Windswept Adan, Aoba’s seventh studio album, was originally released in 2020. Marking a significant departure from her earlier, more solitary works, Aoba collaborated with composer Taro Umebayashi to craft a mesmerising and richly imaginative concept album that moves fluidly between ambient psych-folk, chamber classical, and jazz-inflected composition.
Conceived as the soundtrack to an imaginary film, Windswept Adan follows a young girl exiled from her homeland to the mythic island of Adan — a lush, otherworldly place filled with strange creatures, abundant flora and fauna, and no spoken language. Its orchestral textures and vivid sound design create an immersive, cinematic world.
Ichiko Aoba "Windswept Adan" Japanese edition CD in Gatefold sleeve and intricately printed booklet on two types of paper stock.
“Hypnotizing" 8.0 - Pitchfork
"Sublime" 8/10 - Uncut
"An immersive meld of indie-folk, classical and jazz" - **** Mojo
"An alienated dream-pop masterpiece" - **** FT Weekend
"A remarkable feat of musical world-building" - The Observer
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Tracklist:
1. Prologue
2. Pilgrimage
3. Porcelain
4. HORO
5. Easter Lily
6. Parfum d'étoiles
7. Kirinakijima
8. Sagu Palmʼs Song
9. chinuhaji
10. Red Silence
11. Hagupit
12. Dawn in the Adan
13. Phayashi
14. Luminescent Creatures
