Label: Bluemark Inc.
Catalog#: BMP-003
Format: CD, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 2003
1 Before Sunset 5:26
2 Just Walking 4:16
3 Totally New Sensation 5:11
4 A Nile 1:53
5 Paid Holiday 4:21
6 If You Were There 4:20
7 Wicker 4:54
8 Tuesday 4:10
9 Kiwi 4:13
10 Untitled 4:04
11 Don't Worry About The World 5:49
CDショップ、ゲームセンター、サーフショップ、エキゾカフェ、アロハ銭湯を巡り、レンタルビデオ屋で「エンドレス・サマー」を借りて家路につく。そんな地元でまったり過ごす週末のための音楽。本作は東京発ダンスバンドPepe CaliforniaのギタリストであるKBが2003年に発表した初のソロアルバム。エレクトロニカやダブなどの要素を織り交ぜつつ、どこまでも自由奔放に奏でられるオープンマインドなチルトラックス。Pepeらしい享楽的なムードは控えめに、ソロならではのメロウで私的な情景がじんわりと味わい深いです。「Just Walking」や「Paid Holiday」は、まるでMOTHER2のアナザーワールドを旅しているかのよう。菊地敦己が手がけた不思議な鳥のアートワークも、Jeremy Dowerの魚ジャケ同様に素敵な佇まい。
Visiting CD shops, arcades, surf shops, exotic cafes, and "Aloha" bathhouses, before picking up a copy of "The Endless Summer" at the video rental store on the way home. This is music for those laid-back weekends spent drifting through your hometown. Released in 2003, this is the debut solo album by KB, guitarist for the Tokyo-based dance band Pepe California. Weaving together elements of electronica and dub, these open-minded chill-out tracks are played with boundless freedom. While Pepe’s signature hedonistic mood is more reserved here, it is replaced by a mellow, intimate perspective unique to a solo project—one that slowly reveals its depth. Tracks like “Just Walking” and “Paid Holiday” feel as though you’re wandering through an alternate world from EarthBound (MOTHER 2). The quirky bird artwork by Atsuki Kikuchi is just as charming as Jeremy Dower’s "fish" cover.
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