formula / you ishihara - official trailer music video (zelone records)

formula / you ishihara 02/12/20 on sale in Japan. (LP/CD) http://zelonerecords.com
Directed by You Ishihara and Shintaro Sakamoto / Edited by VIDEOTAPEMUSIC -
Available 02/28/20 Pre-orders up now in US. https://www.blackeditionsgroup.com

Is this a reflection of the world determined by some formula?
Or a nebulous report, a product of complex entanglement between apathy and anonymous malice?

これは定式（formula）からはじき出された世界の投影？
それとも無関心とアノニマスな悪意がスクランブルする立体交差からの不明瞭なレポート？

After the break-up of legendary psychedelic rock band "White Heaven" and "The Stars”, You Ishihara as of late has been active as "You Ishihara with Friends". For Ishihara, known as the sound producer for "Yura Yura Teikoku", "boris" and "Ogre You Asshole", this will be his first solo album in 23 years. zelone records be releasing this album on 12 February 2020 on CD and LP in a special packaging.
The music and song seem distant, in the background amidst the bustle of the city, neither ambient nor avantgarde. But nothing mellow either. Music that is sensual, never before captured, a conceptual work depicting the detachment between the music (Ishihara) and the World.
Ishihara is supported by Michio Kurihara who has been with Ishihara throughout White Heaven and The Stars, along with Tomohiro Kitada and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, and Soichiro Nakamura, another alumni of White Heaven, who also engineers the record.
Artwork concept by You Ishihara and realized by Shintaro Sakamoto. LP is on clear vinyl with laser etching in a clear plastic cover. CD is housed in a paper sleeve with a clear plastic cover that can be
layered with the front cover to show morning, or with the back cover to show dusk.
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formula / you ishihara
M-1 / Side A: formula
M-2 / Side B: formula reverse
All songs written, concrete conducted and produced by You Ishihara
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Soichiro Nakamura at Peace Music, Tokyo 2019

石原洋 / you ishihara: vocal, guitar, synthesizer, keyboard, effects

栗原ミチオ / michio kurihara: guitar
北田智裕 / tomohiro kitada: bass
山本達久 / tatsuhisa yamamoto: drums
中村宗一郎 / soichiro nakamura: keyborad
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LP (2020.02.12 on sale)
●品番: zel-021
●Format: LP (クリアビニール/レーザーエッチング、クリアプラスチック特殊ジャケ）
●価格: ￥3,000＋税 distributed by JET SET
CD (2020.02.12 on sale)
●品番: zel-022
●Format: CD (紙ジャケット＋クリアプラスチック特殊ジャケ)
●価格: ￥2,300＋税 distributed by Bridge Inc.
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石原洋プロフィール　
1980年代より、White Heavenのリーダーとして活動。5枚のアルバムと1枚のシングルをリリース。1998年にWhite Heaven解散後、ソロアルバム「Passivité」を経て、1999年から2008年までThe Starsで活動。2枚のアルバムと1枚のミニアルバムを発表。
The Starsでの活動と平行して、ゆらゆら帝国のサウンド・プロデューサーとして、1996年のアルバム「Are you ra?」以降、「空洞です」までのすべての作品を手掛けた。
他にもOgre You Assholeの「homely」「100年後」「ペーパークラフト」などの代表作や、boris、MANNERS、朝生愛のサウンド・プロデュース、ゆらゆら帝国、坂本慎太郎、にせんねんもんだい、バッファロー・ドーター、ENDONのリミックスなど、プロデューサー、リミキサーとしての活動でも知られる。
2020年、23年ぶりとなるソロアルバム「formula」をzelone recordsよりリリース。

About You Ishihara
Ishihara led the band, White Heaven since the 1980s and released 5 albums and a single.
In 1998, after disbanding White Heaven, he released his first solo album "Passivité".
From 1999 to 2008, he was a member of the band, The Stars, releasing 2 albums and 1 mini album.
Parallel to his activites in The Stars, he became the sound producer for the band, Yura Yura Teikoku, and worked on their 1996 record "Are you ra?" and all subsequent records up to "Hollow Me".
He has also produced albums by Ogre You Asshole, "homely", "100 years passed", and "Papercraft" and has sound produced works by boris, MANNERS, Ai Aso.
Other works include remixes of Yura Yura Teikoku, Shintaro Sakamoto, Nisennenmondai, Buffalo Daughter, and ENDON.
In 2020, zelone records will release "formula", his first record in 23 years.

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