Sounds of the year. ~Songs Heard in 2020 | feature

Sound of the year.
〜Songs heard in ~2020

Only a few more days left in 2020. What music did you enjoy this year? It was a year in which the shift to subscriptions accelerated, with record stores temporarily shutting down. So, we have decided to create a playlist project, "Sound of the Month.For this special edition of "The Sound of the Year," we asked five people with different tastes in music-related activities to create a playlist as "The Sound of the Year. The theme was "Songs I listened to in 2020. The theme is "Songs I listened to in 2020. Please enjoy it as an accompaniment during the year-end and New Year's holidays!

Text_Ryo Tajima (DMRT)

Edit_Shuhei Wakiyama

Wataru Kakubari (Kakubarism)

What kind of playlist did you make?

Horned: This year was a strange year. All of the music released on Kakubarizm was fantastic, but the influence of Corona was so great that many of you may not have heard of it yet. In fact, I listened to a lot of music in 2020. It's called "KAKUBARHYTHM 2020."

What was the most memorable activity you were involved in this year?

Horned: That we did a live stream of cero in March for a fee. The response was tremendous.

What was the most memorable music news this year?

Horned: Streaming "TheDK SOUNDThe resurgence of "The

What artists are you looking forward to seeing in 2021?

Horned: All of our own artists, of course, but Ogawa&Tokoro in terms of newcomers.

What are your ambitions for 2021?

Horned: We are all working hard together! (laughter).

Do you have any news?

Horned: Skirt's album "Another Story" was released on December 16. Also on December 23, Shohei Takagi Parallela Botanica's first album "Triptych" was released in analog form. Both are excellent works, so please check them out.

PROFILE

Wataru Kakubari

record label owner

Owner of the independent label Kakubarhythm. He also handles artist management, and many artists with their own unique personalities belong to the label, such as YOUR SONG IS GOOD, cero, Kissel, Kazumi Nikaido, Skirt, etc. In 2018, his book "Clothing, Food, Housing, Sound: How to Live with Music Work" which summarizes his 15 years of label activities and life was released by Little More.
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