Domino

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This album is a compilation of previous three maxi-singles, "WX Single", "NK22" and "Domino Single" in addition to a new track "TKEO". All songs previously published are included in this album without major modification except for the songs' sequence with which they appear in the album.

As a whole, this 43 minutes of compilation is an unexpected thing or "Neue Sachlichkeit"-like raw thing itself, even for the author himself. Spontaneously composed using DAW in most parts, they seem to reflect some unstable feeling that the author experienced in his private life of a year, maybe shown by the fact that most of their title have been named as meaningless codes.

Thanks for listening as always.

1) The back track is a very simple improvisation of synth arpeggiator, first composed as a BGM for a movie introducing games such as domino. The simple lyrics sung by vocaloid (Luca) is somehow enigmatic.

2) Spontaneously created beat-oriented track.

3) LLBP is a kind of dub chamber song. On the deep bassline with cheap synth rhythm, Vocaloid Luka's voice sings complicated lines. The song title is only a meaningless code. The lyrics with translation and pronunciation is attached and available.

4) Hima means "boring" in Japanese. The same bassline, only whose tempo elevated, as appeared in previous LLBP and Vocaloid Miku's voice raps on. She's so sick and tired of entertainment-things, dismissing all the efforts synthesizers made in front of her.

5) The back track was also composed as a BGM at first in ca. 2008, never to be used in a movie. A vocalise improvised line by Vocaloid Luca is overdubbed in Feb 2010.

6) An ambient-noise improvisation on 31Jan2010. A sound sketch, consisted of 8 samples from "Nearly useless sound effects vol. 10: Mouse" by Sound Bascket. The samples are licensed as free to use.

7) Another improvisation in Nov 2009, using Ableton Live's looper utility.

8) "Hima (Decadence Mix)" was a remix version of "Hima" (included in previously released "WX Single") by DJ Haranaga, with drone made by Ichiro Nakagawa, finished and published by Grünemusik under the permission. Comical feeling of the original track was transformed into grave and melancholic moods.

9) "Improvisation" was a vocaloid song accompanied by piano. In fact, piano solo improvisation was recorded at first and the song line was added subsequently.

10) The title of this ambient tune, WX, also meaningless. Vocaloid Luka's long-tone voices on the synth drone and random percussions played manually.