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Hirata Oji and Shibuya Takeshi, a leading figure in the wandering world, have collaborated again!! A performance where Brazilian music and the Japanese mental landscape overlap beautifully, yet a great album that is also part of Japanese pop history! The duo Hirata Oji & Shibuya Takeshi, whose work 'Luce do Sol*: The Light of the Sun' released in 2011, has been deeply moving, and now they have released a long-awaited new work. The first time the two collaborated was when Shibuya participated in three songs as a duo guest on Hirata's solo release 'My Joao', and it has been more than five years since then. In the meantime, they have held numerous live shows and deepened their music, but two years after 'The Light of the Sun', there is a warm maturity here. The basis is unwavering Brazilian music such as bossa and MPB. The fresh and beautiful weaving of songs by such masters as Jobim, Donato, Edu Lobo, and Chico Buarque is an extension of the previous album, and is simple yet spiritual. However, what is also appealing about this album are the many originals by the duo that can be heard among the Brazilian songs. While the album contains the same 13 songs as the previous one, this time seven are originals.

These resonate so fondly. It goes without saying that the origin of the music that intertwines and resonates with the songs of the great Brazilian masters is the deep understanding of Brazilian music by the two musicians, but the feeling that the mental landscapes that Japanese people hold deep in their hearts are wrapped in the rhythms and harmonies of Brazilian music, leading to saudade, is sure to tug at the heartstrings of the listener.

Songlist

1. Passarin AC Jobim

2. Sambo Sambo Joao Donato/Joao Mello

3. Venus Prince Hirata

4. Choro Bandido Eduardo Lobo/Chico Buarque

5. The Open Birdcage Joao Donato/Abel Silva

6. Soulmate Prince Hirata/Ikuka Okada Maria

7. Breakfast by Takeshi Shibuya and Prince Hirata

8. Crossroads AC Jobim & Newton Mendonca

9. Angel Boy Prince Hirata/Maria Okada

10. Moon Rabbit Looney - Star Song Shibuya Takeshi/Ide Takao

11. Yamagata Hirata Oji

12. Twilight - Prince Hirata

13. Nuuanu Valley Waterfalls by Jay Kauka