Singer: Stefano Guzzetti
Title: Japanese Notebooks
Label: Stella Recordings ‎– SR07CD
Type: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, 300 copies.
Country: Italy
Date of released: 09 Nov 2017
Category: Electronic, Classical
Style: Ambient
Size MP3 zip: 1708 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1796 mb
Rating: 4.5✭
Format: MP3 MP4 DMF MP1 MPC AAC MP3 MP2 FLAC

Tracklist

1	New Day (Tokyo)	3:51
2	ichi (Kumo)	3:00
3	Temper (Yukio Mishima)	4:51
4	Downfall (Junichiro Tanizaki)	4:05
5	ni (Matsu)	3:00
6	The Long Journey (Matsuo Basho)	5:23
7	Flock (Abe Sada)	5:27
8	san (Igoruto)	2:50
9	Clouds (Ryounkaku no tō)	4:48
10	Vanished (Yoshiharu Tsuge)	3:52
11	shi (Tōku)	2:35
12	Calm (Midori no yume)	5:06
13	Thirteen Petals (Kiku)	2:48

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Stella Recordings
• Published By – Mute Song
• Distributed By – Inpartmaint Inc. – AMIP-0119

Credits

• Artwork By – Igort
• Cello – Gianluca Pischedda
• Composed By, Producer, Mastered By – Stefano Guzzetti
• Design – Stefano Guzzetti
• Piano, Electronics – Stefano Guzzetti
• Viola – Giulia Dessy
• Violin – Simone Soro

Notes

‘Japanese Notebooks’ is Stefano Guzzetti's personal interpretation of Igort’s graphic novel bearing the same title. He started writing these tracks after meeting him and discovering his works and enchanting worlds... so this is the view of Japan through Guzzetti's music and Igort's beautiful drawings.

The music featured in this album is also the soundtrack to ‘Manga Do’, a documentary directed by Domenico Distilo about Igort’s trip to Japan in spring 2016, out in 2018 for Sciara Film Productions (www.sciara.net).

The CD edition of this album is a beautiful handmade deluxe edition featuring a four page booklet, a set of four postcards, a glass master cd, and a download code to all audio formats and the score to the string trio 'Thirteen Petals (Kiku)'. Everything is then be tied up in a thick cardboard folded sleeve which will be lined by an external obi / fascia. All the package is then sealed in original Japanese vinyl-replica-cd pvc bags. All printed images are in a lovely glossy finish.

All tracks copyright protected, all rights reserved.