The Firefly Clan & Toshiyuki Yasuda: 遊行柳 - Single
[The Institute of Music and Environment (TIME)]
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1. 遊行柳 (Yugyo Yanagi)
The Firefly Clan (Composition, Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar)
Toshiyuki Yasuda (Piano, Mixing, Mastering, Artwork)
The Firefly Clan recorded at somos
Toshiyuki Yasuda recorded at The Institute of Music and Environment (TIME)
Mountain: 富士山
グナワ文化とブルースに精通し独自の融合を行うThe Firefly Clan（津嶋利仁）と、世界的コンピ「Red Hot + Rio 2」への参加（Atom™ + Toshiyuki Yasuda Feat. Fernanda Takai + Moreno Veloso）などをキャリアハイライトの一つとしながら音楽と社会の新しい関わりを模索し続ける安田寿之は、信頼し合う仲間として共演を行ってきた。今作は、The Firefly Clanが沖縄の美しい宿somosで行ったギターと歌の録音をベースに、安田寿之がフェルトピアノをダビングし仕上げる連作の第五弾。
能楽の演目「遊行柳」と北アフリカのグナワ音楽特有の5音階からヒントを得たこの曲は、元の能楽の幻想的な空気感の再現を試みている。
Well versed in Gnawa music and blues, The Firefly Clan (a.k.a Toshihito Tsushima) has been pursuing a unique style of fusion music. Toshiyuki Yasuda, with his participation in the global compilation "Red Hot + Rio 2" (Atom™ + Toshiyuki Yasuda Feat. Fernanda Takai + Moreno Veloso) as one of the highlights of his career, continues to explore new relationships between music and society. The Firefly Clan and Toshiyuki Yasuda have been collaborating and occasionally performing together as trusted partners in music. The single is the fifth in a series of works in which Toshiyuki Yasuda dubs felt piano based on guitar and vocal recordings made by The Firefly Clan at the beautiful inn in Okinawa "somos".
Inspired by the world view of traditional Noh theater “Yugyo Yanagi” and the North African Gnawa pentatonic scale, this song recreates the dreamy vibe by fusing the two different expressions.
