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Shintaro Sakamoto’s Music: Slowly Dissolving into the Atmosphere
Shintaro Sakamoto followed, but it was still too early in the evening to call it dusk. It is rare for him to appear at festivals in the daytime, but I had already experienced Shintaro Sakamoto in the light of day last year at “Gyafun! Still, for the viewers, this brightness and proximity seemed to be new. Perhaps Sakamoto himself was aware of this, as he opened the live performance with “In the Season of Swallows. This is a mellow and groovy song that has often been performed as an encore at live concerts, but on this day, a new arrangement with a slightly longer introduction left a strong impression, as if the music was waiting to blend into the air.
“In A Phantom Mood,” “You Just Decided,” “Mask On Mask,” “Like A Fable.” The band played the songs they should have played in an hour on stage, ending with “Disco Is.” An imaginary mirror ball illuminated the grove as the lights gradually increased their presence.
