Ambient guitarist Takuro Okada announces new album details, shares new track
The album is titled 'The Near End, The Dark Night, The County Line,' out March 7 on Temporal Drift
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As fitting for Takuro Okada’s first collection to be released outside of his home country of Japan, the title, The Near End, The Dark Night, The County Line, evokes the vastness of an unknown world that lies just beyond the periphery of the senses. For Okada, growing up in Fussa, Tokyo–home to the Yokota U.S. Air Force base and the clash of customs and traditions that come with it–meant navigating through the familiar and the unfamiliar, observing and absorbing the uniquely hybrid culture that would play a large role in shaping his musical identity as a guitarist, producer, and band leader. While Okada honed his skills playing to American military members inside clubs along Fussa’s infamous “Bar Row,” at home he would experiment with home recording techniques and develop his skills as a producer.
This album contains selections from the expansive archive of recorded material Okada has amassed over the past decade. While his past releases have included notable collaborators such as Haruomi Hosono, Nels Cline, Sam Gendel, and Carlos Niño, among others who have contributed to his band and ensemble recordings, this collection showcases Okada as a solo musician, focusing mostly on his main instrument, the guitar. These tracks demonstrate his mastery in bringing out strange and beautiful tones from the instrument, from ambient and Americana, to psychedelic and other-worldly harmonics. This multiplicity of sounds serves as testament to Okada’s versatility as a musician, while his singular approach to the act of recording keeps it all cohesive as the unmistakable work of Takuro Okada.
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About Takuro Okada:
Tokyo-based musician Takuro Okada first caught attention in Japan’s indie rock scene in 2012 with his band Mori Wa Ikiteiru, which released two albums through P-Vine Records before disbanding in 2015. Okada struck out on his own with his first solo album Nostalgia (2017) followed by the EP The Beach (2018), which included his take on “By The Pool” by Steve Hiett, who also supplied the iconic photo for the cover. With the acclaimed Morning Sun (2020), Okada explored his singer-songwriter side with a guitar-based approach. The same year he released the album 都市計画 (Urban Planning) (2020), an ambient collaboration with Duenn. His musical palette was broadened considerably with Betsu No Jikan (2022), an expansive ambient jazz set that included contributions from notable artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Carlos Niño, Sam Gendel, Jim O’Rourke, and Nels Cline. Besides his recorded work, Okada has kept busy as a session guitarist, composer, improvisational musician and producer, working with artists such as Taeko Ohnuki, Eiko Ishibashi, Yuga, and never young beach.
Takuro Okada
The Near End, The Dark Night, The County Line
(Temporal Drift)
Street Date: March 7, 2025
TRACKLIST:
01 Following Morning
02 The Room
03 Shadow (2024 mix)
04 Before
05 Mizu
06 Reflections / Entering #2
07 Mirror
08 Evening Song
09 Taco Beach
10 Ohme Part 1
11 Ohme Part 2
12 Howlin' Dog
13 The Near End, The Dark Night, The County Line
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