TSUGIMATSU TAISUKE "CONTE OPIUM" CD

Taisuke Tsugimatsu of The Miceteeth has completed his solo album. Newly recorded with a band. What does the title "Comedy "Opium"" mean?

The album contains 11 songs including the lead songs "Midsummer Snow" and "About This Much"! Taisuke Tsugimatsu, vocalist of The Micteath, has released a solo album. Recorded with a band. The members are DRUMS: Hisamitsu Fujii (ex. ANATAKIKOU), W.BASS: Masanori Hattori (NRQ), FL.bass: Ryoji Oriwara (bophana, etc.), GUITAR: Tatsuya Sugawara (EG), WOOD WINDS: Tsutomu Takei (The Micteath), and STRINGS: Atsuko Hatano. This new work sublimates jazz, Latin, and chamber music into pop works, and is unique in its elegant and lyrical worldview and romantic charm. Fans of The Micteath should definitely listen to it. This new work is full of things to listen to, including the Latin-flavored and meaningful title "Midsummer Snow" and the POP-like "About This Much".

<Explanation of the album concept by Taisuke Tsugimatsu himself>
It all started when I was doing a "What's This Quiz" (in which the questioner gives hints like "This is red," "This is a vegetable," "This bears fruit in summer," and the answerer derives the answer "That's a tomato"), and when I gave out several hints with "opium" as the answer, I thought that maybe, up to a certain point, the answer would be "That's music." If something had been different, could music have become opium, could music produce ecstasy or turbidity, or could it start a war? I put these questions aside and constructed the overall sound image of this album.

■Track list