{"product_id":"tbv-0079","title":"breath mark \/ vocal guitar contrabass (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: #213f95;\"\u003eBreath mark, the solo unit by Takatsugu Futaba, has released his first new album in 17 years, \"vocal guitar contrabass\"!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"background-color: #213f95;\"\u003eThis album condenses the musical elements he discovered through many live sessions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In 1999, he released his debut mini-album \"DYNAMO,\" co-produced with Takahiro Haruno of SILENT POETS, and in 2001 he released a maxi-single that included a cover of Akihiro Miwa's \"Yoitomake no Uta.\" \u003cbr\u003eBreath Mark, an artist who has continued to move people's hearts across genres, will release their long-awaited new album, \"Vocal Guitar Contrabass,\" on vinyl and digitally on June 18th, their first in 17 years since their previous album, \"N no Tsugi.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This album weaves together guitar arpeggios, double bass, and vocal sounds, and includes songs filled with poetic emotion that were born from changes in her family and life, such as \"Karasu,\" \"Natarimae,\" and \"Inochi no Hi.\"\u003cbr\u003e The album contains six songs, including \"Shitattarazu (Goshu Ondo),\" an arrangement of the Shiga folk song Goshu Ondo.\u003cbr\u003e The album was finally completed after several years of devoting himself to recording, pursuing the idea of ​​singing while playing guitar arpeggios, which are at the heart of the sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Another major feature of this work is the artist's spirit of exploration into the double bass instrument. \u003cbr\u003eWhen this instrument is played with a bow, it takes on a new appearance as a double bass. Fascinated by the diverse range of tones it produces, Futaba himself recorded the sound of the double bass played with a bow using a double bass given to him by a friend.\u003cbr\u003e Takuyuki Moriya participated in the recording of the double bass. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the production progressed by sharing audio recordings he had made at home via email.\u003cbr\u003e Furthermore, Niwa himself actively works on repairing instruments, reflecting his attention to detail.\u003cbr\u003e In addition, all of the artwork, including the jacket illustration, was created by himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The sound image that was born after many years of trial and error is condensed into the album title \"vocal guitar contrabass.\"\u003cbr\u003e The result is a one-of-a-kind album filled with simple yet delicate and powerful music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;Comments from the artist on the songs\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 1. I wrote this song and sang it in Seoul, Korea, right around the time when the crow family was born and the scenery I saw changed dramatically.\u003cbr\u003e Encouraged by the reaction, I became more motivated and put in many times more energy than I did with the other songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2. Perhaps the song is about the feeling of standing barefoot on Kurayami Beach and having the sand on your feet carried away by the returning waves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 3. Shitattarazu (Goshu Ondo)\u003cbr\u003e Daikichi Yoshida, a sitar player, proposed covering this Shiga folk song. He says that the best part of folk songs is the variations on them.\u003cbr\u003e The story I created is about a man who, one early morning in the middle of winter, was wandering the desert collecting minerals and thinking about reincarnation, when he saw a praying mantis shedding its skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e4. The theme of this song is bats getting along. I wrote it on a summer afternoon when it started raining and I could hear the sound of the neighborhood association's portable shrine.\u003cbr\u003e I like to incorporate the image of Okinawan or Balinese scales into chord progressions like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 5. It's no surprise, she started using my last name when she was 12 years old. She sings Deloren in Shitattarazu.\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps the story depicts a man who is faced with the idea of ​​what it is like to be a child, with no choice but to imagine it by mixing it with his own thoughts about his own childhood, and guessing at what it is like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 6. Inochinohi I wrote this after my father's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e breath mark\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e breath mark is a solo unit by Futaba Takatsugu. \u003cbr\u003eBorn December 23, 1966. He spent his childhood in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, and his middle and high school years in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University. He was influenced by the Beatles as an elementary school student and began composing music in high school. During his university years, he was active in the funk band \"PANTY SCANTY.\" Around 1999, together with fellow band member Takahiro Haruno, he began releasing CDs and performing live as Breath Mark.\u003cbr\u003e To date, they have released the albums \"DYANAMO,\" \"SOMA,\" \"Breakwater Sky,\" \"Yoitomake no Uta,\" \"Taiyo no Hito,\" and \"N no Tsugi.\"\u003cbr\u003e The main session members were Tsutomu Kurihara, Takayoshi Matsunaga, and Daikichi Yoshida.\u003cbr\u003e At the same time, he performed live with Tsuyoshi Habu as a duo called Takeshi Koji, and from then on he focused on recording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Songs included\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e ■Track list:\u003cbr\u003e Side A\u003cbr\u003e 1. Crow\u003cbr\u003e 2. Darkness \u003cbr\u003e3. Shitattarazu (Goshu Ondo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Side B\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bats\u003cbr\u003e 2. It's a given\u003cbr\u003e 3. Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Product information\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Artist: breath mark\u003cbr\u003e Title：vocal guitar contrabass\u003cbr\u003e Label: breath mark \/ TUFF BEATS\u003cbr\u003e Format: LP\/DIGITAL\u003cbr\u003e Cat No.: TBV-0079\u003cbr\u003e Barcode: 4580187181410\u003cbr\u003e Price: 4,800 yen + tax Release date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TUFF BEATS ONLINE STORE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44768554483756,"sku":"TBV-0079","price":4800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/4800\/5932\/files\/TBV-0079.jpg?v=1758010796","url":"https:\/\/tuff-beats.com\/en\/products\/tbv-0079","provider":"TUFF BEATS ONLINE STORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}