[Release Announcement] "Relaxation Piano - Peaceful Soundscapes" will be released on November 3rd!!

Matsumoto Toshiaki, who has produced many hit songs such as MISIA's "Everything," has released a relaxing album that expresses his full potential as a solo pianist!

"Relaxation Piano - Peaceful Soundscapes"

DLDH-1894

This is a relaxing piano album by Toshiaki Matsumoto, a musician who has provided numerous works to artists of various genres both in Japan and abroad and is highly acclaimed for his sophisticated and powerful melodies.

While based in classical music, the melodies born from a wide range of musicality, overflowing with a pop sensibility, will gently warm and nourish your heart.

This album expresses 14 soundscapes with a soothing and nostalgic piano, interspersed with guest instruments such as cello and guitar. In today's society, where we are surrounded by a variety of "sounds," why not seek a moment of peace in this album?

At the end of the story woven by the piano, you will arrive at your own "soundscape of relaxation"...

Matsumoto
Toshiaki Matsumoto
Composer/Pianist/Music Producer
A composer, pianist, and music producer who is attracting attention not only in Japan but also in the global music industry.

As a composer, his collaboration with MISIA has garnered attention, with "Wasurenai Hibi," "Everything," and "Hatenaku Tsuzuku Story" all becoming huge hits. Among these, "Everything," which was used as the theme song for a TV drama, sold over 2 million copies and won him the Gold Award from the JASRAC (Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers) in 2002.

Since then, she has received high praise for her songs such as AI's "One" and Crystal Kay x CHEMISTRY's "Two As One," as well as Yurika Oyama's "Hikari Mono" (theme song for the NHK-BS program "Tomohiro Sekiguchi's Great China Railway Journey") and Nao Matsushita's "Moonshine - Tsuki no Akari" (theme song for the animated film "Forest of Piano"). In 2010, JUJU's "Kono Yoru wo Tometeyo" (Stop This Night) reached number one on the full ringtone chart and won the Record of the Year Award for Excellence. It became a hot topic as the "most tear-jerking song" of the year.

As a pianist, he released "Pianoia I" in 2004, "Pianoia II" in 2006, the final part of the trilogy "Pianoia" in 2009, "Staff Paper and Blank Map" in 2011, and "DEJAVU ~Someday, Somewhere~" in 2014. In March 2017, he released "Baku-kun's Dream Seeds" (a musical picture book with a CD), a collaboration with picture book author Satoshi Iriyama.


Recording time: Approximately 61 minutes
Price: ¥1,800 (excluding tax)
Product number: DLDH-1894
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