Stealth [Gold Edition], by Takao

Stealth [Gold Edition]

by Takao

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1.	Stealth ステルス 01:54	buy track
2.	Water Music ウォーター・ミュージック 03:48	buy track
3.	Boat ボート 04:19	buy track
4.	Matsura マツラ 02:48	buy track
5.	Ama Nita アマ・ニタ 02:07	buy track
6.	Trode トロデ 01:52	buy track
7.	Crystal Tunnel クリスタル・トンネル 04:57	buy track
8.	Moon ムーン 04:58	buy track
9.	Bird Ensemble バード・アンサンブル 02:56	buy track
10.	Ce La セ・ラ 02:30	buy track
11.	Seven Sands セブン・サンズ 04:02	buy track
12.	Wet Dry World ウェット・ドライ・ワールド 01:59	buy track
13.	Secret Town シークレット・タウン 04:39	buy track
14.	Song of Time ソング・オブ・タイム 01:51	buy track
15.	Sweet Dreams スウィート・ドリームズ 04:46	buy track

about

Takao‘s new album is a rare attempt to recreate a previously released album. He has re-recorded his debut album "Stealth" and presents it here as a completely new work. This is a 50-minute full-length album with two new tracks, "Moon" and "Seven Sands". This new "Stealth" is subtitled 'Gold Edition'.

Preview mix here: soundcloud.com/takaoo/stealth-goldedition-preview

=From the 2018 album commentary=
“Stealth” is the aptly-titled debut album from Tokyo-based composer/producer Takao. Gliding in under the radar with thirteen slyly sweet and subtle miniatures, these pieces are refreshing light-explosions of gentle harmony and modestly grand melodies. Fans of New Age and tonal minimalism will enjoy this music, but its brevity reveals a pop-influenced aesthetic as well, and the level of care and detail in the arrangements and recording evinces a nuanced, surprisingly mature sensibility. There’s a blossoming brightness and elegant simplicity that even calls to mind gentle ghosts of Satie and Debussy. Available as digital download, CD and vinyl LP.

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「一度完成した『Stealth』。その楽曲のプロジェクトファイルがそれぞれ静かに植物のように成長し続けていたら、というのを妄想せずにはいられない。それはアップデートやリミックスとも違って成長と表現するのがしっくり来る感覚。先見性のある作品は後になって言葉がついてくる。『Stealth』がそうだったように、次に訪れるまだ名前のついていない予兆を感じさせる形へと〔Gold Edition〕でまた変貌を遂げた。」― 川辺素（ミツメ）

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名盤『Stealth』を丸ごと作り直し、別作品として提示する希有な試みのNEWアルバム。〔Gold Edition〕と題したもう1枚の『ステルス』が完成しました。

※新曲「ムーン」と「セブン・サンズ」を追加したフル・アルバムとなります。

Takaoのデビュー・アルバム『ステルス』（2018年）は、日本のアンビエント・ミュージック再評価の渦中に突如出現したデジタル世代の音楽家からの鮮烈な言葉でした。そのみずみずしい感覚が蓮沼執太をはじめとする内外の音楽家達を魅了。「美しい水彩画のような」「空想的パソコン室内楽」と評され、Nuno Canavarro、Robert Ashley、吉村弘、芦川聡らが引き合い出された本作は、ゲーム音楽の感覚とクラシカル・コンポジションが並列したかのごときネオ・クラシカル電子音楽としても評価されました。

本作〔ゴールド・エディション〕はこのアルバムを再録音し＜新作＞として提示するという稀な試みであると同時に挑戦的な実験です。音価の差はあるものの基本的には全く同じ構造の楽曲を収めた二つのアルバムが、なぜここまで違ったものに感じられるのでしょうか。自らの音楽を育てようとするTakaoの探究心が〔ゴールド・エディション〕で切り開いたのは、「音色」は楽曲に隷属しただ奉仕するだけの存在であるのか否か、楽曲の階層と順位の関係性、わたし達は果たして音楽に何を求め聴いているのかという意味性の再発見です。

発表後3年をへて（実際の制作着手からは約5年程度）成長した『ステルス』を、ぜひ皆様の愛聴盤にお加え下さい。

装丁デザインは今回も木村銀次が担当。大のクラシックCD好きであるTakaoのリクエストでジュエルケース仕様でのリリース。

プレビュー用ミックス音源：https://soundcloud.com/takaoo/stealth-goldedition-preview

credits

released December 24, 2021

Composition, performance, mixing: Takao
Chorus on “Secret Town”: Cristel Bere
Instruments: KAWAI K5000W, E-MU PROTEUS 2500, Clavia Nord Rack2, Roland FA-08
Software Instruments: ARP2600V, FM8, MassiveX, Reaktor5, Omnisphere2, UVI Digital Synsations Vol2

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