noble was established in November 2001 as a division of MIDI INC.
Never sticking to a methodology or a genre, nor being one of crossover fad followers, we focus on bringing you purely beautiful and simply liberated music for your daily life. Nothing will delight us more than to see your life and spirit enhanced with our music.
noble label would like to proudly introduce you to its newest talents for this coming spring. “So, I’ll take your hand and…” is the first celebratory album by the trio yarn:moor with sound producer moss, neuma on programming, and vocalist, tao.
yarn:moor is a project launched in 2006 by moss and neuma, also known as the joint operators of Tiltloose label. tao, currently the MC of imaginion and former member of ASTRO joined the two artists to form yarn:moor. Sound producer moss is a member of the up-and-coming dub unit, MANTIS, who has received rave reviews from Rob Smith, the member of the heavyweight champions of Bristol sound, Smith & Mighty. This past January, moss released his first album along with guest vocal Tikiman, MC of RHYTHM & SOUND.
The trio collects sounds of nature such as falling rain and chirping birds, and sounds in our daily lives that can be heard from the bath or kitchen. The comforting and familiar sounds that have been modified through vintage analogue devices and computers are fused with pulsing noise, crisscrossing beats, and tao’s flickering voice that is unlike any rhyme, poetry, or song, and take us into a world of “warmth, kindness, and chilliness.”
Fresh and watery dub. Bouncing ambience. Delicate but dynamic electronica. The music takes on infinite form and yet, it is a wonderous piece of work with a pop element that has no one word to describe exactly how it is. Daringly put, it is a hymn of the universe that elaborately and dynamically depicts the random scenes in our lives as spring goes, summer comes, autumn passes by and winter falls silently upon us. Please take this chance and help yourselves to the rich and inviting “other world” created by yarn:moor.
“program music I”, released approximately a year and a half ago introduced audiences to a musical interpretation of two Japanese literary classics, “Night on the Milky Way Railroad” and “Run Melos!” and revealed the rich musical talent of kashiwa daisuke. As we enter the final one digit year of the new millennium, we are proud to release “5 Dec.”, an album that drops hints of what’s to come in the next 10 years.
kashiwa’s first album released from German label, onpa, in 2006 won rave reviews from many artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto. In his second album, “program music I” released the following year, kashiwa daisuke defined his presence once again in the world of music. The artist’s lyrical melody and dynamic and inventive musical arrangements have led his work to new frontiers in TV commercials and fashion shows. kashiwa casts also off a powerful presence on the online world through his musical + visual collaboration with Koji Nishida of RAKU-GAKU, the artist behind kashiwa’s album jackets.
In his third album, “5 Dec.”, kashiwa daisuke makes yet another step into a new horizon. In this album, the artist’s signature melody with its flowing, oriental taste hides behind the shadows to be replaced by tearing voice samples and noisy and metallic guitar sounds thrashing almost violently on top of colorful uplifting beats such as break core, down tempo, bleep techno, and drum n’ bass. In contrast to the aggressive sounds of the first half, the second part of the album starting with the 6th track, “Silver Moon” guides audiences to a minimal world created through electronic sounds and the piano. As a whole, the album portrays a brilliant contrast of sound.
The melody of this album does not impose sentimentalism or nostalgia onto its listeners but rather, it takes them on a journey into rhythm from beginning to end. Even amidst the violent and excessive elements, there is always a composed eye seeing into the passion that lies beneath, there is a self-disciplined, strict interpretation of the world, a sublime and metallic texture… this is what the artist kashiwa daisuke may be all about. Turn your ears and experience the fruit of kashiwa daisuke’s new challenge and step with him into a whole new level of musical originality.
Palacmusic release #5 feat. Tilman Ehrhorn (D), Rechenzentrum (D), El Fog (D/JP), Beneva vs. Clark Nova (NO), Ennio Mazzon (IT), Moze (JP), Jerome Pergolesi (FR), Talkingmakesnosense (UK), Sonicbrat (SG) and Palac (D). Available exclusively at Zero Inch.
"Reinterpretation turned to be extremely entertaining – as we can see, in the work were engaged the young as well as already eminent musicians. As the result they made Talking to Ghosts an original alloy of very viscous, deep ambient with soft and warm glitch." Pi Micron, Soundproector
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