As Planetary Dreams

[Machine Translation] TAEJI Sawai, who produced ACO's album "irony" and is a member of the art collective "teamLab" as well as providing sound support for EYE and media artist Daito Manabe, has completed an album of his own works. The album is a collection of his own works. The album opens with the magnificent prologue "NEU Summer", followed by the humorous and coquettish M2 "A Story of Marriage, Boys, and Kings" with its positive vibes, M4 "Alone In Mountain" with its uplifting synths, and the industrial pop tune "M3" with its glimpse of the artist's perverse nature. Industrial pop tune M5 "I Can't Hear My Ears", ambience track M8 "H'nogrphy" with pleasant rose and ornamental sounds expressing various emotions, M9 "Check My Head, One Two" and M10 "Mother" with beats coloring various scenes. The album ends with M15 "Rie", a piano piece with pleasant electronic sounds, written by Sawai on an upright piano like a stroke of the pen. The original cover art is by animator and character designer Naoyuki Asano. Director Kazuaki Seki, who has worked on music videos for Sakanaction, Gen Hoshino, and Perfume, provided artwork support.

ACOのアルバム『irony』のプロデュース、またEYEやメディアアーティスト・真鍋大度のサウンドサポートをしつつ、アートコレクティブ・teamLabに所属するなど、近年の電子音響を支えて来た1人と言えるTAEJI Sawaiが自身の作品をまとめたアルバムが完成! オープニングを飾る壮大なプロローグ「NEU Summer」から始まり、ポジティヴなバイブをユーモアかつコケティシュに表したM2「結婚と男の子と王様のお話」、煌びやかなシンセ群が高揚感を上げるM4「Alone In Mountain」、アーティストの変態性が垣間見えるインダストリアルポップチューンM5「僕の耳が聞こえなけりゃいい」、ローズや装飾音が心地良く様々な感情が表現されたアンビエンストラックM8「H'nogrphy」、ビートで様々な情景を彩るM9「Check My Head, One Two」とM10「Mother」。そして澤井がアップライトピアノで一筆書きのように綴りつつ心地良い電子音を添えたピアノ曲M15「Rie」でエンディングを迎える。表紙原画はアニメーター兼キャラクターデザイナーの浅野直之。サカナクションや星野源、またPerfumeのミュージックビデオなども手掛けたディレクターの関和亮がアートワークをサポート。