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Album of the Week 21-25 October ‐ Worldwide FM
  • Album of the Week 21-25 October

    NOAH – THIRTY [FLAU MUSIC] Worldwide FM’s album of the week is Noah‘s ‘Thirty’ out on flau music. Tokyo is everything all at once. It’s this image of Japan’s capital that Noah draws inspiration from for her latest album, Thirty. From the sweeping, mystical feel of the intro – like a portal into the world of…

    NOAH – THIRTY [FLAU MUSIC]

    Worldwide FM’s album of the week is Noah‘s ‘Thirty’ out on flau music.

    Tokyo is everything all at once. It’s this image of Japan’s capital that Noah draws inspiration from for her latest album, Thirty.

    From the sweeping, mystical feel of the intro – like a portal into the world of the city – to tracks like ‘Melting Blue’ that clank deliciously with ‘80s Hong Kong pop minimalism, Noah’s tracks also feature a mellow Chinese taste.
    Following a trip to Chinatown, Tokyo’s next-door neighbour, she noticed the bustling feel of the place, its life and its noise, and for her it became a microcosm of Tokyo: an associated image. Thirty is named for the age around which Noah was making these tracks and is a culmination of three years living in Tokyo.

    Noah is originally from the snow and ice of Hokkaido. Tokyo is another world for her, somewhere that clinks with decadent vaporwave majesty and glitz, but equally somewhere cluttered with people and their dreams. Urgency runs through Thirty, whether it’s the panic of ‘愛天使占 (lovelyghostwriter)’, the analogue electro-disco feel in ‘像自己 (xiangziji) alternative ver.’, or the rapid-fire hi-hats that typify many of the tracks, sufficiently summoning city life.

    But, like the faded neon of the past and vaporwave of inspirations, the draw to Noah’s Tokyo is idealised, both in its grit and in its glamour—take the late-night romance of ‘夢幻泡影 (mugenhouei)’, for example, or the slow, decayed collage of beats and synth in ‘風在吹 (wind blowing)’.

    With her ghostly vocals weaving their way through everything, Noah tells us the story of the Tokyo she wanted to inhabit with a diary of lo-fi, synth-soaked songs pockmarked with drum machines and all the chaos and nostalgia the city has to offer.

    Noah grew up in Hokkaido, an idyllic snowy place and Japan’s northernmost island. The environment, as it would, had a deep impact on Noah—and it’s her surroundings that inform her music to this day. Her smoke-hazed voice weaves like a phantom through her music, always varied: a product of her environment and all the years leading up to its moment of creation. Whether it’s delicate childlike piano, an R&B feel with looping beats, or the lo-fi nostalgic of vaporwave, her tracks resound with energy and beauty.
    Noah has also worked with the likes of LA-based producer SELA., Constellation’s French-Canadian producer Joni Void and British glitch extraordinaire Kidkanevil. Currently, after a stint of living in Nagoya, she resides in Tokyo.

    Tracklist:
    1. Intro
    2. 像自己
    3. 夢幻泡影
    4. 18カラット
    5. メルティン・ブルー
    6. 愛天使占
    7. シンキロウ
    8. 風在吹
    9. 像自己 alternative ver.

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