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『清澄黒河』で日本ヒップホップに突如切り込んだラッパー、Karavi Roushi（カラヴィ・ロウシ）の待望NEWアルバム『BLADE N』。前作同様サウンドデザインをAquadab（アクアダブ）が担当、ラッパーとトラックメイカーの密な双方向性で作られた本作は二人の連名リリースであり、また、Karavi Roushiの2ndソロ・アルバムにもなる入れ子のような作品です。

Karavi Roushiは、名古屋のヒップホップ・コレクティブHydro Brain Gangの一員として、Nero Imaiのアルバム『Return Of Acid King』(2017）に参加しシーンに登場。その後、Aquadabとレーベル《Super Lights》を立ち上げ、Takara Ohashiをデザイナーに迎えて2019年に1stソロ・アルバム『清澄黒河』を発表。無名の新人ながらiTunesのHip Hop Japanアルバムで総合15位を記録し、音楽だけでなくOhashiがデザインしたCD装丁でみせたトータルアートも衝撃を与えました。また、コロナ禍に制作されたコンピレーション『S.D.S =零=』(2020)で発表された「Tokyoite」は、参加アーティスト達のフェイバリット／裏アンセムに。
この3人のチームで、ガラス細工のように繊細に作り込まれた本作『BLADE N』は、音楽面で意識的に方法論を変え、従来NGとされてきたラッパーのヴォイスやフローに干渉する対旋律を積極的に採用した楽器法、複雑に音が編まれたトラックで、ラッパーとトラックメイカーは真に対等の関係をつくり得るのかという問いを発しています。時にシンセ機材のようなKaravi Roushiの超常ヴォイスは切れ味を加え、アートワークでは、「死なないこと」とファースト・トラックで歌い出される『BLADE N』に秘められた物語世界をOhashiがヴィジュアル抽出し、『清澄黒河』同様のインパクトを与えています。
本作の注目フィーチャーにはrawbaiとの共演でも話題のKuroyagi、 Emotionalな心の機微を歌うORIVA、Nipps率いるThe Sexorcistの C.J. CALが参加し、サウンド面ではCo-ProducerとしてSyntheticが1 曲参加しています。

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released February 14, 2025

“BLADE N” is the long-awaited new album from Japanese rapper Karavi Roushi, who appeared on the Japanese hip-hop scene with his debut solo album “Kiyosumi Kurokawa”. This, his second solo album, is a collaborative release with Aquadab, the Japanese track maker/sound designer who co-produced “Kiyosumi Kurokawa”. The album showcases the preternatural mind-meld between rapper and track maker.

Karavi Roushi came before the public as a member of Nagoya hip-hop collective Hydro Brain Gang on Nero Imai's album “Return Of Acid King” (2017). He then launched the label Super Lights with Aquadab and released his first solo album “Kiyosumi Kurokawa” in 2019 with graphic design by Takara Ohashi. Although an unknown newcomer, the album reached #15 on the iTunes Hip Hop Japan album chart and received plaudits not only for its music but also for the artwork by Ohashi. After the album, Karavi Roushi dropped his first collaboration tune with Aquadab on “S.D.S =Zero=” (2020), a compilation of Generation Z Japanese underground artists produced during the Covid pandemic. That tune, “Tokyoite”, became a favorite of the participating artists.

"BLADE N” was created by the three-person team of Karavi Roushi, Aquadab & Ohashi. Consciously developing their musical methodology, they intentionally use instrumental tracks to interrupt the rappers' voices and flows, something which has traditionally been avoided, and explore the possibility of creating a style that puts the rapper and track maker on equal footing in complex, woven tracks. On the album, Karavi Roushi's paranormal voice, which sometimes sounds like a mutant synthesizer, adds incisiveness, and in the artwork Ohashi visually extracts the story world hidden in “BLADE N”, giving the cover art the same impact as that of “Kiyosumi Kurokawa”.

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