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A View

by COMPUMA

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View 1 07:22
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View 2 09:08
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View 3 06:02
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View 4 04:34
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View 5 11:41
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View 6 04:47
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View 7 07:15
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View 8 05:55
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View 9 03:05
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View 2 (Dub) 08:10

about

1st solo album appeared on bandcamp in Feb 2023.

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COMPUMA has released his long-awaited first solo album "A View" on his own label <SOMETHING ABOUT>.

This is an full-length album based on the music for the play "View" commissioned in fall of 2021 by the theater group "Blue Egonak" based in Kitakyushu. The album contains 9 original songs and 2 dub mixes, totaling 11 songs, newly reworked with co-producer hacchi (Urban Volcano Sounds / Deavid Soul).

In addition to his inexhaustible DJ and music selection activities, COMPUMA has released a number of collaborations and remixes, including a 2007 album
as Smurphies' Fearless Bunch [Smurph-Otokogumi] (reissued on vinyl in 2021) and its predecessor Asteroid Desert Songs [ADS], as well as duo works with Ken Takehisa (KIRIHITO)). COMPUMA has also released a number of collaborations and remixes, but this is his first album as a solo artist. Recently, his DJ trio "Akuma no Numa" with Dr. Nishimura and Awano, has been getting a lot of attention, and their performances have been introduced on radio shows overseas.

The sound, including electronic sounds, field recordings, and the space between them, evokes a variety of landscapes, and that quietly stimulates your imagination. It is a work that will have a unique presence in the next wave of the new age ambient/environmental music revival that has been emerging in the global ambient/IDM scene.

One of the two dub mixes included on the album, "Vision(Flowmotion in Dub)" is a re-work of "Flowmotion(IN DUB)" which will be included in  "Midnight is Comin'", a compilation curated by ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U scheduled for release in May on the Singapore label Midnight Shift. The other dub mix is a version of "View 2", done by Naoyuki Uchida who is known for his work on LITTLE TEMPO, Oki Dub Ainu Band and more recently GEZAN's "KLUE".

Album is mastered by Soichiro Nakamura of Peace Music, who has worked with Shintaro Sakamoto, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, and countless artists. Artwork is by Tomoo Gokita, a world-renowned painter who is also known in Japan for his jacket art for META FIVE and TOWA TEI. Design is by Satoshi Suzuki. Gokita and Suzuki, both of whom have worked on COMPUMA's previous products.
(text by Yusuke Kawamura)



COMPUMAが待望のソロ名義初のアルバム作品『A View』を自身のレーベル 〈SOMETHING ABOUT〉からリリースした。
2021年秋、北九州の演劇グループ〈ブルーエゴナク〉からの依頼によって制作された演劇「眺め」(注1)の 為の楽曲を素材に、共同制作者のhacchi(Urban Volcano Sounds / David Soul )とともに新たにアルバムとして作り直されたオリジナル楽曲9曲+ダブ・ミックス2曲、計11曲のオリジナル・フル・アルバム。
その縦横無尽なDJ / 選曲活動に加えて、2007年のアルバムがまさかの2021年にLP化となったスマーフ男組、そしてその前身となったAsteroid Desert Songs、また竹久圏(KIRIHITO)とのデュオ作品などなど、これまでユニット、そしてコラボ作品、リミックスなどのリリースも行ってきたCOMPUMAだが、そのソロ名義としては本作が初のアルバムとなる。最近ではDr.Nishimura、AwanoとのDJポッセ、悪魔の沼も含めて、 海外のラジオショーでもそのプレイが話題になるなど、注目を集めるなか、ソロ名義としては初のアルバム 作品のリリースとなった。
電子音やフィールド・レコーディング+α、その間に宿る空間も含めて、そのサウンドは様々な景色を想起 させる、そんなイマジネーションを静かに刺激するまさに“眺め”の音楽。世界的に見ても、昨今のアンビエ ント~IDMシーンで顕在化しつつある、ニュー・エイジ・アンビエント~環境音楽リヴァイヴァルの、その次なる流れにあって、唯一無二の存在感を放つ作品だ。
またアルバムに収録される2曲のダブ・ミックスだが、ひとつはシンガポールのレーベル〈Midnight Shift〉 から5月末にリリースされる、DJ行松陽介キュレーションによるコンピ『Midnight is Comin’』(注2)に収 録された楽曲「Flowmotion(IN DUB)」の自らによる新たな別ヴァージョン「Vision(Flowmotion in Dub)」を、そして、本作収録の演劇「眺め」の為の楽曲「View 2」を、LITTLE TEMPOやOki Dub Ainu Band、さらにはGEZAN 『狂(KLUE)』のミックスも話題になった内田直之がダブミックスを手掛けている。
マスタリング・エンジニアには、坂本慎太郎やOGRE YOU ASSHOLEなど、数々の作品を手がけているピー スミュージック中村宗一郎を起用。アートワークは世界的な画家で、国内ではMETA FIVE、TOWA TEIなど のジャケット・アートでも知られる五木田智央、そしてデザインは鈴木聖と、これまでのCOMPUMA作品を 手がけてきたふたりによるプロダクトとなっている。(河村祐介)

credits

released June 17, 2022

Compuma : Electronics, Field Recording
Hacchi :  Programming

Recorded by Hacchi @ B1 Umegaoka-Studio, 2021-2022
Mixed by Compuma & Hacchi (except Dub Mix on 11 by Naoyuki Uchida)
Mastered by Soichiro Nakamura @ Peace Music, Tokyo, Japan 2022

Produced by Compuma for Something About Productions 2022

Painting : Tomoo Gokita
Design : Satoshi Suzuki

Track 2 thru 11 is a re-work of compositions originally recorded for Egonaku's theatre piece "View".

(C)&(P) 2022 SOMETHING ABOUT

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Compuma is a Tokyo-based log-serving DJ whose extensive knowledge of obscure and left-field music across so many genres and different regions of the world established himself as one of the most respected record buyers in Japan,

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