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1.	Kanna 02:45	buy track
2.	Shungo 02:36	buy track
3.	Asumi 02:16	buy track
4.	Kaede 02:21	buy track
5.	Isuke 00:27	buy track
6.	Chiharu 02:32	buy track
7.	Tenma 02:36	buy track
8.	Momo 02:47	buy track
9.	Yuuki 02:27	buy track
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"Everyone speak god language before learning human language..."
-Yoshimi (Boredoms, OOIOO)

In 2005, Amorfon released "Kindermusik: Improvised Music by Babies" (amorfon005), a compilation album of performances by babies less than 18 months old. This album idea came from an interest in looking deeper at improvisational performance, asking what is a performance that is unconscious and free of artifice. Listening deeply to these tracks by the 10 babies, performing with various instruments, it made me very aware of my inability to decode and analyze what I was hearing. This album, "Baby Rap: Voice Performance by Babies", is an album focused on the 'voice' of babies. In my desire for a raw recording of 'words before words'\before the learning of language, volume, timbre and speech intervals\I once again used single takes without editing. Most music has its genesis in vocal music. Vocal timbre, intonation, the melodies and rhythms that further emphasize intonation; this is the backbone of music. Using the lungs, mouth cavity, and the muscles that support them, babies are already producing a myriad of sounds. The tracks on this album are like the sea of (Tarkovsky's) Solaris. When facing them earnestly, your way of connecting to sound is revealed. It may be possible to argue whether sound that is not performed for particular listeners is 'performance'. But with these recorded tracks, 'how to listen' and 'what you can hear' become the larger questions. With explanation text by Yoshimi (Boredoms, OOIOO).

「誰もが言葉を覚えていく前までは神語を話していたんだなー。」YOSHIMI (ボアダムス、OOIOO)

2005年、世界初の赤ちゃんだけによる即興演奏コンピ「Kindermusik」(amorfon005)がリリースされ話題を呼んだが、今回は、言葉を話しだす前、1歳半までの赤ちゃん14人によるヴォイスパフォーマンスのコンピ。前回に引き続き、どれも編集なし一発録りのフィールドレコーディング的録音。
人間は、1.5~3歳ほどの年齢で言葉を習得し、概念と事物を「言葉」という音記号で結びつけ、コミュニケーションのツールとするようになる。言葉はそれぞれ特有の韻とアクセントを持ち合わせている。その地域の人の口の構造、文化、歴史などの集積が言葉という音に現れているのだ。今回の試みは、泣くだけではなく、何か特徴的な音を発音しだしたばかりの、でも、まだ言葉になっていない声を音楽として聴いてみようというもの。
60-70年代アメリカで産声を上げたラップによる音楽形式は、瞬く間に音楽世界を席巻し、今やどの言語の音楽の中にもこのスタイルを聴くことができる。独自世界を唄う赤ちゃんを「赤ちゃんラッパー」としてとらえてみると、様々な個性が浮き彫りになる。スクリーミング系、つぶやき系、ハッピー系、ミニマル系、癒し系、、、バックトラックがないので、リズムも自由、唄いたい時だけ唄う、真の音楽アナーキストたち。赤ちゃんや幼児に聴かせると、不思議と反応するという報告もあります。YOSHIMI (ボアダムス、OOIOO)の楽しい曲解説とともに、是非、耳を傾けてみて下さい。

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released May 5, 2013

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Amorfon Tokyo, Japan

Amorfon is a borderless/experimental music label founded by a Japanese composer / Steelpan player Yoshio Machida in 2004 in Tokyo. Our aim is cross cultural synergy.

アモルフォンは、2004年に美術家／音楽家、スティールパン奏者町田良夫が設立したボーダーレスな音楽レーベルです。"cross cultural synergy" (異文化間の相乗効果)をテーマに、実験音楽 - 音響系 - エレクトロニカ - ポストロック - ワールド - 現代音楽などのジャンルにまたがる、またはジャンルにあてはめることができないような音楽をフォーカスしています。 ... more

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