The Two Of Us Akira Kosemura

• 1The Two Of Us04:49
• 2Lasting Memories03:34
• 3Empty Lake03:16
• 4Luminous05:30
• 5vi (almost equal to) ix03:44
• 6elbis.reverri04:33
• 7lanrete06:37
• 8pause (almost equal to) play04:45
• 9The Two Of Us (Instrumental)04:50
• 10Empty Lake (Instrumental)03:18
• Total Runtime44:56

Info for The Two Of Us

Pianist/composer Akira Kosemura, whose latest album was released on Decca Records in June, has been highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad, including by Pitchfork. The album is a compilation of songs written and composed in 2022 and 2023 for the fashion brand Takahiromiyashitate the Soloist. This is the first commercialisation of songs that have already been used in the brand's collections and have received rave reviews from Vogue magazine and other publications. The album also features a new attempt by using up-and-coming British SSW Clara Mann. This product will be on sale on Friday, so it will be delivered on or after the day of release.

Yui, violin
Mino Fujisaki, violin
Shiori Tanaka, viola
Manami Inoue, cello

Akira Kosemura
is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.

Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It’s on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. In 2017 and 2018 Akira’s music was ranked in Spotify’s “Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10”, and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique.

Akira’s major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers’ CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan’s debut film Mais vous etes fous (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare.

In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO’s documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L’OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart.

This album contains no booklet.