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Radio Tower

by Akito Tabira

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寂しさ、孤独感、寂寥感。ほとんどの人が経験したことのある気持ちなのに、言葉で説明するのは難しい。深く考えると原因が見つかりにくい。単純に仲間がいるかどうかに限らず、本人の心、周りの環境、とその繋がりに関係がある現象なのだ。

寂しさが一つのことだと思われているかもしれないが、実は同質的ではない。様々な原因で寂しさを感じ、様々な社交的なニーズから出てくる。性格の一部のようにいつも寂しい人もいると言われている。

そのように考えると、日常的な環境と寂しさの関係をどのように理解すればいいのだろう?寂しさは切望のような気持ちかもしれないが、何の切望だろう?これは満たせる切望ではないかもしれない。

現在、梅レコードは、日本、長崎の Akito Tabira のアルバム "Radio Tower" をリリースする。

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Loneliness, isolation, alienation. Even though most people have experienced these feelings, it is challenging to put them into words. Even thinking about them deeply, it is difficult to find their cause. Not limited to simply whether one has comrades or not, it is a phenomenon connected with one's own feelings, the surrounding environment, and the relationship between the too.

Loneliness is perhaps often thought of as a single thing, but in fact it is not homogeneous. One feels loneliness for various reasons, and it arises from various social needs. It is said that there are some people for whom loneliness is a constant feeling akin to a personality trait.

When considered in this way, how should we think about the relationship between one's everyday environment and feelings or loneliness? Loneliness may be a feeling akin to longing, but a longing for exactly what? Perhaps this is a form of longing that can never be fulfilled.

Umé Records presents the album "Radio Tower" by Nagasaki, Japan's Akito Tabira.

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released December 18, 2022

Music & Photography: Akito Tabira
Design: Zefan Sramek
Mastering: Jared Carrigan

Akito Tabira: Electronics, alto melodica, bell, etc.
Shuta Hiraki: Trombone, voice, melodica, kalimba, etc.
Samples recorded at: 針尾無線塔(旧佐世保無線電信所)/ Hario radio tower and七ツ釜鍾乳洞 / Nanatsugama limestone cave
November 26th, 2020

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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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