Satomimagae – Numa : Listen

Tokyo-based musician Satomimagae announces Hanazono, her fourth full-length album and first via RVNG Intl and Guruguru Brain. Today she shares the first single, Numa, and the accompanying video directed by Soh Iedeuchi.

Hanazono is dreamy and understated, minimalistic and naturalistic, inspired by private moments of awe experienced in nature. Satomi’s musical history begins in middle school and involves obsessions with the guitar, delta blues tapes, and private experiments with songwriting. As she expanded her instrumental repertoire and began layering in elements of her own vocals, bird calls, electronics, and freed herself from the rigid constraints of genre.

I realized that only humans fight for reasons other than survival. However, as the kanji “闘” * suggests, victory and defeat cannot really exist in this universe, can they? For me, it looks like a vast expanse of sandy beach continuing eternally.

Video Director Soh Ideuchi

* There are two kanjis meaning “fight” in Japanese.The meaning of “戦” is to fight in order to determine who is the winner (in sports, combat, etc.), while “闘” means to fight against a power crushing yourself (for example, fighting against an illness, fighting (struggling) against your feelings, etc.)

Pre-order Hanazono here.

Photo: Mana Hirak