Chi no Wadachi

[Machine Translation] Blood Ruts" is the second album from the group's return to their roots in Tohoku. The young man who is born into this world, goes through the struggles of adolescence and love, and fights against anger while holding on to various thoughts and feelings in society. They meet someone important, get married, and realize the importance of family. Then they become parents. For the first time, he learns the preciousness of life and feels gratitude to his parents. Gen Sasaki of KUDANZ has taken off the decorations and expressed the life of a person who sometimes makes people laugh, sometimes surprises them, sometimes saddens them, and sometimes grows old and dies through the art of "song". This work is based on folk music and storytelling, which are the foundation of KUDANZ, and is a condensation of rock, chanson, pop, and a variety of other musical styles and world views. The album is co-produced by Daisuke Tsugimatsu (THE MICETEETH), whose beautiful and improvisational piano work adds diversity to KUDANZ's music. This work is the result of Gen Sasaki, a singer-songwriter who has been singing while being troubled and lost, and has arrived at a new stage of his career as KUDANZ.

東北に原点回帰して、2枚目のアルバムとなる「血の轍(わだち)」。この世に生を受け、思春期の葛藤や恋愛を経て、社会の中で様々な思想や感情を抱きながら怒り戦う青年期。大事な人に出会い、結婚して気づく家族の大切さ。そして、親になる。初めて命の尊さを知り、両親に感謝の気持ちを憶える。時には、人を笑わせ、驚かせ、悲しませそして年老いて死んでゆく一人の人間の一生をKUDANZ 佐々木玄が装飾を外し「歌」という芸術で表現した作品。今作はKUDANZの基盤である、フォークミュージックや弾き語りをベースに、ロック、シャンソン、ポップスと多様な音楽性と世界観が凝縮された作品となっている。また共同プロデューサーとして、次松大助(THE MICETEETH)を迎え、彼の美しく且つ即興性のあるピアノがKUDANZの音楽に多様性を齎している。悩み迷い続けながら唄い続けた、シンガーソングライター佐々木玄が、KUDANZとして新しい境地へ辿り着いた末の作品と言えよう。