tracks

1. Quiet Gray 1 [featuring Moskitoo]
2. Skating Azure
3. Bleach Black
4. Frosted Mint
5. Carmine Fall
6. Ecru Diver
7. Snow Petal
8. Iris(Familiar) [featuring Moskitoo]
9. Canary Breath
10. Quiet Gray 2

杉本佳一によるソロプロジェクト”FourColor”6枚目のフルアルバム「As Pleat」。
新作では、これまでのFourColorサウンドの特徴である透明で柔らかなギターのプロセス・サウンドに加え、ノンプロセスのオーガニックなギターの響きや、ハプニングから生まれた音、moskitooの歌声が新たに取り入れられ、minamoやFilflaからのファクターも融合したような杉本のミュージシャンとしての成長を反映させたサウンドに。最小限の音数とそのヴァリエーションから生みだされるメロディー、パルス、ハーモニー、リズムが、繊細なエディットにより、幻想的で奥行きのあるアンビエント・サウンドスケープへと紡ぎ上げられている。(inpartmaint)

Fourcolor is the solo project of Keiichi Sugimoto (Minamo, Filfla) and should be well known to the 12k audience with his two previous releases, Air Curtain (2004) and Letter of Sounds (2006) both highly regarded and now out of print, which established him as one of the label’s leading roster figures.
As Pleat takes the familiar sound of Fourcolor and explores some subtle new sonic territory. It’s as tonal and warm as always but he expands on his style by including more fractured, accidental sounds and an obvious growth in experience and talent. What makes Fourcolor’s music so engaging is how Sugimoto manages to coax a lovely spectrum of sounds from his guitar without it ever sounding too over-processed or digital. From bubbling, low bass that provides a foundation to woven harmonies, pulses, and shimmers, there is a rich palette of sounds created. Add in a bit of careful, jittery skip-editing and implied rhythms and a groove starts to emerge from the ambience. Hints of his poppier Filfla project also come into play once again as Fourcolor brings in some guest-vocals courtesy of Sanae Yamasaki (aka Moskitoo) who lends her angelic voice to “Quiet Gray 1” and “Iris (Familiar)” adding further dimension to the works.
As Pleat is unquestionably Fourcolor, but there is a pillow-like quality to the sound, a softness that plays beautifully off of the more organic edits and sharper plucks that all combines to create the most engaging Fourcolor album to date.

フォーカラー『アズ・プリーツ』
[国内流通盤]
AMIP-0008
2,000円（税込）
2011年5月19日店頭販売
＊ライナーノーツ付き／解説：安永哲郎（安永哲郎事務室／minamo／HELLL）

[International Version]
FourColor”As Pleat”
label:12k
Catalog No.:12k1065
Release:April 29, 2011
Format:CD

All songs composed and mixed by Keiichi Sugimoto
Voices on track1&10 by Moskitoo
Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Cover painting by Moskitoo
Photography by Keiichi Sugimoto