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Although the days are still chilly, the frogs have started to sing and spring is slowly approaching. It was a relief to be able to sing with the birds again after such a long time.
Marginalia #195
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Happy birthday.
Marginalia #194
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Music Journey Vol. 2
Masakatsu Takagi "A Time to Sing"
CD 2025 April 30th
LP 2025 October 1
01 Kito Kito with Hana Hope
02 Tanana with Clementine
03 Tanememi with Saho Terao
04 Cradle of Myriad Stars with Ann Sally
05 Marginalia Song with Manami Kakudo
06 Birthplace of Kife with Saho Terao
07 Le garcon et la bete with Clementine
08 Free the Wind with Ann Sally
09 Mother's Song with Hana Hope
10 Rainy Steps with Saho Terao
11 Cosmos with Clementine
12 Home after Rain with Ann Sally
13 Shukusai with Manami Kakudo
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Music Journey at Billboard Live
Masakatsu Takagi "A Time to Sing"
2025 May 17th (sat.) Billboard Live Osaka
1st stage open 15:00 start 16:00 /
2nd stage open 18:00 start 19:00
Masakatsu Takagi（Pf）
Yoko Kumazawa（Vn）
Taro Kishimoto（Fl etc.）
Naoko Sato（Perc）
Jyoji Sawada（Ba）
Guest Artists
Ann Sally（Vo）
Hana Hope（Vo）
https://www.billboard-live.com/osaka/
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Music Journey at Billboard Live
Masakatsu Takagi "A Time to Sing"
2025 May 17th (sat.) Billboard Live Yokohama
1st stage open 15:00 start 16:00 /
2nd stage open 18:00 start 19:00
Masakatsu Takagi（Pf）
Yoko Kumazawa（Vn）
Taro Kishimoto（Fl etc.）
Naoko Sato（Perc）
Jyoji Sawada（Ba）
Guest Artists
Ann Sally（Vo）
Hana Hope（Vo）
Saho Terao（Vo
https://www.billboard-live.com/yokohama/
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River Returns - Original Soundtrack
Masakatsu Takagi
2025 March 22
01 Chigonone no Haru I
02 River Returns - Overture
03 Mother and Child I
04 Izanai
05 Otozure
06 Kusabue I
07 Your Pureness
08 Chigonone no Haru II
09 Utsuwa
10 Memento
11 Kusabue II
12 Hoyo
13 Mother and Child II
14 River Returns - Finale
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RIVER RETURNS
2025 March 22
directed by Masakazu Kaneko
music by Masakatsu Takagi
> Official Site
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To celebrate the roadshow of the movie “River Returns," I played this from the soundtrack. “River Returns" is a story set on the Nagara River in Gifu, but when I heard from Director Kaneko that he wanted to base his film on Enku, who carved 120,000 Buddhist statues in his lifetime, I felt a deep connection to Enku. My parents' house is a temple in Kyoto, but it's so close that I've never really studied Buddhism.
When I was working on the film's music, I first learned about Enku's life and gradually began to study Buddhist sutras. During this time, I came across the "Issai Shorei ge" (the pray for all spirits) and had the idea that I could sing it with the melody of "River Returns"
Around that time, my white cat, who had been with me for many years, passed away, and I recited this song when I buried her in the garden. Since then, I have hummed this song while thinking of her, and little by little, I have begun to understand what it means to recite a sutra.
Above all, I would like you to experience "River Returns" which starts screening today, at the theater. I felt something in this film that I had previously attempted in my video works "NIHITI" and "Ymene."
Marginalia #193
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Today, the rain has invited me to play another song. Water also brings dreams.
Marginalia #192
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The movie "Shining River" will be released soon, and being involved in this movie makes me feel like my life has come full circle, both up to now and into the future. Rather than coming full circle, I feel like I've strayed and returned to the main path that was starting to disappear. The movie itself was almost finished by the end of 2023, so it took a little over a year, which seems like a long time, but I'm most happy that I can see the sign in sight, and I'm going to take it one step at a time.
Marginalia #191
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It was nice to be able to play a song I hadn’t played in a while.
Marginalia #190
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Spring comes little by little. Two big projects that I've been working on for a long time have finally reached the end.
Marginalia #189
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The air is freezing outside. At this time of year when there is almost no sound, I am happy to hear the slight chirping and presence of birds.
Marginalia #188
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Time flies by as I’ve been preparing for this year's new projects. I felt like I was about to do some Marginalia for the first time in a while, so I changed the position of the microphone. And then a crow came over, so we had a session.
Marginalia #187
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Yebisu
Music : Masakatsu Takagi
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MIRARTH
Music : Masakatsu Takagi
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Snowing on the mountains, the air becomes crisp and tense, creating a different world where everything seems to be in focus.
Now on bandcamp, The other streamings, Apple Music or Spotify will follow soon (link in bio).
Marginalia #186
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With our 0-year-old son on my lap (he plays the piano too), I told my wife that we had written a song together, and she looked outside and said, "That's exactly how I feel today."
