New Music Albums: LUMINESCENT CREATURES (Ichiko Aoba)

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Artist:
Ichiko Aoba

Genre:
Pop/Rock
Alternative Indie/Rock
Indie Folk

Total Time:
35:00

Record Label:
Psychic Hotline

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music

Release Date
February 28, 2025




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Product Description: Ichiko Aoba has come into her own as one of Japan’s most vital artists since debuting at 19 years old, with her boundless curiosity and musical versatility only growing as her career has progressed. On Luminescent Creatures, she casts her gaze toward the sea, channeling its moments of tumult and peace into 11 meticulously crafted songs that glow with awe. Ichiko and her chief collaborator, pianist and composer Taro Umebayashi, deftly lead an ensemble through the Kyoto-raised Ichiko’s brief yet complex compositions, on which she shows her precisely honed instincts for employing both airy minimalism and oceanic grandeur. “COLORATURA” rises and falls like waves, its circling flutes and cascading piano propelling her whispered voice into a tangle of strings; on “Lucifèrine,” she creates a mille-feuille of her own voice, bringing to full brightness the “light deep within the soul” marveled over in her lyrics. Luminescent Creatures shows how Ichiko has evolved—not just as an artist, but as an observer of the natural world over the last 15 years.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . COLORATURA (04:08)

2 . 24° 3′ 27.0″ N, 123° 47′ 7.5″ E (01:08)

3 . mazamun (03:27)

4 . tower (04:03)

5 . aurora (02:04)

6 . FLAG (04:37)

7 . Cochlea (00:55)

8 . Lucifèrine (05:02)

9 . pirsomnia (03:40)

10 . SONAR (03:17)

11 .惑星の泪 (03:26)

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