Proposal from Koji Nakamura for transformation of time sensation | CINRA

KOJI NAKAMURA, who has published works in various names and forms, such as Supercar, NYANTORA, ILL, Lama, etc., is the first solo work "Masterpeace" to be released under the name of "KOJI NAKAMURA" is literally a masterpiece in 2014.be.The director of the anime "Symphony Psalm Eureka Seven", Tomomi Kyota, the screenwriter Aiko Nagatsu, Mitsuru Uchida, LEO Imai, and other creators in various fields with close friends, and concentrated on music production.This work made by listening to the sound, listening to the rhythm, listening to the melody, listening to words, and listening to them is more fun to listen to.It is.

In addition, it is a work that can be made only because you are always listening to core music around the world at Bandcamp, and it is a work that has the most interesting sound in the world, and as you mentioned in the interview.The background of the work is a proposal for the transformation of time sensation in modern times, and his eyes, like John Cage and Brian Eno, look at the concept of music itself.And while including these various elements, this work is just a pop music, and it is released from a major record company, so this is amazing.Needless to say, KOJI NAKAMURA is a musician who has already gained enough evaluation, but I would like to send the maximum respect again at this time.

―In recent songs of songs, Lama's work has been released, but what was the reason why you decided to make a work in the name of a solo this time?

Nakamura: There was a story, "Would you like to make an album in the name of a solo?"I don't know what will happen, but I got a story, so I felt like "Let's make it."

―The paper material has the word “culmination”, but did you work with that consciousness of Nakako himself?

Nakamura: Well, it's true in words, but since the works I have been involved in are always accumulated from the past, I want to be a culmination for me.However, this time there was no special restriction, so I could make it as much as I want.

-The title "Masterpeace" is a title that makes you feel a "culmination feeling" in a sense. How was this decided?

Nakamura: In the story of "I want you to make it in the name of a solo", there was a story that "I want you to make a masterpiece", so I said that I did the first thing I did.It was the work of creating a folder and throwing the demonstration there.It was a temporary title as it was, but the difference in English spelling was that when I searched on the net, the title "Masterpiece" was a bit too many, so I would change it.

-It's a very difficult order to make a masterpiece.

Nakamura: Well, even if you say a masterpiece, it's a completely different thing for each person, so I thought with the image of "make good things" or "do your best".

―As you said, the masterpiece ruler varies from person to person.Is it universal, a new one, or something that can only be made by that person?Where can I say that the standards of masterpieces are in Nakako?

Nakamura: I think what symbolizes that time is a masterpiece.I think that's what it suits the era, or if it does not symbolize the time, it will later become a standard, for example, the first of The Velvet Underground.

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―It may be a bit off the story, but there is a discourse that "The Beatles does everything and there is nothing new."What do you think of that?

Nakamura: Hmm ... that's not the case.If you say that, it's the same as it doesn't make sense to live on a progressive form.There are technologies evolution, and minor changes still have an effect.It's all done, but it's a great deal, and the people after that are coming to a way to break it.Neither other people nor I have the same sound as the past, and if I am dominated by the concept, I can't do anything, so I don't think that's the case.

-The after all, the evolution of electronics is great.I think that has actually created a new sound according to the times.

Nakamura: When I was in the Beatles, it was a world that many people use more than 100 trucks in the world, such as 8 trucks and bands, and now I have listened to what I have in the past, so I have now evolved very naturally.I think it's coming.It's the same as saying, "The phone has evolved very much, but it's not original in terms of talking," the phone has always evolved (laughs), and the music has evolved, and it will evolve in the future.I think that's it.