Distant Travel Companion (遠い旅の同行者)

by Satoshi Suzuki (鈴木慧)

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1.	助手席のSituation (Situation In The Passenger Seat) 04:42	buy track
2.	Passing Scene 03:54	buy track
3.	Miss Shooting 04:13	buy track
4.	灰色のひととき (A Gray Moment) 04:38	buy track
5.	さらっとゆるして〜コーヒー通の恋人 (Forgiveness Without Reservation ~ Lover And Coffee Connoisseur) 05:02	buy track
6.	Wardrobeの中の夢 (A Dream In The Wardrobe) 04:08	buy track
7.	秋日和 (Clear Autumn Day) 02:49	buy track
8.	夜の海風 (Evening Sea Breeze) 03:56	buy track
9.	Spouse-同行者- (Traveling Companion) 03:47	buy track
10.	One By One 04:18	buy track

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Satoshi Suzuki (鈴木慧) described his musical practice perfectly on the OBI strip of his 1987 privately pressed LP - Tokyo Contemporary! consisting of 40% Jazz, 30% Soul, 20% Brazil, and 10% Kayokyoku - a musical mixture not too far off from what is now referred to as City Pop.

However, this archival compilation of Satoshi Suzuki's works presents a perspective of the City Pop sound not from affluent 1980s Japanese bubble economy-era studios and highly paid studio musicians, but from a one-person band making the most of the instruments in their home studio, inspired by musical traditions from around the world.

With notes of city pop, AOR, jazz, soul, bossa, and kayōkyoku - Satoshi Suzuki's intimately recorded pop songs are charming and full of wit, with a seasonal and poetic approach to these musical forms using only a drum machine and an array of digital synthesizers. Sounding a little like Pacific Breeze played on a Casio keyboard and drum machine, Uku Kuut soundtracking a SEGA video game, or the wonderful lo-fi works of Suzuki’s homemade pop & jazz contemporaries Ronald Langestraat, Lewis, and Joe Tossini — though most of all, SUZUKI's works show a new and singular perspective of the bubble-era city pop of the Showa period.

Distant Travel Companion (遠い旅の同行者) introduces Suzuki's musical works to a wide audience for the first time, featuring remastered songs originally released over three privately pressed LPs from the 1980s, as well as a previously unheard CD from 1993. The original works were released in an impossibly limited edition of 100 copies each - printed and assembled on printing equipment at Suzuki’s company office and scarcely distributed, recording these songs at his home studio in his free time. The compilation's design and accompanying OBI and liner notes are a direct homage to the original releases.

Satoshi SUZUKI is a Japanese keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and music arranger. He is also an author of literature and winner of the "Shin-nihon-bungaku" (New Japanese Literature) Award. He was born in 1958 in Tokyo, Japan.

Arriving in autumn 2023 on LP and digital formats from Incidental Music. Please reach out directly for press and wholesale inquiries. Distributed in Japan by conatala conatala.com

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released November 3, 2023

All songs written and composed by Satoshi SUZUKI with the exception of A4 灰色のひととき which was written by Rie UEDA. All songs were arranged and performed by Satoshi SUZUKI. Digital conversion and remixing was done using "Studio One" software. Many thanks to conatala for their production coordination assistance!

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Satoshi Suzuki (鈴木慧) Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi SUZUKI is a Japanese keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and music arranger. He is also an author of literature and winner of the "Shin-nihon-bungaku" (New Japanese Literature) Award. He was born in 1958 in Tokyo, Japan.

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