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Magic Spell

by Sachi Kobayashi

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人間は空想する生き物である。日常的なことが、心の中の種になり、複雑な存在になっていく。ここで魔法が生まれる。ここで希望が生まれる。しかし、ここで失望も生まれるかもしれない。

人間関係では、空想が最も中心的な役割を演じるかもしれない。知らない人の人生、知り合いの一緒にいない時の経験、恋人の心の中でも、多くの場合は、実際に理解するより、想像する方が多いだろう。他人に対する憧れは、細かいことを知らないからこそ、空想が塗りつぶす。自分が知っていると思う人と現実に存在している人は、どのぐらい被っているかは本当にわからないのである。

バーチャルな世界では、この現象がさらに強まる。他人の三次元の姿はただの画面が発する光になり、動画の中の一枚のコマのように、人の深さが失われる。この世の中では、自分の詳細や欠点しか見えず、他人のことは空想で完全に塗りつぶされる。この環境では、どのように自分を理解すればいいのか?どのように世界を理解すればいいのか?空想の力が強いが、詳細がぼやける。我々は遠視になる。

どのように自分の自覚を取り戻すのか?情報の取り込みを中止する。寂静に戻る。そして、空想が塗りつぶしたことがまた自分の目で見えるようになるかもしれない。

現在、梅レコードは、日本、東京の Sachi Kobayashi のアルバム "Magic Spell" をリリースする。

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Humans are creatures of fantasy. Everyday things become seeds planted in one's heart, turning into complex existences. This is where magic is born. This is where hope is born. But perhaps this is also where despair is born as well.

In human relationships perhaps fantasy plays an even more central role. The lives of strangers, the time our acquaintances spend apart from us, even the mind of a lover, in many cases rather than truly understanding these things, we turn to imagination. The admiration and longing we feel towards others: the more we lack a detailed picture, the more it is filled in by fantasy. The people we think we know and the people that truly exist - we truly do not know to what extent these overlap.

In the virtual world this phenomenon is even stronger. The three-dimensional existence of others is reduced to the light emitted from a screen, and like a single frame from a film, their depth is lost. In this world, one sees only one's own details and flaws; the other is entirely painted over by fantasy. In such an environment, how can one understand oneself? How can one understand the world? Fantasy is powerful, but it blurs the details. We are becoming farsighted.

How can we take back our sight? Stop the endless intake of information. Return to stillness. Then perhaps the details painted over by fantasy will come back into view.

Umé Records presents the album "Magic Spell" by Tokyo, Japan's Sachi Kobayashi.

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released December 18, 2022

Music & Paintings: Sachi Kobayashi
Design: Zefan Sramek
Mastering: Jared Carrigan

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梅レコード Tokyo, Japan

梅レコード, or Umé Records, is an ambient cassette label currently based in Tokyo, Japan, inspired by New Age imagery, Japanese Environmental Music, and a new spirituality rooted in specific times and places.

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