MUSIC | Kaoru Inoue's highly anticipated second album, "SACRED DAYS," released August 4th

Kaoru Inoue's Highly Anticipated Second Album, His First in Five Years

Album "SACRED DAYS" Released August 4

Five years have passed since Kaoru Inoue's debut album "The Dancer," which focused on dance music. Now, his second album "SACRED DAYS," a vibrant work befitting an artist who continues to reign at the top of Japan's club music scene and evolve, is set for release on August 4. This is an original creation that sublimates world music, jazz, and more.

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First Press Limited Edition Includes a Two-Disc Digipak with a Live Disc Featuring a PC Live Set

Kaoru Inoue began his career under the name chari chari in the 90s, and his 2002 release "Aurora" became a global hit. He then released the album "The Dancer" in 2005.

The album "SACRED DAYS" features tracks such as "The Invisible Eclipse feat. Jebski," an elegant and beautiful house music track released in June as the second pre-release single, featuring Jebski; "Happenings," a memorable track with a catchy Spanish guitar phrase that garnered attention upon its release as a pre-promotion; and the floor-friendly minimal tech track "Ground Rhythm." The album skillfully blends ethnic music essences into Tech House.

Incorporating the organic and spiritual musical essences of his roots, these 11 tracks, sublimated into new dance music, will serve as a guidepost for dance music in the 2010s.

The album artwork, like that of "The Dancer," was handled by designer IPPI, who is active in creating numerous CD jacket and flyer designs, as well as graphic design for the apparel brand "is-ness." The music video for the lead track "The Invisible Eclipse" was created by visual artist Haruka Sakota, known for her work with ROVO's visuals and Floatribe, which is also a topic of discussion.

Kaoru Inoue
DJ / Producer. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Currently active based at his regular party "groundrhythm" @ AIR, where his DJ style, spun from a unique stance and aesthetic sense, is highly praised, and "FLOATRIBE" @ UNIT, co-hosted with Kentaro Iwashiro.
His collaboration with Daisuke Kojima, "Aurora," has been renamed "Aurora Acoustics," and their minimal guitar duo style has been well-received, leading to live performances in various venues.

Kaoru Inoue
SACRED DAYS
SAGCD020 / 2,625 yen
01. Musubi
02. The Invisible Eclipse feat. Jebski
03. Happenings
04. Ground Rhythm
05. The Sun Goddess feat. TeN
06. Ancient Future Beings In The Place
07. Celestial Dust
08. Tokyo Diver feat. Sinsuke Fujieda
09. Kamui Fuchi feat. D.G (Lovelight)
10. Sacred Days
11. She Was In Ecstasies
Written & Produced by Kaoru Inoue

New Album Release Party
groundrhythm Kaoru Inoue's New Album "Sacred Days" Release Party
Venue｜AIR
Date｜2010. 08.07 (Sat)
Open｜22:00
Charge｜Door 3,000 yen W/F 2,500 yen AIR MEMBERS 2,500 yen
Live｜Kaoru Inoue (seeds and ground) + Sinsuke Fujieda (sax)
DJS｜
Kaoru Inoue(seeds and ground)
PSYCHEDELIC BUS aka HIROKI MURAI
and more...
VJ｜Sakota Haruka
more information
http://www.air-tokyo.com/

DJ Schedule
August
13th Apollo1026 (Okayama)
20th Night Time Pool @ Hotel New Otani
http://www.newotani.co.jp/tokyo/summer/nightpool/index.html
21st Mother @ ageHa (water bar) http://www.ageha.com/
28th Duckbill (Kagoshima) http://duckbill-live.com/

September

3rd Double (Kanazawa)
http://www.w-double.info/home.html
11th Eccentrip Journey Open Air Party 2010 (Hamamatsu)
http://www.eccentripjourney.com/
17th The Beach @ Microcosmos
http://www.microcosmos-tokyo.com/
18th Kieth Flack (Fukuoka)
http://www.kiethflack.net/
19th Megahertz (Kokura)
http://www.megahertz.jp/
25th Akita
26th ShinKooeN Fes 2010 (Chigasaki)
http://ameblo.jp/nakameguro-solfa/

October
2nd groundrhythm @ AIR
http://www.air-tokyo.com/

more information
http://www.seedsandground.com/