FEATURE

Translated By DeepL

Feel the purity of Kenichi Asai with your ears and eyes. And sky blue.
Feel The Benzie

Feel the purity of Kenichi Asai with your ears and eyes. And sky blue.

The music industry is facing a new normal today, with a shift from packaged media to subscriptions, and with many restrictions on the type of music that can be performed. While many musicians are seeking new forms of expression in this headwind environment for the music industry, Kenichi Asai has been steadily expanding his activities. This year, SHERBETS, which has been active for the longest time in its career, relaunched with the long-awaited new album "SAME. At the same time, they announced the publication of their art book "Beauty of Decayed Trans Am" and the holding of a solo exhibition. To commemorate the release of the new album and art book, we went to meet Mr. Asai, who is still energetically active even after more than 20 years since the establishment of his label. As in the previous interview, we present the words of the bard and painter, who answered our fan's questions in a natural way, as much as possible.


When asked "If you were to compare the band to a color, what would it be? Mr. Asai answered, "Brown. When we were photographing him after the interview, I remembered that question and asked him, "If you were to describe the current Asai-san with a color, what would it be?" He answered, "Blue. The answer came back to me: ...... "a deep blue".

, which must be an infinitely clear blue, reminiscent of the sky depicted in the art book.

As the frontman of several bands, Mr. Asai creates music, publishes art books and picture books, writes, and occasionally cooks, all of which are done in his creative whims, but all of his works are filled with clear colors. This is because his works express his purity itself. It is precisely at times when our minds tend to become as muddled as a smoothie with many ingredients, filled with information that blocks our feelings, that we want to look up at the sky and take a deep breath. Mr. Asai's clear blue works will surely relax our minds in the same way that looking up at the sky does.

INFORMATION

SHERBETS

SEXYSTONES ONLINE STORE

SHERBETS "Same
This is the 11th original album in about 6 years, and it is a vivid depiction of the unique world of the band.

CD Included ( First time and normal common )
1. MIA
2. Type of desire
3.Vanessa
4.Grantham
5. France
6.Toy Address
7.Happy Everyday
8.STUDENT
9. CHELSEA
10.Lonely Night

first-run limited edition technical recording
. 7 very rare recordings made in room recordings and rehearsal studios.
LIP CREAM - A Moment Rehearsal and Recording Rare Disc
1.COLD HOT
2.Cad Camel
3. LIP CREAM
I'll do it.
5.Faraway
6. tulu
7. serenade

standard size
Part number: VKCS-10063
Price: 3,000 yen + tax

first-run limited edition technical recording
Part numbers: VKCS-10061-10062
Price: 4,300 yen + tax

SHERBETS "Kind of Desire TOUR
The tour will take place from May 21 (Sat.) to June 23 (Thu.) at 10 live houses throughout Japan!

Price: 7,700 yen
E-Plus
Lawson Ticket
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Kenichi Asai Collection "Beauty of Decayed Trans Am
Dreamy scenes, outlandish characters, too-beautiful scenery, ideal cars, etc. 200 pages of unique and one-of-a-kind world drawings in all colors!

Part Number: SSR-055
Price: 5,500 yen (TAX IN)
Format: H300mm X W220mm
Release date: Friday, April 22, 2022
SEXY STONE ONLINE STORE

Kenichi Asai Solo Exhibition "Beauty of Decayed Trans Am
Dates: April 22 (Friday) - May 14 (Saturday)
Hours: 13:00-19:00 (Mon., closed)
Location: Roll
Address: Room 105, Central Corp. 2-12, Ageba-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 080-4339-4949 (receptionist: 13:00-19:00)
https://yf-vg.com/roll.html