods
17. Letter From A Distance

[DVD]
01. In The Dark Woods
02. DNA
03. Resonance
04. Luna
05. You


[LP Record]

Side A
01. DNA
02. Resonance
03. Between The Trees
04. Sphere
05. Kaleidoscope Of Happiness
06. Inside River #1
07. Shadow

Side B
01. The Cycle Of Nature
02. Stillness Of The Holy Place
03. In The Dark Woods
04. Letter From A Distance

Limited edition, gold colored vinyl.
180g heavyweight vinyl pressing.
Full cover artwork, record comes in a full colours inner sleeve.
Record includes a free download voucher of the full album.

Akira Kosemura
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