Walkin' With A Song [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B]

[Machine Translation] Akihito Okano is exploring music with artists of various genres in the "Walkin' with a song" project. The first album "Walkin' with a song" has been released! In addition to "MELODY (prod. by BREIMEN)", which was released last year and became a hot topic as a collaboration between Akihito Okano, Osamu Iguchi (King Gnu), and BREIMEN, "Hikari Are" with lyrics by n-buna and music composed and arranged by Hiroyuki Sawano, and a song by Yuki Tsujimura, who Okano himself had long been eager to provide music for. The album also includes "Shaft of Light" by Yuki Tsujimura, to which Okano himself had long been eager to contribute music, and "Sono no Soto no Hikari e" ("To the Light Beyond"), which expresses the worldview of Suga Shikao, a musician whom Okano has known and respected both publicly and privately, and whom he also looks up to as a mentor. The album also features the participation of many artists and musicians, including n-buna (Yorshka), Ayato Ohara (Tempalay), Hiroo Yamaguchi, and Yoshiyasu Ichikawa. In addition, Akihito Okano himself wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the new album, which will be the first album of the project and will contain a total of 10 songs. The DVD on the Limited First Edition B will include selected live footage from Akihito Okano's Live 2021 <DISPATCHERS> and <DISPATCHERS vol. 2>, which were held in 2021.

岡野昭仁が様々なジャンルのアーティストと一緒に音楽を探訪する「歌を抱えて、歩いていく」プロジェクト。そのプロジェクト初となるアルバム「Walkin' with a song」がリリース! 昨年リリースされ、岡野昭仁×井口理 (King Gnu)×BREIMEN のコラボレーションとしても話題となった楽曲「MELODY (prod.by BREIMEN)」に加え、作詞 n-buna、作曲・編曲澤野弘之による「光あれ」、かねてより岡野自身が楽曲提供を熱望していた辻村有記による楽曲「Shaft of Light」、公私問わず親交があり、ミュージシャンとしても師と仰ぐスガ シカオの世界観が表現された「その先の光へ」を収録。そしてアルバムには、n-buna (ヨルシカ)、小原綾斗 (Tempalay)、山口寛雄、市川喜康などアーティスト・ミュージシャンが多数参加。さらには、岡野昭仁自身が作詞・作曲を手がけた新録曲も加わり、プロジェクト第一弾アルバムにして決定盤となる計10曲収録予定となっている。また、初回生産限定盤BのDVDには、2021年に開催した岡野昭仁配信LIVE2021＜DISPATCHERS＞、＜DISPATCHERS vol.2＞から厳選したライヴ映像を収録。