These tracks were written in 2001 and 2002 during the time I was living in Hamamatsu in Japan, hence the title. They are a bit experimental and the recordings are not of the highest quality… but I think there’s something in here worth a listen. Hamamatsu is a musical city – Yamaha, Roland and Kaiwa pianos are all based there. A friend and colleague went on to work at the Roland HQ and I was lucky enough to get a loan of a keyboard – a JW50 Roland Workstation. I composed the tunes here, mainly through experimenting and creating basic loops. As the time came to give the keyboard back I hurridly recorded what I had onto a cassette recorder and then copied it later onto MD and then later onto computer, where it got a little polish but not much. Click on the album cover to download the whole album for free.
Tracklisting:
01: This Is Our Last Last Goodbye
02: Lights On The Horizon
03: Concrete River
04: You Can Get Lost Here
05: Omatsuri
06: Towering Friend
07: Pine
08: (Beware Of) Falling Kites
09: Hana
10: All Roads Lead From Here
11: Not A Word All Day
12: Kaze Ga Fuku
13: The Sand In Our Faces
14: Flight
15: Typhoon Number Twelve
16: Voice Lost
17: Signals
18: Breathe Tree
19: Going Vertical
20: Neon
21: My Beach
22: Routine
23: The Tide That Brought Me Here
