“Shu Akimoto” released the new music Album “Difference/Location”

“Shu Akimoto” just dropped the new and hot Album “Difference/Location”. It will contain the songs 'Onigokko (feat. Tanio a.k.a Otani Yoshio)', 'Chukoudo Sekisyoku Koukusyougaito', 'take me somewhere nice', 'Kou', 'Loran-C' and 'GPS (feat. Tanio a.k.a Otani Yoshio & ermhoi)' total of 6songs. Enjoy the Jazz sound from the far east Asia.

The 1st EP by drummer Shu Akimoto, a prodigy of the Heisei era and a member of Naruyoshi Kikuchi's "DC/PRG," is a striking debut. This work, featuring Kyotaro Hori (trumpet) and Yuya Fukuda (guitar)-both of whom later joined the band Klehe-and Yoshio Ootani as a guest, earned high praise from Kikuchi himself: "Drummers who truly listen to rhythm ultimately arrive at ambient music, not as a contrarian stance or a form of enlightenment, but because ambient holds an infinite number of rhythms that exist and emerge within it. This is, in a sense, self-evident. However, the only drummer who can express this understanding through actual work-and as the leader of their own project-is currently Shu Akimoto. His taste is impeccable." The EP includes tracks like Oni Gokko feat. Taniou a.k.a. Yoshio Ootani, which layers Akimoto's drumming over Ootani's original writing and narration, and Take Me Somewhere Nice, a three-person reinterpretation of a Mogwai piece Akimoto deeply admires. Additionally, the track GPS feat. Taniou a.k.a. Yoshio Ootani, ermhoi, composed by musician and journalist Naoya Koike, employs complex polyrhythms such as a 7/4 overlay on a 4/4 base. This EP blends the atmospheric sensibilities of ECM, a major influence on Akimoto, with his unique musical style.

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

• 1： Onigokko (feat. Tanio a.k.a Otani Yoshio)

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• 2： Chukoudo Sekisyoku Koukusyougaito

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• 3： take me somewhere nice

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• 4： Kou

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• 5： Loran-C

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• 6： GPS (feat. Tanio a.k.a Otani Yoshio & ermhoi)

  Shu Akimoto

Relase date：2025-01-27

Salvaged Tapes/LIGHT COURT under digital license from Shu Akimoto

Genre： Jazz

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Shu Akimoto

Originally from Minami Ward, Sapporo City. Graduated at the top of the Jazz Course at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in 2014. Performed as Mysterious Priestess at Wacken Open Air 2013 and with the Naruyoshi Kikuchi Project at the Montreux Jazz Festival Japan 2017. Moved to Iceland alone in 2020. In 2024, participated in THE FIRST TAKE with Kusa ki / Hakushi Hasegawa. Collaborated with Naruyoshi Kikuchi, DC/PRG, Radical Will Styles, Dairo Suga/New Little One, Mysterious Priestess, Klehe, 36 Equal Temperament Lofi-Hiphop, etc.

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