Ichiko Aoba – Windswept Adan (2LP Vinyl)

“Windswept Adan”, Ichiko Aoba’s seventh studio album, is a singer-songwriter album, a concept album, a piece of chamber music, and a contemporary orchestral work. It is heavily influenced by jazz, by folk and by impressionistic classical music. It is a soundtrack to an imaginary film; it is an album that tells a story; it is a piece of fantasy science fiction set to music; it is a sonic voyage through the East China Sea.

The fantasy world in which “Windswept Adan” is set is loosely based on Japan’s Southwest Islands – the Ryukyu Archipelago that stretches from Kyushu to Taiwan. Ichiko travelled to the island chain in 2020 with photographer Kodai Kobyashi, immersing herself in the beauty of these coral islands, and started to piece together a story that used some of the imagery they recorded.

Tracks
Prologue
Pilgrimage
Porcelain
Horo
Easter Lily
Parfum d’étoiles
Kirinaki Shima
Sagu Palm’s Song
chinuhaji
Chi no Kaze
Hagupit
Dawn in the Adan
ohayashi
Adan no Shima no Tanjyosai