Credits:

Kasumi Watanabe

Description:

The world’s first full band composition with 25-string koto as the main instrument! The work is a series of challenges, and is full of performances and arrangements that push the limits of the koto. 192KHz/32bit high-resolution recording. 4 years in 2023, the band completed a nationwide tour of 47 prefectures. When we presented the songs accompanied by the band at the commemorative LIVE to celebrate this achievement, we received many kind words from people who said, “It would be a waste to do it only once,” and “We want you to make a CD, too. So, for the first time in three years, we decided to make a new CD in the series, “Koto,” with a 25-string koto as the main instrument, a world first. The previous CD, “Corona Disaster,” had the theme of healing and enriching the stay home, but this time, we wanted to deliver power. There has never been a band with koto as the main instrument. This is b