Nibiiro no Niji

[Machine Translation] KEEWO is a solo project by Hiroyasu Umazume (ex. 9 SPACE MARKET), born in Kobe and currently living in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto. In May 2006, he began to sell his first recording, "1st Demonstration," exclusively at live music venues, and performed it for the first time with his band at a recording session. Since then, he has been performing solo, band style, acoustic style, and other different approaches to live performance. The power of his songs and his unique worldview of poetry and songs create a "KEEWO world" that makes you forget the passage of time. The world behind the deep darkness, where he accepts sadness, suffering, and everything straight away, and feels happiness in the smallest joy, is not a dazzling bright light, but a gentle and warm world like a lamp. At the age of 23, he faced the death of his father, who was close to him. Through these two turning points, he realized that the only thing he could do was to sing. She has never run away from misfortune and sadness, but rather accepts them head on and continues to sing about the important things that can be gained from small moments of happiness. This is the first album of KEEWO, which will be released nationwide for the first time. We hope you will feel the comfortable warmth of their music.

神戸市出身、京都市伏見区在住、馬詰広康(ex. 9 SPACE MARKET)によるソロプロジェクト、KEEWO(キーオ)。2005年8月のバンド解散後すぐに、"ギターを奏で歌う"というシンプルな表現スタイルに立ち返り、弾き語りでのライブを精力的に行う。2006年5月には、初音源となる『1st Demonstration』をライブハウス会場限定で販売し始め、レコ発ライブにてバンドスタイルを初披露する。これを機に、ソロでの弾き語りに加え、バンドスタイル、アコースティックスタイルと、それぞれ別のアプローチでのライブを展開している。独特の詩と曲が織り成す世界観と歌の力は、時の流れを忘れるような"KEEWOワールド"を創り出す。悲しみ、苦しみ、すべてを真っ直ぐに受け入れ、ほんの小さな喜びに幸せを感じる深い闇のむこうにある、眩しく明るい光ではなく、優しくほのかであたたかい灯のような世界馬詰広康は、18歳のときに阪神・淡路大震災にて友人を含む多くの死と直面し、23歳のときに父という身近な死と直面する。この2つの転機を経て、自分には「歌」しかないと気づく。不幸や悲しみから逃げずに正面から受け止め、小さな幸せから得る大切な事を歌い続けている。そんなKEEWOの、初の全国発売となる1st Album。その心地よいあたたかさに触れて欲しい。