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01. Coastlines - Sunset Reflection
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02. Coastlines - East Dry River
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03. Coastlines - Coastline
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04. Coastlines - Drifting Ice
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05. Coastlines - My Fire
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06. Coastlines - Woods And My Guitar
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07. Coastlines - Half Moon Shadow
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08. Coastlines - Last Summer In Rio
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09. Coastlines - Maracas Bay
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ARTIST
COASTLINES
TITLE
Coastlines
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
BE WITH RECORDS
CATALOG #
BEWITH 080LP
BEWITH 080LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/22/2020
Coastlines
is the self-titled long player from the new Japanese production unit of DJ and producer
Masanori Ikeda
and solo artist, session musician, and
Cro-Magnon
keyboard player,
Takumi Kaneko
. Masanori and Takumi have been part of the Japanese dance music scene for years and
Coastlines
was born out of their working together on soundtracks for video projects. The pair wanted to make laid-back listening music for now, laying Takumi's playful keys over Masanori's widescreen Balearic jazz-fusion to conjure beautiful and breathtaking "coastlines". A couple of two-track 7"s put out in late 2018 and early 2019 on Japanese house music label Flower Records soon sold out. Those four tracks were expanded to a full album of music, "a joyous, relaxing, summery soundtrack for everyone's after hours wind down" that was released just in time for summer. The album opens in the horizontal with the sophisticated, cocktails-by-the-pool groove of "Sunset Reflection". Their re-imagining of
Ralph MacDonald
's "East Dry River" removes all the original's bells and whistles (quite literally) and re-gears it with a subtle Balearic chug -- a percussive gem. "Coastline" is a beach-jazz noodle. "Drifting Ice" is as chilled and glacial as its title would suggest, yet Masanori's head-nod slo-mo house beats throb not far below the surface. "My Fire" is another soft killer, all swelling, swirling organ over muted kicks and snares. A pair of insistent tunes of the deeply Balearic variety raise the tempo, but not by too much of course. On "Woods And My Guitar" a half-heard vocal refrain breathes life into the synthetic xylophone and guitar. Deft piano-work turns "Half Moon Shadow" into lounge-house for the sophisticated beach bum. The self-assured re-work of
Azymuth
's "Last Summer In Rio" is arguably the album's centerpiece. Ten minutes of casually propulsive slapped bass, steel pans, and slick '80s soul beats. Cue the steel drum interlude of "Maracas Bay" before album closer "Down Town" transitions one with a shuffling, string-hinted hit of ethereal, euphoric piano bliss. Gentle disco for the new decade. Among the nods to revered Japanese artists like
Hiroshi Sato
,
Sakamoto
, and
Casiopea
, there are also hints of
Marcos Valle
and
Mtume
, of the aforementioned Azymuth. "The production though is very much now, not then. Not retro, just proper".
Coastlines
was originally a CD release only available in Japan, with HMV putting out a super-limited, Japanese Record Store Day vinyl version. Mastered by
Simon Francis
and cut by
Pete Norman
, Edition of 500, pressed at Record Industry.
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