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Films : maze sleeper (to be released on 23rd April, 2026)
I stay asleep in the huge maze.
A dark fantasy music project, Films, featuring cinematic sounds with two female vocalists who sing in their own originally created languages, will release their 5th album 'maze sleeper' on April 23, 2026.
This time too, the instrumental band, Anoice worked on the album production as the producer, and two members from Anoice, Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata took charge of composing all the songs. This album incorporates not only an emotional piano and celesta performed by Yuki Murata but also some retro instruments such as an analog synthesizer and reed organ in a big way, and treating Films' unconstrained high tone voices as one of elements of the instruments made it possible for Films' ephemeral and beautiful sound, which symbolizes their originality, to become more mystical.
'maze sleeper' contains 'behind your eyes' and 'revolving lantern' which are destructive dark fantasy songs, a signature of Films' representative sound, 'miracle' and 'two clocks' which feature energetic rhythm played by Tadashi Yoshikawa from Anoice, 'moon and cat' and 'sphere' which express the dreamy ambient sound by adding spatial effects to Films' vocals, and 'polka dot', a lovely song formed simply by a vocal and piano like songs from Mizu Amane, a side project of Films.
This is a fantastical album, creating a soundscape as though you were wandering around a heavy-foggy forest.
'maze sleeper' will be released on number-limited 15cm square-sized box version designed by MATSURICA, a project of the illustrator, Naoko Okada as with the previous album 'at the deep end' from Films. It includes two beautiful cards of prints from her illustrations with the album credits, a maze which expresses the album, and a copy of CD.
| 1. behind your eyes | Films: Vocals | |
| 2. miracle | Yuki Murata: Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Celesta, Flute, Percussion | |
| 3. revolving lantern | Takahiro Kido: Synthesizer, Organ, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Harp, Bass | |
| 4. moon and cat | Tadashi Yoshikawa: Drums, Percussion | |
| 5. two clocks | ||
| 6. polka dot | ||
| 7. city of diorama | ||
| 8. on the cradle | ||
| 9. sphere |
| Composed by Yuki Murata, Takahiro Kido |
| Recorded by Takahiro Kido, Yuki Murata, Kenichi Kai |
| Mixed and Mastered by Takahiro Kido |
| Illustration by MATSURICA |
| Art Direction and Design by Takahiro Kido |
| Produced by Anoice, Ricco Label |
| BandCamp | https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/maze-sleeper | |
| Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, etc. |
