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Tokyo Ambient Collective : Winter Ambience (to be released on 5th December, 2025)
An ambient music from the deeply snow-covered country.
We will soon release the fifth album 'Winter Ambience' from Tokyo Ambient Collective, a non-fixed member ambient music project. The album was recorded by the founder members; Takahiro Kido, a composer who works as a member of Anoice, Kenji Azuma, an instrumentalist who plays various unusual instruments from around the world, and Sami Elu, the world's only player of the pixiechord, a handmade wooden string instrument made up of scrap materials, and Yuki Murata, a pianist/composer and a member of Anoice, and in addition, Alessandro Ambrosi who is a new member and accordionist from Italy.
The album 'Winter Ambience' was created around the theme of winter, as the album name suggests, and was recorded by all improvisational performances just like the previous works from Tokyo Ambient Collective. However, the most notable point of this album is the multicolored timbre of the accordion performed by Alessandro Ambrosi. You can hear the mysterious sounds like a shō that is a Japanese traditional instrument used for one of the traditional music genres, Gagaku, on the opening track 'ready for winter', followed by 'polar bear', and also the idyllic sounds on gentle tracks such as 'life in the highlands' and 'snowmelt'.
Also, it is characterized by the four members other than Alessandro Ambrosi having took turns playing the piano, handpan, glockenspiel, Kalimba, and synthesizer. You can especially feel the individuality of each member's sound of the piano. In addition, two whistles, bawu and native american flute performed by Kenji Azuma have a good effect on filled the recordings with colour.
This is a masterpiece of ambient music which is expressed from a long and harsh winter, to a gentler winter, warmed up by the fireplace.
| 1. ready for winter | Takahiro Kido: Synthesizer, Piano, Steel Tongue Drums, Kalimba, Glockenspiel, Percussions | |
| 2. polar bear | Kenji Azuma: Handpan, Bawu, Native American Flute, Piano, Kalimba, Percussions | |
| 3. where the fireplace is | Sami Elu: Pixiechord, Synthesizer, Piano, Kalimba, Glockenspiel | |
| 4. hot soup | Yuki Murata, Piano, Glockenspiel, Kalimba, Percussions | |
| 5. life in the highlands | Alessandro Ambrosi: Accordion | |
| 6. dancing lamp | ||
| 7. a dark long winter | ||
| 8. snowmelt | ||
| 9. wandervogel |
| Composed by Takahiro Kido, Kenji Azuma, Sami Elu, Yuki Murata, Alessandro Ambrosi |
| Recorded by Takahiro Kido |
| Mixed and Mastered by Takahiro Kido |
| Photo by Takahiro Kido |
| Art Direction and Design by Takahiro Kido |
| Produced by Ricco Label |
| BandCamp | https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/winter-ambience | |
| Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, etc. | https://linkco.re/AY0XMyfs |
