SHIN SASAKUBO / 笹久保伸 / CHICHIBU / レコード

笹久保伸の2021年大ヒット作『CHICHIBU』が STUDIO MULE より待望のリプレス! アンデスをはじめとするフォルクローレ・ギターの伝統に、映画監督、写真家、美術家など多彩な活動を続ける笹久保ならではの感性が同居。そんな笹久保のオリジナリティあふれる世界観に共鳴するアーティストとのコラボレーションが実現したのが本作だ。ジョアナ・ケイロスやアントニオ・ロウレイロといった現代ブラジルを代表する気鋭器楽奏者とのコラボレーションはもちろん、圧巻はA1に収録された18分超にも及ぶサム・ゲンデルとの共演か。2021年に限定プレスされたレコードは即完売していただけに、今回のリイシューは嬉しい限りだ。

After a small nap, Tokyo’s finest Studio Mule is back on the scene, bringing the world some deeply composed guitar music from Japan, crafted by Shin Sasakubo.

Since almost 20 years the guitarist is specialized in classic and contemporary Andean and Peruvian music. a knowledge that he deepened through a three-year stint in Peru between 2004 and 2007.

During his time in Latin America, he played live in Argentina, Chile, or Bolivia and researched in the works of Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist José María Ar-Guedas, as Shin Sasakubo’s take on art is not one-dimensional.

He also loves movies, painting, photography, writing, and theater - artforms that con-stantly influence his music on many different layers. since his return to his hometown Chichibu City in the japanese Saitama Prefecture, he launched the "Chichibu Avant-Garde School”, a college that looks through art and lectures on the Chichibu region, and his en-vironmental and folkloristic history.

As sincerely driven composer, he released three guitar leaning albums in the past ten years. his latest sensation “Chichibu”, originally only released in Japan, now travels the globe via Studio Mule, making his fantastique listening voyage available for all those souls that seek joy through the sound of guitar strings.