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Beautiful vinyl-style gatefold card case, with artwork, photography and design by Gideon Juckes.
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Pack of 1 Limited Edition MUSIC for ISOLATION Charity Christmas Card (145x100mm, envelope included) featuring original album artwork.
●OUR CHOSEN CHARITY
50% of the proceeds from sales will be donated to The International Rescue Committee (rescue.org), helping refugees worldwide.
●CARD MESSAGE:
"Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year"
●FREE GIFT
Each card comes with a special gift, a free download of two newly recorded songs from "On Christmas Day It Happened So - Special Edition", The Ukrainian carol "In The Lord Olexiy's Yard", and the traditional Japanese folksong "Furo Agari Uta".
●TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE GIFT
Either scan the QR code on the card, or visit the URL and enter the code.
●DELIVERY
Domestic Shipping within Japan: Expected to arrive on November 4th.
International Shipping: Earliest Possible arrival scheduled for November 4th.
After pre-ordering, the cards will be sent our sequentially. Depending on the delivery status of international mail, it may take 2-3 months after pre-ordering.
These cards will also be available to buy in December, at the venues we will be performing at on the MUSIC for ISOLATION "On Christmas Day" Japan Tour 2022.
オリジナル・アルバム・アートワークを使用したMUSIC for ISOLATION チャリティー・クリスマスカード(145x100mm、封筒付き)1枚入り
12月に開催予定のMUSIC for ISOLATION“On Christmas Day” Japan Tour 2022の各会場でもご購入頂けます。
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Pack of 5 Limited Edition MUSIC for ISOLATION Charity Christmas Cards (145x100mm, envelope included) featuring original album artwork.
●OUR CHOSEN CHARITY
50% of the proceeds from sales will be donated to The International Rescue Committee (rescue.org), helping refugees worldwide.
●CARD MESSAGE:
"Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year"
●FREE GIFT
Each card comes with a special gift, a free download of two newly recorded songs from "On Christmas Day It Happened So - Special Edition", The Ukrainian carol "In The Lord Olexiy's Yard", and the traditional Japanese folksong "Furo Agari Uta".
●TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE GIFT
Either scan the QR code on the card, or visit the URL and enter the code.
●DELIVERY
Domestic Shipping within Japan: Expected to arrive on November 4th.
International Shipping: Earliest Possible arrival scheduled for November 4th.
After pre-ordering, the cards will be sent our sequentially. Depending on the delivery status of international mail, it may take 2-3 months after pre-ordering.
These cards will also be available to buy in December, at the venues we will be performing at on the MUSIC for ISOLATION "On Christmas Day" Japan Tour 2022.
オリジナル・アルバム・アートワークを使用したMUSIC for ISOLATION チャリティー・クリスマスカード(145x100mm、封筒付き)5枚入り
Exploring the early roots of Christmas and New Year traditions, this
music evokes something darker and more mysterious; from a time when ancient ritual and winter fireside ghost stories still held sway.
クリスマスと新年のルーツを辿るひととき。古代の儀式が存在し、暖炉のそばで幽霊の話をしていた時代の、より暗く神秘的な何かを呼び起こす音楽。
LINER NOTES
1. Balulalow
(Peter Warlock, arr. Gideon Juckes)
Composed by the British composer Peter Warlock (1894-1930). A cradle song, based on anonymous lyrics written in a Scots dialect, dating back to the 16-17th Century
“O my dear hert, young Jesus sweet,
Prepare thy creddil in my spreit,
And I sall rock thee in my hert
And never mair from thee depart.”
イギリスの作曲家 Peter Warlock(1894-1930)により作曲された子守唄。16〜17世紀のスコットランド語の歌詞(作者不明)に基づいている。
A carol written by the British composer John Tavener (1944-2013), based on a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Innocence in 1789.
イギリスの作曲家 John Tavener(1944-2013)が William Blakeの詩を基に作曲したキャロル。1789年にSongs of Innocenceより出版された。
4. On Christmas Day It Happened So
(English Traditional, arr. Rie Takeuchi)
An English folk-carol, from Hertfordshire.
A farmer is ploughing his field on Christmas Day, when the vengeful Jesus appears. In punishment for working on “Our Lord’s Birthday”, he casts the farmer into the bowels of Hell.
All his cattle and crops die and his wife and children are left homeless, “For ploughing on Old Christmas Day”.
5. El Desembre Congelat
(Catalan Traditional, arr. Gideon Juckes)
A Carol from 18th century Catalonia.
“Frozen December’s winds were stilled
In the month of snowing.
As the world fell dark one night,
Springtime’s Hope was growing.”
18世紀に生まれたカタルーニャ地方のキャロル。
「雪の降る12月、冷たい風が和らいだ。
ある夜、世界が暗くなると共に
春への希望が成長していた。」
6. Legănelul Lui Iisus
(Traditional Romanian, arr. Gideon Juckes)
A Romanian carol, “Jesu’s Little Cradle”.
“Green little cradle, little cradle,
Made from sycamore wood.”
ルーマニアのキャロル。タイトルは「イエスの小さなゆりかご」という意味。
「緑の小さなゆりかご、小さなゆりかご、
シカモアの木から作られた。」
7. Shyam Teri Bansi Pukare
(Ravindra Jain, arr. Rie Takeuchi)
Written by the Indian composer Ravindra Jain (1944-2015), from the film "Geet Gaata Chal" (1975). Often heard during the Hindu festivities of Krishna Janmashtami, a song about the sounds of the flute played by the god Krishna, and the women that Krishna loves.
"Shyam (Lord Krishna), your flute calls the name of Radha"
The clear air of the New Year and the pleasant holiday crowds. Thoughtfully watching the full moon in a country beyond the sea. I pray that those times will come again.
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This album is truly one of my favorite as it makes me think about the act of forgetting something when you don't want to. You can't control it and makes you feel miserable. This truly makes me enjoy the memories I can remember because there will be a point in time where it will be gone. tenr3d