Tori Kudo - Studio Village Hototoguiss 2007-2022 - 2LP

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Matsuyama in Ehime is the birthplace of haiku, and to this day, haiku submission boxes are placed around town. Young people gather in a haiku society-like manner. In other words, they observe and contemplate well, but their approach is generally instant, casual, and somewhat careless. There is a local disposition here, which they call “yomoda” in the dialect—a blend of humour and sadness. It’s as if they pretend to agree to demands in a laid-back way, all while delaying the big decision. It’s a matter related to the moment and ethics.

Near the famous Dogo Onsen is Studio Village Hototogisu, named after the magazine Hototogisu started by Masaoka Shiki, the father of haiku. The studio was once a large psychiatric hospital, which Mr. Tsuru, the owner, completely remodelled, turning the third floor into his music studio. Tsuru-san is both a psychiatrist and an avid enthusiast of classic rock. He’s a broad-minded adult who also accepts my type of music. About once or twice a month, I randomly select an instrument or device from his vast collection, gathers whoever happens to be around, usually his family, and in about two hours, we record and mix a piece. This album is a compilation of those recordings. The album label is designed after Matsuyama’s specialty confection, “Ichiroku Tart.”

From around the time of the pandemic, I started layering his dobro guitar or mandolin over my tracks on purpose. The mainstream and the fringe—once opposing camps—merged after this pandemic, a convergence in rock history that’s etched on side D of this album, reflecting the current global situation.

Could a society of free-verse haiku poets sharing both love and resentment for Matsuyama be possible? It’s a question that touches on the future course of nationalism.

– Tori

A1. 曇天バスケットボール

A2. SEROTONIN

A3. Machination in your days

A4. Lickin' Up The Dust

A5. Miss You My Baby Doll

A6. Mousou Tokkyu Kamui

A7. 鬼火(ほおづきおとこ)

A8. 下鴨yugueにて

A9. 春

A10. Switch Back

A11. 港の人

A12. 音楽に寄す

A13. River Song

A14. Some of these days

B1. I'll keep it with mine

B2. 遺書Ⅰ

B3. みっつのリンゴ

B4. Net Cafe Mystery

B5. 休日出勤

B6. JOB2011

B7. Fridays

B8. Too Many Wives

B9. 名前 - el nombre

C1. The World is your Oyster

C2. 石切り ricochet

C3. 眺望

C4. 台風一過 ～ 岬を回って

C5. What if I never speede

C6. 改変期

C7. ai ai gomteira

C8. それをやめれば

C9. These Days

C10. Jaki

C11. Les Barricades mystereuses

D1. マックの店長で

D2. すっからかん節

D3. とうとうお金が無くなってきた

D4. 2020

D5. 平たい厳粛な家 flat solemn house

D6. people who are left alive yet

D7. 記憶に残るわんこ A memorable doggie

D8. Light of Love

D9. bheart earth

D10. Why are we sitting here until we die

D11. 7-2

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