Echo and Narcissus

[Machine Translation] Makoto Gomi, the founder of ZEPPET STORE and the leader of ZEPPET STORE when it was roaring with Western music mania, formed the band with Seiji Kimura of ex.ZEPPET STORE/now hurdy gurdy, Kimio Tazawa of ex.supercar/now aM, Kaoru Miura of ex.walrus/now oak, etc. The band is active in parallel with HOODIS. The band's sound, which combines shoegaze/electronica techniques with acoustic/post-rock/ambient/drone/techno elements, has a fantastic floating feeling of my bloody valentine/Cocteau Twins/STEREOLAB, the heaviness of Mogwai, and the grandeur of Irish musicians. the grandeur of the Irish musicians. The song invites you to a delicate and lyrical otherworldly world with the voice of Yuki Nakajo, a female vocalist with a sad yet warm atmosphere. The conceptual sound collage that lasts for 46 minutes, always surging like a wave into the listener's body without pauses between songs. The thoroughly calculated soundscape is reminiscent of "various landscapes looked down from the heavens.

ZEPPET STOREの創始者であり、洋楽マニアを唸らせていた時期のリーダー的存在であった五味誠がex.ZEPPET STORE/現hurdy gurdyの木村世治、ex.supercar/現aMの田沢公大、ex.walrus/現oakの三浦薫らと結成したHOODISと並行して活動するバンド。シューゲイザー/エレクトロニカ的な手法に音響系/ポストロック/アンビエント/ドローン/テクノなどの要素を用いたサウンドはmy bloody valentine/Cocteau Twins/STEREOLABなどの幻想的な浮遊感、Mogwaiの重厚さ、アイルランド系ミュージシャンの壮大さをも感じる。切なくも暖かな空気感を持つ女性Vo中條有紀の声と相まって繊細で叙情的な異世界に誘う。曲間なしで常に聴くものの体内へ波のように押し寄せる46分に亘るそのコンセプチュアリーなサウンド・コラージュ。徹底的に計算尽くされた音像は「天界から見下ろした様々な風景」を連想させる。