“Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke” “Sueño Largo” just dropped.

2021.3.18

“Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke” released the new music Album “Sueño Largo”

“Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke” just dropped the new and hot Album “Sueño Largo”. It will contain the songs 'Rumba', 'Bulerías del Gloria', 'Guajiras', 'Granaínas', 'Nanas', 'Tonás (feat. Anri Noguchi)', 'Peteneras del Medina', 'Bulerías por Soleá', 'Marianas' and 'Soleá de Fernanda' total of 11songs. Enjoy the Latin sound from the far east Asia.

Wow, your sense is weird! (That's a joke, forgive me) Nice to meet you. My name is Koji Fukui, who is singing songs on this CD. I don't think most people know me. That should be it, for 15 years since I started cante (flamenco song) at the age of 18, I have been involved in the world of flamenco exclusively underground as an aficionado (flamenco hobbyist). Currently, I am also learning Pops, but I made this CD to put together what I have done in one form at the turning point of my 15th year of singing flamenco. With the release of this CD, I will retire as a flamenco singer. It's very difficult to explain flamenco in one word. The lexical explanation is traditional Andalusian folk songs, but I think it's too simple. In my understanding, it is naturalist music that pursues the aesthetic sense of "as it is" to the utmost limit. If you listen carefully, the singer's vocalization is almost the same as the Andalusian people's daily vocalization. The lyrics and the tone of the guitar are so simple that you can't even think of it in Pops. They tend to avoid flashy sounds. Some guitarists use a lot of sounds, but my impression is that great old-school masters tend to use fewer sounds. Since art is created by intentions, it is impossible that there is no intention at all. But compared to other genres, flamenco is naturalistic music that gives off "simpleness without unnatural intentions" and "truth". That is flamenco music, at least before the advent of Paco de Lucía. As for "truth," some pop singers also do tell the truth. Therefore, it cannot be said that it is a flamenco-specific charm. But as for "simpleness without unnatural intentions" it can be said that it is a flamenco-specific charm when compared to Pops. If you define music as "an activity that brings together sounds beautifully and easily to listen to," flamenco is not music. (This is not all, there is a movement to make it music like Vicente Amigo. I love that too.) Because of the aesthetics that are the exact opposite of pops, most people will find it difficult to listen to traditional flamenco, as I did, and that's normal. This is because the ears of the modern audience are accustomed to pops. I'm also a pop singer, so I tried making something that could be transmitted to normal people while being flamenco. The younger the song number, the easier it is to listen to, and as the song number progresses, the flamenco level rises and it becomes harder to hear. Those who are new to flamenco and can listen to No. 10 to the end are perverted. (That's a joke, forgive me again) So far I have lived in the flamenco world. However, that doesn't mean I'm thinking of living in flamenco in the future. When I was young, I didn't know what I wanted to do, and there was flamenco in front of me. Also, the only person who felt the salvation in my college time when my daily things often went wrong was my flamenco teacher, Enrique Sakai. I was interested in his way of life. It's better to say, "I was enrolled in a way of life called flamenco," rather than "I was learning music." So I endeavored a lot to learn flamenco. Arrogant preachy people and people who lose their temper so easily. Some weird people made me feel uncomfortable many times, but when I remembered my teacher's face, I didn't find it painful. Gradually I fell in love with cante and felt salvation in flamenco. However, I haven't scrutinized various things and chosen flamenco from them, so I gradually began to suffer from the gap between what I wanted to do and flamenco. What I want to do is not "only experts understand the essence", but a more philanthropic thing. It might sound hypocritical, but I hope to make as many people happy as possible through my activities. The pursuit of truth in flamenco, it's good. But it takes years to understand the aesthetics of flamenco, this didn't look right. It was very sad to me that the beauty of my favorite cante could not be transmitted to ordinary people. I'm not interested in commercialism, but I'm interested in transmitting the truth to normal people. So I sympathize with both traditional flamenco and modern style to some degree, and I don't sympathize with both to some degree either. That was me. In the meantime, I saw people in the flamenco world who lose their temper so easily. Moreover, some people were always annoying other people with their arrogant preachings. Besides, there was of course prejudiced racism that "You can't sing Spanish cante because you are Japanese," which was more severe from the Japanese than from the Spaniards. One day, I began to think, "I want to see other worlds." Therefore, the future relationship with flamenco is currently under my consideration. Suffice it to say, my intention is that I want to be more correct as a human being than as a flamenco singer. To be clear, I am not particular about the one-expression form of flamenco. (Well, another reason is that I'm lazy in the first place and I don't like the life of showing up here and there.) That said, I'm pretty sure about one thing. Memories with the warm flamenco people are a lifelong treasure. Mr. and Mrs. Kabazawa from the studio "La Alegría" in Saga prefecture. Flamenco friends in my hometown Hiroshima. My former teacher, José de la Tomasa. Lebrija's great singer, Inés Bacán. And all the co-stars on this CD. They always encouraged me and were really kind. They are the flowers of flamenco. The beauty of flamenco. In the flamenco world, which is not all good people, they shine dignifiedly and illuminate the future of flamenco. The friendship with them will never change. Shining Andalusia, cheerful people, and big flamenco guys' smiles at me. If I talk about what I saw in Spain, most people wouldn't believe it. When I remember those days in Spain, it was as if I had a long dream (Sueño Largo). It's like living two lives while being one person. I feel like that. Of course, maybe I shouldn't leave those days like a dream. Finally, Ms. Anri, Mr. Moise Heredia, Yosuke-san, and Don Enrique Sakai. I would like to thank the four co-stars again. I dedicate this CD to warm and true flamenco people like them, and to the ordinary people who became interested in this CD. May the world of flamenco shine forever in the future by true flamenco people! Koji Fukui This CD is a mid-track of his soul-loving singing. Originally, there are neither professionals nor amateurs in Flamenco singing. Professionals stand in front of people and receive singing guarantees, so they have the appropriate skills and responsibilities. However, because of this they often lose some purity. This recording is made up of Koji Fukui's purity and passion. Of course, there are some missing parts. However, it seems that the most important thing for Flamenco singing, the affición (feelings to love songs), is overflowing, and he is appealing again what is important. If he continued to sing, cante would surely get closer to him. Enrique Sakai

