{"product_id":"2050267187301","title":"Naoko Sakata Trio - FLOWER CLOUDS - Japan CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaoko Sakata Trio\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years after their debut album \"Kaleidoscope\", the second album by the same members. The sound is full of life, like an abstract painting freely drawn on a white canvas. As if to provoke, the strict tempo is slightly shifted and changed to give shadows and a three-dimensional sound image. The beautiful melodies intertwined with simple ticks are even stimulating. The exquisiteness of the well-honed improvisation showed a new point of achievement for the piano trio. As in the previous concert, the members of the trio are all accomplished pianists who won competitions when they were at the Gothenburg College of Music. Naoko Sakata was backed by a Swedish rhythm section, but this does not mean that Sakata is a good match for the European style. The sense of aesthetics that I had perceived as European is closer to the sense of \"ma\" that the traditional Japanese performing arts have had since the beginning of time. Listening to this piece, which revolves around Sakata, I was convinced of this. Beginning with an impressive opening, the music changes seven times, from neat royal melodies to odd time signatures and high-speed tunes. It is an album filled with the sensibility unique to the brilliant Sakata.Of the four songs whose titles were represented by symbols, some were less than a minute long, so one would think that they were meant as breaks to add variety between songs, but they were all unique and interesting. I was captivated at first listen. A perfect album. (Text by Masato Maedomari: from the liner notes)\n\nSawano Kobo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.If I Could See You\u003cbr\u003e2.Mane\u003cbr\u003e3.Snow Covered the Machine Field\u003cbr\u003e4.□ (Square)\u003cbr\u003e5.Monte Carlo\u003cbr\u003e6.∞ (Infinity)\u003cbr\u003e7.Presence\u003cbr\u003e8.△ (Triangle)\u003cbr\u003e9.Bucharest\u003cbr\u003e10.Below\u003cbr\u003e11.○ (Circle)\u003cbr\u003e12.Grasanklingen\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atelier Sawano","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52016453419297,"sku":"2050267187301","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/2050267187301.jpg?v=1763520246","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/de-de\/products\/2050267187301","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}