One Summerheim, by Nikasaya

One Summerheim

by Nikasaya

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Embossed, monochromatic print, matte celo coating, insert.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Siroi Ohisama 03:26	buy track
2.	Yuka 01:30	buy track
3.	Ufun Taxi 02:04	buy track
4.	Ramadan 02:39	buy track
5.	Osiro 02:07	buy track
6.	Gumaou 02:33	buy track
7.	Done 00:29	buy track
8.	Dantsuku 00:59	buy track
9.	Cream Pan 04:15	buy track
10.	Buun 01:07	buy track
11.	Oninawa 04:18	buy track
12.	Yubara 01:48	buy track
13.	Bokura N Niwa 03:21	buy track
14.	Mamori Mamori 02:50	buy track

about

In the summer of 2009, Hiroshima based songwriter Nikaido Kazumi and Tokyo’s Saya (Tenniscoats) met at Guggenheim house, in Shioya. Overlooking the bay of Kansai, the pair set about recording a collection of songs that capture moments of utterly euphoric song – housed in a shimmer of incidental soundscapes.

Recording both inside and outside Guggenheim House, the pair’s songs find a perfect union with the architectural and urban spaces in which they were situated. ‘Yuka’ and ‘Osiro’ for example allow the epic high ceilinged rooms of Guggenheim House to shroud Nikasaya’s voices in astounding natural reverbs, whilst ‘Ufun Taxi’ features percussive textures care of passing trains and ‘Buun’ an unexpected duet with an over excited Semi (cicada).

One Summerheim melds free-pop structures with elegantly intertwined vocal harmonies. Building on the unique songform found on the duets debut ‘Ipiya’, One Summerhiem sees two of Japanese preeminent and visionary voices re-united.

Nikasaya’s songs are more than the sum of their parts – they soar in a glorious cluster of swirling vocal melodies and instrumental flows that are harmonic, hummable and most of all heartwarming.

One Summerheim also features contributions from Ueno (Tenniscoats), Lawrence English and Meco.