Akira Mitake - Himawari (Original Soundtrack) - VINYL LP

Mirai is a 2018 Japanese animated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu (known for Belle, Wolf Children and The Boy and the Beast). The film stars the voices of Moka Kamishiraishi, Haru Kuroki and Gen Hoshino. It was met with critical acclaim and became nominated for an Academy Award in 2019 for Best Animated Feature Film. Additionally, the movie received an Annie Award in the same year. Mirai follows the story of a four-year-old boy named Kun whose world is turned upside down when he meets his new baby sister. After venturing into a magical garden, Kun encounters strange guests from the past and future, including his sister Mirai, as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time and space, uncovering their family's incredible story. The soundtrack for the film was written by Masakatsu Takagi, who had previously scored Hosoda's Wolf Children and The Boy and the Beast. His work for Studio Chizu has been praised for it's magical and whimsical atmosphere. For Mirai specifically, this dreamy aesthetic was mixed with a contemporary sound and made to be simple in tone and be reflective of family. Mirai is available as a limited edition of 500 numbered copies on turquoise colored vinyl and includes a 4-page booklet. * 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL * INCLUDES 4-PAGE BOOKLET * ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM BY STUDIO CHIZU * ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK BY MASAKATSU TAKAGI (WOLF CHILDREN, THE BOY AND THE BEAST) * LIMITED EDITION OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES ON TURQUOISE COLORED VINYLTrack listing SIDE A1. Sweet Spirit 2. Petal3. New Style 4. Little Entertainer5. Anemone 6. Dancing Anima7. Hora Thello 8. Tanana9. Acrobat of Architect 10. Inner Garden11. Flower Myth 12. Waggle Dance13. Waggle Dance Reprise 14. Hora AuxoSIDE B1. Water Memory 2. Rainy Steps3. Marginalia Song 4. Hora

'The legendary tenor saxophonist Akira Miyazawa (1927-2000), the legendary tenor saxophonist born in the Japanese jazz world, makes his extremely valuable live album into analog for the first time. Lively and creative performances are unfolding. Recorded in 1989. Akira Miyazawa (1927-2000) was a legendary jazz tenor sax and flue player. This live performance was recorded in 1989 and released as a CD first in 2002. Recorded live in Hamamatsu in December 1989. The sound of the instruments is recorded so clearly that it can be mistaken for a studio recording. The members are Masahiko Ozu (drums), who debuted with the Miyazawa Band and performed with Ornette Coleman and Sarah Vaughan, Harumi Takeuchi (piano) and Shunsuke Takeuchi (bass), who have performed live in various places based in Hamamatsu. Combination. 'Green Dolphin Street' starting with a sax solo, Ellington's famous song 'In a Sentimental Mood', original song 'Baby Sea Horse', 'If Ever I Wood' from the musical 'Camelot'·Leave You' and other tunes full of variety, all with superb tenor saxophone tones. The sound of this live-recording is clearly focusing on the band. You may think that this is a studio recording first because you barely hear the audience. Masahiko Ozu plays drums, who also worked with Ornette Coleman, Sarah Vaughan and many others. Takeuchi plays piano and Shunsuke Takeuchi plays bass. You can enjoy outstanding Miyazawa's tenor sax sound texture on all tracks including 'GREEN DOLPHIN STREET' starting with his solo improvisation, one of the most popular Ellington's composition 'IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD', 'BABY SEA HORSE ' written by Miyazawa and 'IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU' from the musical

Atmosphere and gravity lean into each other. They are simultaneously expansive, and anchoring. They hold us, and lend a sense of perspective. They provide a stability and a knowingness which is essential in the absolute, and yet we can't help but find ourselves gazing upward, outward and reaching towards that which sits outside those things and ways we know. Selene is a record about that this lingering desire for that which sits beyond. It is work that seeks new perspectives snatched from familiar vistas, and it meditates on that sense of anchor and perspective. The work is also a speculative hymn to the visions of the celestial zones that spill ever outward. These visions, once merely what we could perceive with the naked eye are now so much more. Our minds eye is fed in equal parts by radio telecopy, filmic dreams and fiction renders of a place most of us will never know first-hand. This recording ties into a linage that reaches back, while stretching forward. It is just one story of so many, told across places, across cultures, across generations. It sits in the in-between of before and after, and in that moment invites us to situate ourselves and lean into it. Album Tracks 1. Crescents 2. Crater 3. Thela 4. The Shadow Falling 5. Twilight Wave 6. Tint of Ionosphere 7. Mirroring Feldspar