Norio // The monster which makes dawn TAPE

群馬県のネオクラシカル作家Norio aka Noriaki Okamotoが、2026年1月にイギリスのRichard Greenan主宰レーベルKit傘下SWIMSからリリースしたカセットです。

ポストロックリスナーにもおすすめのドリーミーなネオクラシカル・アンビエント〜アンビエント・フォーク13曲を収録。

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Cassette in norelco case.

Tracklist:

1. Kui 02:18
2. Kehai (feat. Satomimagae) 05:07
3. Visions 04:42
4. Plastic Bag 02:16
5. Calavera 04:39
6. Inspirations 02:42
7. Kotae 04:19
8. Blackboard 01:34
9. Pendulum 03:39
10. Kasanari 02:33
11. Enenra 01:43
12. The Storm Before the Calm 02:28
13. The Monster Which Makes Dawn (feat. Satomimagae) 04:30

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From the artist:

"About 'The monster which makes dawn'

I create documentary films. Traveling across Japan and beyond, I immerse myself in the everyday lives of different places, weaving the fragments I gather into a single story back in my hometown.

When I visit these places, I often find a gap between what I imagined and what truly exists. Distance distorts information, time keeps flowing, and information itself breeds overconfidence. Within that illusion, people mistake themselves for something exalted and dismiss what they cannot understand. That sense of dissonance has always stayed with me.

One day, I came across a story in Shigeru Mizuki’s book about a Chinese spirit called 'The monster which makes dawn'. With overwhelming power and an almost childlike innocence, this being seemed to mock my tangled thoughts, its two enormous eyes shining in the dark.

From that moment, countless stories began to form within me - and I began to give them sound."

Artist : Norio

Label : SWIMS

cat no : SWIM17

Release date : 28th November 2025