Recorded between 2016 and 2024, the tracks were handpicked by Takemura himself from an enormous body of material he had amassed over the years, including pieces he had first conceived back in the mid-2000s. Recording took place at his own moonlit studio in Kyoto, with composition, programming, performance, recording, mixing, and editing all handled ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA) by Takemura himself, and Japanese singer doro appearing as a guest vocalist. The album is the crystallization of many years spent creating and expressing through a "Child's View," driven by intellectual curiosity. (From the label information)
In a sense, this really does carry the feel of a "musical encyclopedia" by Nobukazu Takemura—like a Zen dialogue with himself—18 one-of-a-kind, drifting tracks brimming with innocence and intellectual curiosity, a nostalgic and serene battle of wits waged by electronics, strings, and voice. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)