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Kantos

by Kishi Bashi

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christine ngo this album is so incredible and so full of love. it got me through a tough time in my family life and reminded me of hope. thank you for making and sharing this music Favorite track: Late Night Comic.
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Fludesh magnifique album, toutes les chansons apportent quelque chose d'unique, en restant complémentaires! Favorite track: Tokyo Love Story (Love Story Wa Totsuzen Ni).
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jpdunphy Already becoming a favorite. Favorite track: Icarus IV.
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Rule Kishi getting cheeky disco, wonderful Favorite track: Lilliputian Chop.
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bluntlicious very beautiful songs, can't wait for the full release Favorite track: Late Night Comic.
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No idea, but perhaps the expected response is "anticipation".
But thank you for asking!
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1.
Violin Akai 01:13
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2.
Chiba Funk 04:09
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3.
Late Night Comic 03:53
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4.
Colorful State 03:53
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5.
Escape from Knossos 01:47
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6.
Icarus IV 04:17
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7.
Hollywood Intermission 00:30
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8.
Lilliputian Chop 03:37
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9.
Analógico Brasil 04:22
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10.
Make Believe 04:20
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11.
Call It Off 03:30
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12.
Tokyo Love Story (Love Story Wa Totsuzen Ni) 04:12
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about

The latest full-length from Kishi Bashi, Kantos is a work of exquisite duality: a party album about the possible end of humanity as we know it, at turns deeply unsettling and sublimely joyful. In a sonic departure from the symphonic folk of his critically lauded 2019 LP Omoiyari—a career-defining body of work born from his intensive meditation on the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II—the Seattle-born singer/songwriter/producer’s fifth studio album encompasses everything from Brazilian jazz and ’70s funk to orchestral rock and city pop (a Japanese genre that peaked in the mid-’80s). Informed by an equally kaleidoscopic mix of inspirations—the cult-classic sci-fi novel series Hyperion Cantos, the writings of 18th century enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant, a revelatory trip to ancient ruins on the island of Crete—Kantos ultimately serves as an unbridled exaltation of the human spirit and all its wild complexities.

credits

released August 23, 2024

Kishi Bashi - Vocals, Violin, Guitar, Keyboards, Additional Instruments
Fraser Blanchflower - Electric Guitar, Piano, Background Vocals
Quinn Humphreys - Rickenbacker and Fender Bass*, Background Vocals
James Clark - Drums, Background Vocals, Commentary on Lilliputian Chop

Emily Hope Price - Cello on Violin Akai, Icarus IV, and Call It Off
Sola Ishibashi - Vocals on Icarus IV
Garbiel Rodriguez - Percussion on Analógico Brasil and Tokyo Love Story
Graham Richards - Electric Piano on Analógico Brasil and Tokyo Love Story
Zorina Andall - Vocals on Lilliputian Chop
Augie Bello - Alto and Tenor Sax on Lilliputian Chop
Pip The Pansy - Flute and Vocals on Analógico Brasil
Mike Savino - Banjola on Call It Off
*Kellen Harrison - Bass on Analógico Brasil
Linqua Franqa - Vocals on Make Believe
Mark B - Hammond Organ on Violin Akai

Produced by Kishi Bashi
Mixed by Tucan
Mastered by Greg Calbi / Steve Falcone for Sterling Sound
Live band recorded by Drew Vandenberg at Chase Park Transduction Athens, GA
Everything else recorded at Home Studios
Sequenced by Karl Hofstetter

All Songs by Kishi Bashi (Kizmoda Music Inc/ASCAP).
©/℗ 2024 Kishi Bashi & Joyful Noise Recordings
Except...
Liliputian Chop Kishi Bashi (Kizmoda Music Inc/ASCAP)
and Augie Bello (ASCAP).
Make Believe by Kishi Bashi (Kizmoda Music Inc/ASCAP)
and Mariah Parker (ASCAP).
Tokyo Love Story (Love Story Wa Totsuzen Ni) by Kazumasa Oda.

Origami and Photography by Kishi Bashi
“Icarus” designed by Takashi HOJYO (© 2001)

Design and Layout by Jerrod Landon Porter at iheartjlp.com

Thank you Kimberly for helping me to dream and to become the man I’d always wanted to be. I love you so much. Thanks to Quinn, Fraser, and James for bringing that Big Lad Energy into this house. Big ups to Drew for capturing that said energy, and to Tucan for mixing it up. Sola, your beautiful singing on Icarus brought me so much joy. Karl, you will always be my “sequence guru” with that tough critical love. Thanks to Mike and Emily for feeding my soul with kindness and joy. Thanks Tom, Shannen, and Emilio for keeping the ship afloat! お父さんお母さんいつも応援してくれてありがとう。Thank you team Omoiyari for that adventure and the personal growth that came with it. JLP, you’re an inspiration and you really knocked it out of the park with these 家紋! 敦子さん日本語の歌詞ありがとう！Thank you again to all of you for following me on this never ending story, and if you’re new here, then welcome to the family! - Kishi Bashi

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Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym for violin virtuoso K Ishibashi.

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