Marginalia #185
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Marginalia VI
CD
1. Marginalia #164
2. Marginalia #165
3. Marginalia #129
4. Marginalia #130
5. Marginalia #134
6. Marginalia #135
7. Marginalia #136
8. Marginalia #137
9. Marginalia #138
10.Marginalia #140
11.Marginalia #123
12.Marginalia #121
13.Marginalia #132
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Vinyl (limited edition)
[A side]
1. Marginalia #164
2. Marginalia #165
3. Marginalia #138
4. Marginalia #140
[B side]
1. Marginalia #129
2. Marginalia #130
3. Marginalia #123
4. Marginalia #132
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Limited Re-release!
Now available all 6 releases from the seriese of Marginalia on Vinyl formant.
Marginalia
Vinyl (limited edition)
[A side]
1. Marginalia #1
2. Marginalia #2
3. Marginalia #28
4. Marginalia #40
[B side]
5. Marginalia #5
6. Marginalia #23
7. Marginalia #37
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Marginalia II
Vinyl (limited edition)
[A side]
1. Marginalia #7
2. Marginalia #24
3. Marginalia #27
4. Marginalia #35
[B side]
5. Marginalia #13
6. Marginalia #43
7. Marginalia #39
8. Marginalia #45
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Marginalia began in the sea of the Solomon Islands. These days, I had been with a premonition that iI would return to the sea again. This evening, I finished some works and was returning to the main house, a melody came down to me, so I recorded it.
Marginalia #184
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I went to the sea. The beach that I dropped by on a whim felt right, as if it was calling me. From the outside, it looked like nothing, but when I focused on the tiny shells, the world felt so much bigger. In a TV game I loved as a child, there were shell houses standing on pink clouds, it was like in womb, and after 35 years, it finally made sense to me why they were called shells. Not in words.
Marginalia #183
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Over the past few years, whenever I had the time, I would work on the scores for Marginalia and my previous works, and it looks like they are finally taking shape. I am planning to publish them little by little. When I put the pieces I used to play freely into sheet music, I discover a lot of things, and it is a joy I can continue for the rest of my life.
Marginalia #182
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MWhen our elder son was born, the mountains were dyed bright yellow, and now it's that time of year again. Butterflies and fish are all the rage in my house these days.
arginalia #181
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The wind that brings the new season came to be called "Ookaze (big wind).”
Marginalia #180
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Playing a children's guitar with my 5 months second son, the melody came up, so I recorded it.
Marginalia #179
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The water is gradually disappearing from the mountains, and the trees are turning yellow. A scene from six months ago flashed before my eyes, when I was nervously waiting with my three-year-old son for the baby to be born. At that time, my son could barely speak, but now he is talking a lot, drawing pictures, and making crafts. I thought to myself how amazing it is to be alive.
Marginalia #178
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It's getting popular in our family to jump into whatever comes to mind without hesitation.
Marginalia #177
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Summer is passing by. Our children had a great summer vacation and grew up a lot. The power of birthplace and relatives.
Marginalia #176
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TWANY
music by Masakatsu Takagi
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ENEOS
music by Masakatsu Takagi
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Pokemon Sleeep
music by Masakatsu Takagi
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A record of a hot hot summer.
Marginalia #175
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Yesterday, I got stung by a wasp and my thumb is very swollen, but I'm glad I was able to feel once again that I’m living in the mountains. Today I went to a nearby bookstore and got some gentle inspiration.
Marginalia #174
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Marginalia #173
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Marginalia #172
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Marginalia #171
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Marginalia #170
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Marginalia #169
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Marginalia #168
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Marginalia #167
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Marginalia #166
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Marginalia #165
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Marginalia #164
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FESTIVAL FRUEZINHO 2024
2024 July 6th
open 11:00 / start 11:30 / close 21:00
Venue:
Tachikawa Stage Garden (Tokyo)
Artist:
Mulatu Astatke
Juana Morina with Sam Gendel
Masakatsu Takagi
Yuta Orisaka（band）
Nami2 (Manami Kakudo x Kaho Kogure)
HAPPY
https://www.fruezinho.com
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Marginalia #163
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Marginalia #162
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Movie "Gifts from the kitchen"
2024 31 May Roadshow
Fumi Sai
Director : Hisashi Kikuchi
Music : Masakatsu takagi
Official Site >
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台風が過ぎ去って清々しい初夏のはじまり。川の水もたぷたぷ。新しいことをはじめたくなります。
Marginalia #161
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Marginalia #160
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Marginalia #159
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Marginalia #158
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Marginalia #157
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Marginalia #156
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Marginalia #155
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Marginalia #154
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Marginalia #153
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Marginalia #152
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Marginalia #151
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Marginalia #150
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Marginalia #149
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Marginalia #148
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Marginalia #147
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Marginalia #146
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Marginalia #145
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Marginalia #144
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Marginalia #143
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Marginalia #142
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Marginalia #141
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Marginalia #140
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Marginalia V
Masakatsu Takagi
2023. April. 5
CD
1. Marginalia #104
2. Marginalia #105
3. Marginalia #106
4. Marginalia #107
5.
Marginalia #108
6. Marginalia #109
7. Marginalia #110
8. Marginalia #111
9. Marginalia #112
10. Marginalia #113
11. Marginalia #114
12. Marginalia #115
13. Marginalia #117
Vinyl
A1. Marginalia #104
A2. Marginalia #105
A3. Marginalia #106
A4. Marginalia #107
A5. Marginalia #113
B1. Marginalia #109
B2. Marginalia #110
B3. Marginalia #115
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Monthly writing for Japanese magazine "Sotokoto" (since May.2012 no.155)
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