Videotapemusic - NOISE FACE LANDSCAPE (2026) Hi-Res

The album NOISE FACE LANDSCAPE includes songs created mainly from 2020 to 2026. It features regular participants in live performances from recent years: Emerson Kitamura (keys), Yujitichi Shioeda (guitar), Izumi Matsui (pedal), mmm (vocals and flute), as well as Hashimoto KIDS Tsuyoside (saxophone), icchie (trumpet), Fukuhara Oto (legato guitar/from Shappo), and the South Korean singer Kyongi Minyo Ri Himun. The album consists of 8 songs, starting with the composition 1000 Years, created based on home video footage of someone's journey through China in the 1990s, along with music, landscapes, and the photographer's monologues recorded in that video. The album includes the quintessence of the Eastern Cha-Cha atmosphere Moonlight Cha Cha, mmm's cover of Yo La Tengo's Our Way to Fall, the Korean folk song Heung Taryeong performed by Ri Himun, who works as a carrier of Kyongi folklore between Japan and Korea, as well as repertoire from their early years, such as Peacock Orchestra 1990, which use home video from their childhood as samples where they played kazoo on a keyboard harmonic instrument, developing improvised ensembles over time. Mixing was done by Toshishiko Katsunishi, mastering by Dave Kuli. The cover was done by the Korean artist Doha Kwon, who lives in Thailand.