Anoice : Stories in White (to be released on 16th July, 2024)
For all those who lost their freedom.
On the 16th July 2024, the instrumental band Anoice, will release their long awaited new 7th album 'Stories in White'. After the release of their previous album 'The Hidden Forest', they released not only an EP and numerous singles, but also works from the members' solo/side projects; Takahiro Kido, Yuki Murata, Films, Mizu Amane, and Tokyo Ambient Collective, and composed soundtracks for movies and TV drama series. Now the band have finally completed their new masterpiece in the form of a full length album.
This album 'Stories in White' is the final chapter of the trilogy about the modern history of humans, which follows up the band’s third album, 'The Black Rain' which made themselves known to the world through their dark cinematic sound, and fifth album, 'Ghost in the Clocks', which the album itself and each song within the album became the #1 and top 10 most streamed/downloaded instrumental music on Apple Music and iTunes Store in over 20 countries. It could be said that Anoice's culmination of their entire career was built by the beautiful soundscape of the magnificent orchestra-like sound and destructive noise. Of course, like the other two albums, an illustrator, Yoko Shinto took charge of the artworks.
The album consists of beautiful and passionate neo-classical songs played by a piano and string quartet, such as the first lead single 'aria', which Matthew Krivolapov directed its music video and 'lament' and other instrumental rock songs performed by spectacular an orchestral sound, noisy guitar, and dynamic drums such as heard on the second lead single, 'kill lies all', which its music video was created based on short clips outputted from AI, along with 'resonance', and especially 'the rain maker', which consists of over 100 tracks of instruments and samples and captures Anoice's unique sound.
The history has no choice but to hear this album.
'Stories in White' will be released on a number-limited 15cm square-sized box version designed by the illustrator, Yoko Shinto. It includes lovely illustrations, a sticker, a copy of CD, together with a piece of white paper.
It will also be released on white-coloured 180g vinyl record with a beautiful gatefold cover, and each record has its serial number.
※ For fans in China: this vinyl will be available for direct purchase from New Noise on July 16. 中国粉丝,本张唱片可以通过New Noise 发行。New Noise 7月16日发货。
1. note to ourselves | Takahiro Kido: Guitar, Piano, Organ, Melodion, Vibraphone, Bass | |
2. aria | Yuki Murata: Piano, Accordion, Vibraphone, Music Box | |
3. resonance | Utaka Fujiwara: Violin, Viola | |
4. on another day | Tadashi Yoshikawa: Drums, Percussion | |
5. night before the rain | ||
6. kill lies all | Guest Players | |
7. lament | Bea: Vocals | |
8. brain fog | Kaori Tsuchiya: Cello | |
9. the rain maker | ||
10. eclipse |
Composed by Takahiro Kido, Yuki Murata |
Recorded by Takahiro Kido, Kenichi Kai |
Mixed and Mastered by Takahiro Kido |
Illustration by Yoko Shinto |
Art Direction and Design by Takahiro Kido |
Produced by Anoice, Ricco Label |
Music Video
aria | kill lies all |
REVIEWS
a closer listen:
https://acloserlisten.com/2024/07/15/anoice-stories-in-white
The Royal Editoryal
https://royaleditoryal.ca/2024/08/15/anoice
De Subjectivisten
https://subjectivisten.nl/het-schaduwkabinet-week-29-2024
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aria / kill lies all |
https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/aria / https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/kill-lies-all |
BandCamp
https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/stories-in-white |