A gem of a masterpiece is born: serene, minimal, folky drone-ambient singer-songwriter pop from London's genius guitarist-musician James Blackshaw. Track 6, "Towa No Yume" (sample3), with lyrics by Japanese artist Kaoru Noda and sung as a blissful duet in Japanese, sinks right in. Members of Mori wa Ikiteiru also take part. Seven tracks in all. A release with all the authority of IMPORTANT, the venerable label at the heart of US drone-minimalism. Recommended. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)