AWA, a subscription-based music streaming service operated by AWA Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Akimi Togashi), has released a playlist of songs themed around “Still Water” by Ovall, a trio band consisting of Shingo Suzuki, mabanua, and Shingo Sekiguchi.
The playlist released this time was created to commemorate the release of the 4th album “Still Water”, and the songs are selected with the theme of “Still Water”. It is filled with relaxing and chill songs to upbeat songs such as Billie Eilish’s “BLUE”, which is full of floating feeling like you are underwater, HONNE’s “Songs In My Head”, which is about writing songs while sleeping, and Night Tapes’ “loner”, which has a clear voice and a melody that gets more exciting towards the end. In addition, the playlist includes songs that Ovall has released so far, songs by artists he is closely related to, and songs released as a solo artist. Please enjoy the new album and playlist that allows you to experience “Ovall in the present”.
■『Selected by Ovall：Still Water Playlist』
01. Sexy to Someone / Clairo
02. Cubism / Ovall
03. Songs In My Head / HONNE
04. BLUE / Billie Eilish
05. Hero / Charlie Puth
06. Find you in the dark feat. Nenashi / Ovall
07. loner / Night Tapes
08. Run Your Mouth / The Marías
09. Shotput / Still Woozy
10. why don’t we go / UMI
11. Free / Joel Culpepper
12. Transcend feat. Armi (Up Dharma Down) / Ovall
13. Sleeper / BADBADNOTGOOD/Charlotte Day Wilson
14. Cure / Moonchild
15. Southern Street / Shingo Sekiguchi
16. My Love Mine All Mine / Mitski
17. STRINGS (feat. JVKE & Bazzi) / MAX
18. Sleep Well / d4vd
19. Slow Motion Town / Ovall
20. Touching Yourself / The Japanese House
▼Playlist URL
https://mf.awa.fm/4bt8He3
■Ovall
A trio band consisting of Shingo Suzuki, mabanua, and Sekiguchi Shingo.
A multi-player group in which all members are also active as solo artists, musicians, and producers. Since 2006, the current members have been working in earnest, and to this day, they have maintained an attitude of placing musicianship above genre. They place jazz, soul, hip-hop, and rock on the same level, seamlessly moving back and forth between live performance and sampling, and throwing sounds into an oval groove. Their innovative style and unique sound gradually attracted the times, and they were inundated with requests for production and collaboration from domestic and international filmmakers, film directors, and various artists. Each member became more active in solo activities, but their busy schedules became a double-edged sword, and in 2013 they suspended their band activities and began to pursue their own expressions. However, there was constant demand for “an ensemble unique to these three people,” and the members responded to that desire, and after four years, they restarted in 2017. Immediately after, they performed at large domestic festivals such as “FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL”, collaborated with artists from all over the world, and performed live tours overseas.
Each member brings to the table the skills and know-how they have acquired through their solo activities, and the band continues to roll along in an elliptical pattern today.
■App Overview
AWA is a subscription-based music streaming service provided by AWA Inc., a joint venture between CyberAgent Inc. and Avex Fan Marketing Inc. The service was launched in May 2015 and offers 150 million songs and approximately 13 million playlists created by celebrities and users. In addition to the Standard Plan, which offers full access to all features for a monthly fee of 980 yen (tax included), the Free Plan, which offers all features free of charge except for offline playback, the Student Plan, which is available for junior high school students and above for a monthly fee of 480 yen (tax included), and the Artist Plan, which allows unlimited listening to selected artists for a monthly fee of 270 yen (tax included). AWA is compatible with a variety of devices, including smartphones, PCs, TVs, car navigation systems, wearable devices, and smart speakers. Since its launch, the service has expanded to include a variety of plans and features to meet the needs of users and their viewing environments, such as “LYRIC DIVE,” a feature that beautifully animates lyrics in real time to match the music, and “LOUNGE,” an online space where users can enjoy the same music in the same space in real time with live audio streaming and gifting features, and has grown into one of Japan’s largest music streaming services.
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■URL
AWA:https://awa.fm/
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■Company Profile
Company name: AWA Co., Ltd. (pronounced: awa)
Address: Sumitomo Real Estate Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Akimi Togashi, CEO
Business description: Music streaming services, etc.
Established: December 1, 2014
■ Contact Information
AWA Public Relations: press@awa.fm
