TITLE: 相違/現在地 – Difference/Location

ARTIST: 秋元 修 – Shu Akimoto

CAT NO: UJRF-20015

ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: July 15th 2020

ORIGINAL FORMAT: CD

TRACK LISTING

1. 鬼ごっこ feat. 谷王 a.k.a 大谷能生

2. 中光度赤色航空障害灯

3. take me somewhere nice

4. 行雨

5. Loran-C

6. GPS feat. 谷王 a.k.a 大谷能生, ermhoi

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The 1st EP by drummer Shu Akimoto, a prodigy of the Heisei era and a member of Naruyoshi Kikuchi’s “DC/PRG,” is a striking debut.

This work, featuring Kyotaro Hori (trumpet) and Yuya Fukuda (guitar)-both of whom later joined the band Klehe-and Yoshio Ootani as a guest, earned high praise from Kikuchi himself:
“Drummers who truly listen to rhythm ultimately arrive at ambient music, not as a contrarian stance or a form of enlightenment, but because ambient holds an infinite number of rhythms that exist and emerge within it. This is, in a sense, self-evident. However, the only drummer who can express this understanding through actual work-and as the leader of their own project-is currently Shu Akimoto. His taste is impeccable.”

The EP includes tracks like Oni Gokko feat. Taniou a.k.a. Yoshio Ootani, which layers Akimoto’s drumming over Ootani’s original writing and narration, and Take Me Somewhere Nice, a three-person reinterpretation of a Mogwai piece Akimoto deeply admires. Additionally, the track GPS feat. Taniou a.k.a. Yoshio Ootani, ermhoi, composed by musician and journalist Naoya Koike, employs complex polyrhythms such as a 7/4 overlay on a 4/4 base. This EP blends the atmospheric sensibilities of ECM, a major influence on Akimoto, with his unique musical style.

菊地成孔主催「DC/PRG」に加入したドラマー/平成の怪奇才、秋元修の1st-EP。
後に「Klehe」のメンバーとなる、堀京太郎(Tp),福田雄也(Gt)を主軸に大谷能生を迎えた処女作は、菊地をして「本当にリズムを聴いているドラマーは、結局アンビエントまで行くと思う。単なる逆張りや悟りの類ではなく、アンビエントの中にこそ無限個のリズムが存在し、発生するので、これは一種の自明だ。しかし、その事を実作、しかも自分のリーダー作で表現できるドラマーは、取り敢えず現状では秋元修しかいないと思う。とても趣味が良い」と言わしめた。
　大谷能生書き下ろし/朗読にドラムを載せた「鬼ごっこ feat.谷王 a.k.a 大谷能生」や、自身が敬愛するMogwaiを3人で昇華させた「take me somewhere nice」、音楽家/記者である小池直也作曲の「GPS feat.谷王 a.k.a 大谷能生,ermhoi」では、4拍子上に7拍子を載せるポリリズム等、今作は本人が多大なる影響を受けたECMの空気に自分のスタイルを掛け合わせた作品である。