ファーストシングルとなる今作は、今年で結成10周年を迎え、台湾のインディーシーンで根強い人気を誇るアコースティックユニットFour Pensをゲストに迎え、京都・台湾で制作された。ミックス・マスタリングは山崎昭典の海のエチュードのミックスも担当した大城真、アートワークはdrowsinessの全アートワークを手掛け、近年MUTEKやNHK福岡放送局開局90年×ADAA関連イベントでのソロパフォーマンスを始め、BUMP OF CHICKEN TOUR 2019 aurora arkでの映像制作や、RADWIMPSのLight The LightのMV制作にも携わる画家の中山晃子が担当した。
Their new single "Iceberg" was released in the midst of the Corona disaster, and was pushed hard on Spotify Taiwan.
The release tour for the new single was sold out at every stop. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the formation of Four Pens, a Taiwanese acoustic unit, and Akinori Yamazaki, a lone guitarist who served as an assistant to Akio Suzuki, the world's foremost sound artist representing Japan. The new single "Spindrift" is the result of a collaboration between AD and Akinori Yamazaki.
Spindrift" was composed based on the expression of the Sea of Japan in the Tango Peninsula of Kyoto Prefecture. drowsiness, which has been performing in Taiwan and collaborating with artists since 2014, sympathized with the music arrangements and activities of Four Pens and offered to collaborate with them on Spindrift. The first single, "Spindrift," was released on May 12, 2012.
This first single was produced in Kyoto and Taiwan with the guest band Four Pens, an acoustic unit that celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and boasts a strong following in the Taiwanese indie scene. Makoto Oshiro, who also mixed and mastered Akinori Yamazaki's Etude of the Sea, did all the artwork for drowsiness, and in recent years has given solo performances at MUTEK, NHK Fukuoka Station 90th Anniversary x ADAA related events, as well as at BUMP OF CHICKEN In recent years, he has been involved in solo performances at events related to MUTEK and NHK Fukuoka Broadcasting Station's 90th year x ADAA, as well as video production for BUMP OF CHICKEN's TOUR 2019 aurora ark, and music video production for RADWIMPS' Light The Light.
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released June 30, 2021
Produced by 山崎 昭典 Akinori Yamasaki, drowsiness, 四枝筆 Four Pens
Written by 四枝筆 Four Pens
Lyric by 小四 Candace Hsu
Arranged by 山崎 昭典 Akinori Yamasaki, drowsiness
Mixed, Mastered by 大城 真 Makoto Oshiro
Recorded in FOSSIL STUDIO
Artwork by 中山 晃子 Akiko Nakayama
Promotion and Public Relation(Taiwan) by 東京兜圈 Megurin' Tokyo Production
Public Relation(Japan) by ALONOAR
AD is a project formed by Akinori Yamasaki, a musician from Kyoto and Naoki Kasai of a band drowsiness, that was started
with gigs and recording in Tokyo and Kyoto.
They performed at Akio Suzuki’s event in March 2020.
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