{"product_id":"ichiko-aoba-windswept-adan","title":"Ichiko Aoba - Windswept Adan","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIchiko Aoba’s albums have only been available as expensive Japanese \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eimports, until now. In November, Ba Da Bing will release Windswept \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdan on 2xLP in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith deluxe packaging. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter creating her label, hermine, last year to celebrate her tenth \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eanniversary in music, Aoba released the most complex and rewarding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ework of her career, 2020’s Windswept Adan. While audiences in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe west are only just learning she exists, her accomplishments are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eunquestionable; she contributed to the soundtrack for The Legend of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZelda: Link’s Awakening, was cited by Owen Pallett as an inspiration \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(“I’ve never been so blindsided by a musician as I was by Ichiko \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAoba”), and has collaborated with the likes of Haruomi Hosono, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCornelius (who met her only two years after she first picked up a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eguitar and was blown away), Ryuichi Sakamoto, and recently Mac \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeMarco. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIchiko Aoba’s iconic voice and classical guitar playing are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eimmediately recognizable, timeless sounds. Windswept Adan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eenvisioned as a soundtrack for a fictional film, builds its own world with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esweeping co-production and arrangements from Taro Umebayashi, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhich “recall the Wes Anderson scores of Mark Mothersbaugh or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe cinematographic swells of American composer Jherek Bischoff” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(Bandcamp). It’s the story of a young girl sent to the island of Adan, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eplace where there are no words.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile international listeners of Aoba may not understand the words \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshe sings, and despite the central importance of lyrics in her writing, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eit’s a testament to the power Aoba wields that one can resonate so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edeeply with her work. No matter the breadth of her sonic palette, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eon Adan her scope is as wide and encompassing as Joanna Newsom’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eon Have One On Me, Aoba manifests an intimacy that makes one feel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein the room with her. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIchiko Aoba’s work gained greater exposure in the past year as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eneed for comfort grew while the world sequestered in solitude. She \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehas a rare musical gift that is matched only by her ability to hone it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einto meticulous craft. Her music embraces and elevates alone time to a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egenerous and tranquil place. In it, listeners are invited to feel a sense of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003econsolation and possibility. The magic she imparts yields articles like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Ichiko Aoba and the emotion of space during the pandemic;” in other \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewords, her effect is singular.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322816999801,"sku":null,"price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/a3488948997_10_bb22adaf-d317-4037-979b-3eb4dcb94b30.jpg?v=1787903341","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/ichiko-aoba-windswept-adan","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}