SHIGETO // Cherry Blossom Baby LP

アメリカ・デトロイトのポップ作家SHIGETOが、2024年10月に同国老舗インディーレーベルGhostly Internationalからリリースしたレコードです。

インディーポップ〜コンテンポラリーR&B10曲を収録。

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12" black vinyl.

Tracklist:

1. Dial In (Intro)
2. Ready. Set. Flex. (feat. Zelooperz and Ian Maciak) 03:59
3. Runnup On'm (feat. Cleveland Thrasher and Ahya Simone)
4. Nothing Simple (feat. Tammy Lakkis and Cleveland Thrasher)
5. The Punch! (feat. KESSWA) 05:28
6. Let’s Talk (feat. KESSWA and Ahya Simone)
7. Can’t Keep Up (feat. KESSWA) 04:44
8. BookaMagick (feat. Cleveland Thrasher)
9. Pressure (feat. KESSWA and The Josh Craig)
10. Honey High and Blue (feat. KESSWA)

Text excerpt by Ghostly International:

"Cherry Blossom Baby, Shigeto's first full-length statement since 2017, sprouts out from a collective thaw, ambitious, collaborative, and fully realized. The Detroit-based, Japanese-American musician, DJ, Portage Garage Sounds label co-founder, and longtime Ghostly International artist embraces the role of producer and composer. Bold and cultivated with intention, the band-built sound honors traditions in electronic, jazz, R&B, and hip-hop, a fusion that's become his signature, now more vibrant than ever. Zach Saginaw and a group of guests and players present a snapshot in time, a celebration of self-love and an expression of vitality distinctly rooted in Detroit and informed by his family’s cultural history. "I am a cherry blossom baby," he says. "We all are cherry blossom babies, we all are resilient, we all are growing, we all will continue to."

Heritage has been at the heart of Saginaw's recording project from the start; his middle name is Shigeto, a name passed down from his great grandfather, which means "to grow" — it was apt given his premature birth weight of less than a pound, and remains fitting for the evolution of his artistry, now nearly 15 years since he signed to Ghostly. On Lineage (GI-148, 2012), Saginaw grappled with an ancestral story; the artwork contrasted photos taken of his great-grandfather's home in Hiroshima in 1916 and later at the Amache Internment Camp in Grenada, Colorado, where he and his family were sent during the Second World War. The line continues through Cherry Blossom Baby, which finds Saginaw drawing inspiration from the cherry trees that bloom every spring at Hiroshima, an enduring image of hope, resilience, and renewal.

Saginaw's been searching, a simmering introspection that surfaced in recent years as nightlife paused and he began to question the idea of Shigeto, the performer and Michigan fixture. "My identity is always something I've struggled with, not being really considered Japanese, not being considered white. I think Shigeto was a way for me to have this identity, to create one for myself that I can latch onto, and it suddenly didn't exist anymore." The realization pushed him to work on himself, to come back to his craft and his community, laying the groundwork for a record that rises from the figurative ashes anew..."

Artist : SHIGETO

Label : Ghostly International

CAT No : GI420lp