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HARUKA NAKAMURA, JANIS CRUNCH, ASPIDISTRAFLY – Live at Waseda Scott Hall 25th December
Following 2010′s Kitchen. Label showcase at sonorium, we are pleased to announce 2011′s edition entitled 【12月のカーテンコール】will be held on Christmas Day at Waseda Scott Hall. Performing live will be haruka nakamura (strings ensemble), Janis Crunch and ASPIDISTRAFLY, who will be presenting their new works in the forthcoming double release “12 & 1 song” and “A [...]
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Nº 7 ASPIDISTRAFLY / A LITTLE FABLE – Release 15th December
We are pleased to announce the upcoming new album A LITTLE FABLE by ASPIDISTRAFLY, their 2nd full length album since “i hold a wish for you” in 2008. In the autumn/winter of 2010, Singapore-based April Lee and Ricks Ang of ASPIDISTRAFLY (also founders of Kitchen. Label) embarked on the recording of their second album A [...]
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Nº 8 JANIS CRUNCH & HARUKA NAKAMURA / 12 & 1 SONG – Release 15th December
Kitchen. Label is proud to present “12 & 1 song”, a collaboration album between haruka nakamura and long-time musical partner Janis Crunch. Ever since the highly successful release of haruka nakamura’s albums “grace” and “twilight”, the duo had fostered an important creative partnership that arguably sparked off several popular classics of their time, with songs [...]
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Nº 6 FJORDNE – CHARLES RENDITION
“The reason never lies in oneself. The others do. Its just a matter of reception, not emission.” Following 2009’s critically acclaimed ‘The Setting Sun”, FJORDNE (aka Shunichiro Fujimoto) releases his second album on Kitchen. Label entitled “Charles Rendition”. The lyricism of that earlier album, and stories of tragedy and social decline are intact but further [...]
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Nº 5 IRONOMI – SKETCH
“On a summer’s day, there was an artist sketching the chorus of insects, sketching them using his sense of hearing, adding various colors to a white canvas” ironomi’s delicate field recordings capture the tangible atmosphere of a specific time and place. “sketch” is a live improvisation recorded in the summer of 2007 in a very [...]
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Nº 4 HARUKA NAKAMURA – TWILIGHT
“From the car window, view of streetlamps from atop the hill, like the lighthouse keeper feeding the bonfire with firewood.” An emerging talent on the Japanese ambient/electro-acoustic music scene, haruka nakamura’s second solo outing refines the lyrical, pastoral imagery that inspired his first album “grace”. Recorded in a studio overlooking the ocean as a [...]
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Janis Crunch & haruka
nakamura 12 & 1 SONGCD + Box Set / Digital
December 15, 2011 -
ASPIDISTRAFLY
A LITTLE FABLECD + Artbook / Digital
December 15, 2011 -
FJORDNE
Charles RenditionCD / Digital
July 15, 2011
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- KITCHEN. LABEL 2011 Showcase at Waseda Scott Hall 25th December
KITCHEN. LABEL A/W 2011 Showcase【12月のカーテンコール】will be held on Christmas Day at Waseda Scott Hall. Performing live will be haruka nakamura (strings ensemble), Janis Crunch and ASPIDISTRAFLY. Tickets now on sale! —Read more - NEW RELEASE – Nº 7 ASPIDISTRAFLY / A LITTLE FABLE
We are pleased to announce the upcoming new album A LITTLE FABLE by ASPIDISTRAFLY, their 2nd full length album since “i hold a wish for you” in 2008. —Read more - NEW RELEASE – Nº 8 Janis Crunch & haruka nakamaura / 12 & 1 song
Kitchen. Label is proud to present “12 & 1 song”, a collaboration album between haruka nakamura and long-time musical partner Janis Crunch. —Read more - FJORDNE interview on Tokafi (Germany)
FJORDNE shares his thoughts on the making of his latest work “Charles Rendition” and his vision of Jazz. Extensive interview now up on Tokafi. —Read more - FJORDNE live at Fujigaoka Church (Tokyo) 12th November
FJORDNE will be performing at Fujigaoka Church on 12th November as part of the Greg Haines (Miasmah, Sonic Pieces) Japan tour. Other guests also includes Chihei Hatakeyama. —Read more - FJORDNE “Charles Rendition” reviewed at Textura
“There’s a level of care and commitment to craft that sets Kitchen. releases apart from the competition, and this FJORDNE release is no exception.” – Some good words from Textura for FJORDNE “Charles Rendition”. —Read more - haruka nakamura live at Teshima Art Museum 15th October
haruka nakamura will be performing at the Teshima Art Museum on 15th Oct. Over looking the inland sea, the concert will be performed during sunset at the Ryue Nishizawa designed site. This is a Benesse Artsite Naoshima curated event. —Read more
ASPIDISTRAFLY – LANDSCAPE WITH A FAIRY【Official Video】
KI-008「12 & 1 song」by Janis Crunch & haruka nakamura.
haruka nakamura x evam eva 「音楽のある風景」.
haruka nakamura live at support surface SS2012 collection.
FJORDNE – constellation (live at sonorium hall, Tokyo)
FULL TRACK PREVIEW : FJORDNE – awakening (KI-006 Charles Rendition) on Soundcloud
haruka nakamura – harmonie du soir【Official Video】
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