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Exit (Shugo Tokumaru album)

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Released
  
October 17, 2007

Length
  
35:21

Artist
  
Shugo Tokumaru

Producer
  
Shugo Tokumaru

Genre
  
Indie pop

Recorded
  
2007

Exit (2007)
  
Port Entropy (2010)

Release date
  
17 October 2007

Label
  
P-Vine Records

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Port Entropy, LST, Night Piece

Exit is the third album from Japanese multi-instrumentalist Shugo Tokumaru. The album garnered universal acclaim by music critics, eventually earning the title of being tied for the sixth best album of 2008 according to Metacritic.

Contents

Background

Tokumaru plays more than fifty different instruments on the album and claims that he "drew inspiration" for its music from Japanese pop and a pile of old Beatles cassettes. Both of these were very influential music styles. He attained the album's experimental sound using everyday household objects such as a fork, ashtray, doorbell, wind-up toys; along with more traditional instruments such as acoustic guitar and wooden flutes. Most or all of the instruments were played in major key in a clipped, almost clockwork cadence. The album was mixed and recorded on his laptop, using the popular digital audio program Pro Tools.

Track listing

  1. "Parachute" - 3:04
  2. "Green Rain" - 4:53
  3. "Clocca" - 3:27
  4. "Future Umbrella" - 2:04
  5. "Button" - 4:02
  6. "Sanganichi" - 2:37
  7. "D.P.O." - 1:51
  8. "Hidamari" - 4:37
  9. "La La Radio" - 5:28
  10. "Wedding" - 3:16

Personnel

  • Yoshinobu Arima – Design
  • Michael Fusco – Design
  • Mandy Parnell – Mastering
  • Shugo Tokumaru – Audio Supervisor
  • Songs

    1Parachute3:04
    2Green Rain4:53
    3Clocca3:27

    References

    Exit (Shugo Tokumaru album) Wikipedia