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New sounds to the world from post-3.11 Japan (PV)

This is the PV for the new album "The Beginning...Together with Mother Earth".
The theme of this album is 'Nasu', a nature-rich tourist destination that is nestled just south of the Fukushima border. The album is a collaboration album by five local musicians.
Appealing to everyone across the globe, we hope that this album can convey a message from Nasu, which was hit with the same levels of radiation fallout as its Fukushima neighbors, about the importance of coexistence with nature.


Narrations and captions in English;

This is Nasu,
a resort area in the far north of Kanto, the greater Tokyo region.

It is nestled just south of Fukushima's border In March 2011, five locally well-known musicians got together to create a concept album based on and inspired by the rich and beautiful natural environment of Nasu.

Hideo Inoura (Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Vocal)
Atsuko Sutou (Piano)
Ryuichi Nakajima (Bamboo Flute)
Naotoshi Takayama (South American folklore instruments)
Kumiko Sukegawa (Vocal, Guitar, Contrabass, Koto)
Anthony K. (Production)

The first recording was held on March 7.
Then, late at night on March 10, recording was completed.
Then the 3.11 disaster struck.

Amid that moment full of profound contemplation about humankind today, and about our future, the name of this five-member collaboration was chosen:
N.A.S.U. = Nature, Art, Sound, Universe

"There's so much it can give you
If you stop your greedy hands
Release your control
And see what will come"

During that 3.11 moment, when the darkness had yet lifted
Were we now at the brink of an age of darkness?
Or perhaps, would bright warm rays now guide us towards the dawn?

Embracing optimism, the album title was decided:
"The Beginning... Together with Mother Earth"

The egg has cracked open! A new world begins...


Written in Japanese by; Anthony K.
Translated in English by; Geoffrey Trousselot