One of four albums released in 2013, 「健忘症」 (Kenboushou) returns to digital services on Oct. 27, 2023, remixed and remastered.
The albums preceding 「健忘症」 mostly consisted of music written in the 1980s and 1990s, but 「健忘症」 had nothing but newly-written material at the time of its initial release.
But the excitement of showcasing new songs resulted in a rushed album with a subpar mix. So Eponymous 4 went back to the original tracks and gave them thorough renovation. While the source material stayed the same, the new mixes inject a sense of energy missing in the original release.
Pre-order for the digital download is available on Bandcamp.
The debut EP from Eponymous 4 gets reimagined by Service Pack Three, a new Observant Records project. Eponymous 4 originally released enigmatics in 2008 and reissued it in 2013. More than 15 years later, this five-track EP exploring electronic and new age music gets a makeover.
“enigmatics II” is the first single to emerge from this remix project. The double A-side single features the Upgrade Mix by Service Pack Three and the Update Mix by Eponymous 4. The single arrives on Bandcamp and streaming services in August 2023.
Originally released in 2015, 「今」 (Ima) coupled a track from the album 「健忘症」 (Kenboushou) with a pair of newer songs. The 3-track maxi single gets a reissue on June 20, 2023.
The three tracks have been newly remixed and remastered, with one song (“Long-Distance Lover”) getting a revised arrangement.
Pre-order for the digital download is now available on Bandcamp.
Another remixed and remastered track from the album 「健忘症」 (Kenboushou) arrives to digital services on May 26, 2023.
「高速」 (Kousoku) is loosely inspired by the NOVA television special based on physicist Brian Greene’s book The Elegant Universe. The lyrics take a basic understanding of theoretical physics and asks how it can affect destiny, all set to a pair of guitars and a New Wave beat.
The single precedes the reissue of 「健忘症」, slated for a fall 2023 release.
Penzias and Wilson releases a new single titled “Sonata Agita” on March 31, two years after its split debut with Empty Ensemble.
“Sonata Agita” takes on one of the most difficult modes in Western music: Locrian. Loosely based on the classical sonata form, the song straddles the recent and distant pasts with prepared pianos and electronic dance beats.
Eponymous 4 announced the release of a new single, “What I Deserve”, on Oct. 28, 2022. The single kicks off a reissue campaign in which Eponymous 4’s first four albums get a sonic overhaul.
“What I Deserve” appears on the album 健忘症 (Kenboushou). which will be the first album to be released in this campaign. The album is expected to arrive in late summer 2023.
Empty Ensemble returns with a new single on August 26, 2022 titled “Fanfare for Whatever (Orchestral Song No. 1)”.
The three-minute piece for virtual orchestra kicks off a new project named Orchestral Songs, which aims to adapt the form factors prevalent in popular music to classical music. The result is simply a record album, but one with scope of a unified, large-scale orchestral work.
Visit the Empty Ensemble site for more information on the new single.
Observant Records has made back catalog and exclusive releases of all artists on the label available to Bandcamp subscribers for just $12 per year. That’s $1 per month!
Yes, the full catalog of Eponymous 4, Empty Ensemble and now Penzias and Wilson can be accessed for the price of one album. And more exclusive releases are coming from all our artists.
The current subscription program for Eponymous 4 will end on May 1, and the Empty Ensemble subscription program has already been transferred to the label program.
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