Windswept Adan
by Ichiko Aoba
- Type: Album
- Released: 2 December 2020
- Label: Hermine
- Country: Japan
- Length: 49:55
- Community rating: 4.44/5 from 13 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Conceived as the soundtrack for an imaginary film, Ichiko Aoba's 'Windswept Adan' is a concept album that departs from her signature minimalist style for a lush chamber folk sound. In collaboration with composer Taro Umebayashi, the album builds an immersive world through intricate string and woodwind arrangements, non-lyrical vocalizations, and field recordings from Japan's Ryukyu Islands. The work's narrative depth and expanded sonic palette drew widespread critical acclaim, marking a significant artistic evolution that broadened her international listenership.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, atmospheric, folk, japanese, acoustic, ambient, minimal
Tracklist
- Prologue (04:55)
- Pilgrimage (03:48)
- Porcelain (04:29)
- Horo (01:58)
- Easter Lily (03:16)
- Parfum d'茅toiles (02:52)
- Kirinaki Shima (01:27)
- Sagu Palm's Song (03:57)
- chinuhaji (01:52)
- Chi no Kaze (03:47)
- Hagupit (02:58)
- Dawn in the Adan (04:45)
- ohayashi (03:44)
- Luminescent Creatures (06:07)
Credits
- Ichiko Aoba - lyrics, producer, arranger, composer, field recordings, guitar, vocals
- Taro Umebayashi - producer, composer, arranger, electric guitar, charango, acoustic piano, rhodes piano, synthesizer, celesta, kalimba
- Junichiro Taku - flute, alto flute, piccolo flute
- Tomoyuki Asakawa - harp
- Manami Kakudo - percussion
- Phonolite Strings - strings
- Kodai Kobayashi - art direction, photography
- Hikari Machiguchi - design
- Shunsuke Miyazawa - assistant engineer
- Takuma Kase - assistant engineer
- Tomomi Baba - assistant engineer
- Seigen Ono - mastered by
- Masaki Munekata - promotion
- Hiroyasu Hirakawa - public relations
- Toshihiko Kasai - recorded by, mixed by