FourColor “As Pleat”
フォーカラー『アズ・プリート』

CD

「音で伝える／音を伝える。音楽に、問いかけてみる。音楽が、問いかけてくる。」
12kからリリースされたFourColorの2011年作。
Moskitooがヴォイスで2曲参加しています。

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＜Tracks＞
1. Quiet Gray 1 [featuring Moskitoo]
2. Skating Azure
3. Bleach Black
4. Frosted Mint
5. Carmine Fall
6. Ecru Diver
7. Snow Petal
8. Iris(Familiar) [featuring Moskitoo]
9. Canary Breath
10. Quiet Gray 2

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レーベル：12k
12k1065/AMIP-0008
国内流通盤2011年5月19日発売

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Fourcolor is the solo project of Keiichi Sugimoto (Minamo, Filfla) and should be well known to the 12k audience with his two previous releases, Air Curtain (2004) and Letter of Sounds (2006) both highly regarded and now out of print, which established him as one of the label’s leading roster figures.

As Pleat takes the familiar sound of Fourcolor and explores some subtle new sonic territory. It’s as tonal and warm as always but he expands on his style by including more fractured, accidental sounds and an obvious growth in experience and talent. What makes Fourcolor’s music so engaging is how Sugimoto manages to coax a lovely spectrum of sounds from his guitar without it ever sounding too over-processed or digital. From bubbling, low bass that provides a foundation to woven harmonies, pulses, and shimmers, there is a rich palette of sounds created. Add in a bit of careful, jittery skip-editing and implied rhythms and a groove starts to emerge from the ambience. Hints of his poppier Filfla project also come into play once again as Fourcolor brings in some guest-vocals courtesy of Sanae Yamasaki (aka Moskitoo) who lends her angelic voice to “Quiet Gray 1” and “Iris (Familiar)” adding further dimension to the works.

As Pleat is unquestionably Fourcolor, but there is a pillow-like quality to the sound, a softness that plays beautifully off of the more organic edits and sharper plucks that all combines to create the most engaging Fourcolor album to date.

＜作品詳細について＞
https://fc.frolicfon.com/