1981, he has always been a popular singer. But in1993, he suddenly stopped his work as a singer; he expresses it as ' freezing
' He was distressed by the gap between the reality of music business and what he really wanted to do as a musician. After that, he was working as a producer. However, when the January 1995 quake occurred, He visited Kobe, and realized that there are people who are saved by his song- that was one of the backgrounds he decided to resume his performance. In1998
thawing
'.
The theme of the album is 'time'. "One second is short, but when I close my eyes, it's longer than forever" (Tokei[ clock
]) "I'm not calling you tonight, so find time for yourself"(Nanimonai yoru[ night without anything special
]) ... The album starts with an instrumental tune ' Time Tunnel
It's followed by a funky song ' Lunafairymiena
'. ' Kazeno ayagu
' ( in the wind variegated in color
) is written and performed with Satoru Shimoji
Incarnatio
' in 2002. ' Houkaino zenjitsu
' ( the day before the collapse
) is dedicated to the people who perished in the earthquake in 1995. At the concert, he said that the real theme was death.
Some people might wonder why I didn't place this album of Kadomatsu first although this was the first album released after 'thawing'. Of course, " The gentle sex
" (See Feb. 15, 2007)
was the easiest to introduce. -But not only that. It was just one year ago- When I heard the news that Tomohito Aoki
, the bassist who had always worked together with Kadomatsu, departed from his life with acute heart failure on his 49th birthday, the first thing I thought was: "Then, I could have members' autographs at the concert of Four of a Kind, and it turned out to be a keepsake from him as a result..." -I was rather calm -or paralyzed. But a few days later, when I was listening to ' Realize
' in this album- "Sometimes I suddenly become unable to see someone whom I think I can see anytime..." I was struck by a sudden shock. Since then, I put it under seal for more than half year.