About the record
Niho is a 25:35 album built around a low, close voice, dark acoustic guitar, restrained low end and space. It avoids the large payoff and listens instead to silence, breath, wet floors and the edge of a chair.
Official press material
木陰 二歩
Twelve short Japanese-language songs about small acts of help on rainy days. At a station, convenience store, apartment block, bus and library, someone moves only two steps.
Focus track
“Erebeetaa Mae” / エレベーター前 (2:14). In an apartment lobby, someone quietly holds the lift door for a child carrying an umbrella. It is the clearest introduction to the album’s voice, pauses and low-string texture.
Production method
Kokage is a Japanese-language virtual studio artist developed by Stockholm-based Lundberg Selection AB. Music and vocal performances were generated with Suno within a human-directed writing and production process. Lundberg Selection AB directed the writing, selection, editing, sequencing and release decisions. The project does not claim Japanese residence, Japanese heritage or a human vocalist.
Images
The track illustrations were created as project-bound generative images under a human-defined watercolor direction. They do not imitate the work of a named artist.
Translations
The language editions are interpretive, AI-assisted translations prepared and edited for access. The Japanese originals remain authoritative and the translations do not replace them.
Editorial contact
Available for reviews, release news, programming consideration and written interviews about the production process. Review or broadcast files can be supplied on request.
contact@木陰.com
Björn Lundberg · Lundberg Selection AB
Grevgatan 15 · 114 53 Stockholm · Sweden