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Go Kurosawa has shared a first and only glimpse of the album ahead of the album’s digital release. Speaking of “Autowalk”, he comments: "I am a big fan of moving walkways in airports. Every time I see them, I get excited to choose if I should stand on it or walk on it and go a bit faster than usual. But you are not supposed to go as fast as possible, unlike the autobahn."
After Kikagaku Moyo disbanded, Kurosawa spent some time producing records for other artists, but with soft shakes, there was no plan. Just the instinct to pick up an instrument, play, and see what might unfold. As he puts it, “The whole framework is new. When I made music for the band, I always knew who would play what. This time, it was just me. No plan, no expectation. And weirdly, that became the concept: doing it all myself, for the first time.”
soft shakes arrives at a moment of transition. Kurosawa recently relocated to Fukuoka, Japan, after years of living and working in Europe. “While making this album, we were deciding where to move. I knew it would be my last creation while living in Europe. When I listen back, I can hear that longing for something, towards a far away home.”
And while this record might be personal, Go Kurosawa hopes it offers something to others too. “I wish people would travel somewhere else through music. You float around, lose track of time, and when the record ends, you feel the soft comfort of coming home again.”
Tracklist:
- moon, please
- sada no umi
- soredesho?
- green thing
- autowalk
- jungle cooking
- rice harvesting day
- cloud rock
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