You can find and check the “Sueño Largo” at 'Spotify', 'Apple Music', 'iTunes Store', 'LINE MUSIC', 'Amazon Music Unlimited' etc. Click here to see. Sueño Largo

Sueño Largo
  • 1: Rumba

    Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke

  • 2: Bulerías del Gloria

    Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke

  • 3: Guajiras

    Koji Fukui & Enrique Sakai

  • 4: Granaínas

    Koji Fukui & Enrique Sakai

  • 5: Nanas

    Koji Fukui & Enrique Sakai

  • 6: Tonás (feat. Anri Noguchi)

    Koji Fukui

  • 7: Peteneras del Medina

    Koji Fukui & Enrique Sakai

  • 8: Bulerías por Soleá

    Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke

  • 9: Marianas

    Koji Fukui & Enrique Sakai

  • 10: Soleá de Fernanda

    Koji Fukui & Enrique Sakai

  • 11: A Inés -Fin de Fiesta por Bulerías-

    Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke

Relase date:2021-03-18

Genre: Latin / World

ALL Stores: Amazon Music, Amazon Music Unlimited, animelo mix, Apple Music, auスマートパスプレミアムミュージック, AWA, Deezer, dwango.jp, dヒッツ powered by レコチョク, dミュージック powered by レコチョク, dミュージック powered by レコチョク ハイレゾ版, dミュージック月額コース, e-onkyo music, iTunes Store, K-POP Life, KKBOX, LINE MUSIC, mora, mora ハイレゾ版, Music Store powered by レコチョク, Music Store powered by レコチョク ハイレゾ, music.jp STORE, music.jp STORE ハイレゾ版, mysound, NetEase, oricon ME!, OTORAKU -音・楽-, OTOTOY, OTOTOY ハイレゾ版, Prime Music, Rakuten Music, SMART USEN, Spotify, Tencent, YouTube Music, ひかりTVミュージック, ひかりTVミュージックアラカルトサービス, ひかりTVミュージックアラカルトサービス ハイレゾ, ビルボード公式(Billboard x dwango), レコチョク, レコチョク Best, レコチョク ハイレゾ版, 着信★うた♪by KONAMI

Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke

Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke

Born in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. A singer. Graduated from Keio University. His mother is a former shamisen player. Due to his sister's influence, he grew up listening to musical pieces like a complete collection of classical music and the Beatles from an early age. He graduated from Soutoku junior high and high school, which is known nationwide for its glee club. Although he was not a member of the Glee Club, the teacher in charge of music classes for six years was Katsumasa Ojima, an adviser to the Glee Club and a former opera singer. He was decisively influenced by Ojima's singing-centered class, which founded his musical sensation. Started singing while attending university and studied under Enrique Sakai from around 2006. In 2008, studied abroad for about a year at the Christina Helen Foundation, a flamenco vocational school in Seville, Spain. Studied under Jose de la Tomasa and a great local singer of Saeta, Lidia Montero. Since 2013, he has repeatedly traveled to Spain and studied under Inés Bacán, the treasure of Lebrija. When he returned to Japan, he studied under Enrique Sakai again and continued his quest for flamenco and its quejío (deep mourning) with his inborn power of concentration and sense of smell. Singers from Seville and its neighboring cities have a strong influence on his flamenco art. With the motto "I'm not a flamenco artist, but a quejío artist", he is flat on songs other than flamenco as well. Currently, he is training as a pop singer, using the quejío he learned as a weapon. From 2019, studied under an American pop singer Gary Walker. His favorite singer is Hikaru Utada.

“Koji Fukui, Enrique Sakai, Rafael Heredia & Yosuke” Click here to see other releases 福井コウジ, エンリケ坂井, ラファエル・エレディア & 容昌