Citrus Air
Toshi & Ashley

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01. Citrus Air 
作詞: Ashley Muniz 作曲: Toshi Tsuruoka
 


“a mood arrived in the quiet hours, pulled along by pulsed winds of faint citrus…” —Citrus Air
 
Citrus Air is an immersive electronic music and poetry piece by Toshi & Ashley. Capturing “a moment of crisp warmth, calm dark,” Citrus Air brings listeners into a dreamy world where warmly unified words and gentle pulsations burst into dense luminosity and color. This piece is one of the first to be composed for the SONY 360 Reality Audio format. Headphone wearers may experience a tantalising “itch behind the ears” sensation from Citrus Air’s immersive soundscapes. This debut single will ignite the senses and imagination of those who “open heart” and let it “edge in—a strange beauty, a vast peace.”
 
“A balance between the organic and technological, the simplistic and experimentational—that is the notion we are built upon.” —Toshi & Ashley

Toshi & Ashley are a sound artist/poet duo based in Tokyo and New York. Together, they merge their curiosities toward the musical and literary; their compositions give spoken poetry a new life, interweaving visceral narratives with soundscape stories. Their artistic explorations extend beyond sonic expressions via collaborations with creative minds from exo-musical practices, such as motion graphics and artificial intelligence, to discover the endless possibilities of music, storytelling, and innovative technologies.
 

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『Citrus Air』はエレクトロニックサウンド(音)と言葉(声)から構成されるToshi & Ashley(“トシアシュ”)のデビューシングル。“爽やかな暖かさと穏やかな闇の訪れる瞬間”—「言葉(声)」の重なりと穏やかに脈打つ「音」は光と彩に満ち、清々しい仮想世界へとリスナーを導く。本作品はヘッドフォンを通じ、耳元を擽るような微かな振動をも伝える最新の立体音響技術、SONY 360 Reality Audioフォーマットで制作。開放感のある広大な音風景とともに、未知の心象世界へのイマジネーションを立ち上がらせる作品だ。
 
“有機的なものと技術的なもの、自明的なことと実験的なこと。それらを行き来する間で生まれる調和のなかに気づきがある”—Toshi & Ashley
 
Toshi & Ashley(“トシアシュ”)は東京・ニューヨークを拠点に活動するサウンドアーティスト・鶴岡利久と詩人・Ashley Munizによるエルスペリメンタル・エレクトロニック音楽バンド。「音」と「文学」への好奇心を融合させた作品は口語体の「声(詩)」に直感的な「音」を織り交ぜることで「音」、「言葉(声)」とは何かを問いかける。芸術的探究心から、音による表現にとどまらず、モーション・グラフィックス、アニメーションや物語、人工知能といった多分野の表現やテクノロジーとのコラボレーションにより「音」と「言葉(声)」による可能性を探る。
 

Citrus Air written by Ashley Muniz
 
a mood arrived in the quiet hours
pulled along by pulsed winds
of faint citrus
 
a moment of crisp warmth, calm dark
the end of empty—
where on this earth could it be found?     
 
a moving stillness
a blossoming air
a flooding remembrance
of citrus.
 
if you close your eyes
if you open heart, it will edge in—
a strange beauty, a vast peace
 
the feeling you feed is not delusion
it is not otherworldly
nor magical—
it simply is.
 
a moment of crisp warmth, calm dark
the end of empty—
where on this earth could it be found?     
 
a moving stillness
a blossoming air
a flooding remembrance
of citrus.
 
so carry an open heart
keep your soul awake
there is no need to seek, venture far
or escape
 
the mood will return 
this moment will abound 
for on this earth it could be found.