TITLE: かなえの軽重も問う、 – Even call one’s ability into question
ARTIST: Shu Akimoto
CAT NO: MSMI-01
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: Oct 24th 2021
ORIGINAL FORMAT: cassette
TRACKLISTING
1. 遠雷
2. Chicken Game
3. slowdive
4. 五月雨
5. Interlude 1
6. 鳥獣戯画
7. 灯り
8. 水中花
9. 茜空
10. Interlude 2
©︎Shu Akimoto
℗Salvaged Tapes/LIGHT COURT under digital license from Shu Akimoto
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The 3rd EP, a departure from the ECM-based approach of the previous work, is characterized as Lo-Fi Hip Hop.
The EP incorporates the analog pitch distortions unique to Lo-Fi Hip Hop, while adapting them to a digital 36-tone equal temperament scale. It was sold physically on cassette tapes, returning to analog methods as a promotional strategy. The microtonal adjustments to the equal temperament system raise the question of “the weight of the balance” (as in the delicate balance of a tripod).
Created during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when movement restrictions were imposed, the EP was made using a MIDI keyboard, with compositions timed to fit the maximum upload length of 2:20 on Twitter at the time.
ECMを軸に創り上げた前作とは一線を画す事となった、Lo-Fi Hiphopとしての3rd-EP。
Lo-Fi Hiphop特有のアナログなピッチの歪みをデジタルな36平均律に落とし込み、フィジカルをカセットテープで販売する事でまたアナログに戻すという手法で売り出された。平均律に対し微分音が「鼎の軽重を問う」。
2020年新型コロナウイルスにより行動制限された先、MIDIキーボード上に当時Twitter最大アップロード時間2:20に合わせられて作られている。