Hasegawa Hakushi’s pre-release single “Itchitta” has been released from his new album “Magic School”, which will be released on Wednesday, July 24th.
“Ichichatta” is a powerful song that is worthy of being the opening song of the album. The music video was created by Jamaican video creator Gauspel, just like the first single “Boys Texture”.
Hasegawa Hakushi signed with Flying Lotus’ label Brainfeeder in July last year. His first album since moving to the label, Magic School, is his second in about four years and eight months. It includes 12 songs, including “Kuchi no Hanabi” (Hanabi with the mouth), which features jazz bassist Sam Wilkes, who is also known for his collaborations with Louis Cole and Sam Gendel, “Yitte Shimatta” (It’s Gone), a collaboration with KID FRESINO, a self-cover of “Tsubomi ni Kaminari” (Lightning in a bud), and “Kyoufu no Hoshi” (Star of Fear), which features horn arrangements by Hasama Miho.
[Comment from Hasegawa Hakushi]
This is the most chaotic, the most unclear, and already the most contradictory song on the album, or of my work to date. I hope that this song will continue to hang in the air, just like the video Gauspel made for it — to be a celebration of non-commitment and resignation. I’m happy to start the album with this song.
【release information】
Hasegawa Hakushi “Magic School”
Release Date: 2024.07.24 (Wed.)*
Label: Brainfeeder / Beat Records
Tracklist:
01. Gone
02. Gone / Hasegawa Hakushi & KID FRESINO
03. Mouth Fireworks
04. Retraction
05. Thunder in the bud
06. Star of Terror
07. Sleeping
08. Taboo
09. Magic Inter (v2)
10. Boy’s Texture
11. Burning
12. Outside
(Participating Artists)
KID FRESINO: Rap
Sam Wilkes: Bass
Miho Hasama: Horn Arrange
Masago sunny place: Trumpet
Ryo Konishi: Alto Sax
Tomoaki Baba: Tenor Sax
Shuta Nishida: Guitar
The Anticipation Illicit Tsuboi: Mix
Masashi Uramoto: Mix
DOI:Mix
ZAK: Mix
Randy Merrill: Mastering
Stuart Hawkes: Mastering
Heba Kadry: Mastering
*Digital, CD
*LP: Released Friday, August 9, 2024
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