Jonny Nash – Once Was Ours Forever


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オランダを拠点に活動するJonny Nashのソロ・アルバム。前作『Point Of Entry』の延長線上にある本作は、フォーク、アンビエント・ジャズ、ドリームポップの要素をゆったりと織り交ぜた11曲で構成され、聴く者をNash独自の静謐で広がりのある音世界へと誘う。

前作が昼の光を思わせるリラックスした空気感を持っていたのに対し、『Once Was Ours Forever』は夕暮れやもやのかかった光を想起させる陰影に包まれ、まるでゆっくりと沈む夕日のように展開する。指先で繊細に弾かれるギター、テクスチャー豊かなブラシ・ドラム、浮遊するメロディ、リヴァーブに溶け込むヴォーカルが層を成し、瞬間ごとに移ろう儚さがアルバム全体を支配する。

『Bright Belief』の宇宙的なアメリカーナ感から、『The Way Things Looked』の豊かで重層的なシューゲイザー的テクスチャまで、Nashの柔軟で表情豊かなギター演奏がアルバムの中心を貫く。そこにカナダのアンビエント・ジャズ・サックス奏者Joseph Shabasonが『Angel』で繊細なスウェルを添え、Shoei Ikeda(Maya Ongaku)がサックスを、Tomo Katsurada(ex-Kikagaku Moyo)がチェロを、東京のアシッド・フォーク・アーティストSatomimagae(RVNG)が『Rain Song』で幽玄な多層ヴォーカルを提供。各参加者が独自の彩りを加え、音の深みをさらに広げている。

Nashの音楽は柔らかさと重量感のバランスが絶妙で、聴く者に自由に解釈し、音楽の中に浸る余地を与える。牧歌的でありながら深遠、穏やかさと洞察に満ちた世界観を同時に感じさせる本作は、温かさと優しさに満ちた静かな傑作として心に残る一枚だ。

A1. Blue Dragonfly
A2. Dusk Can Dance
A3. Bright Belief
A4. Walk The Eighth Path
A5. Moon Seed
B1. Angel
B2. Rain Song
B3. The Way Things Looked
B4. Close To The Source
B5. Holy Moment
B6. Green Lane

 

Netherlands-based artist Jonny Nash returns to Melody As Truth with his new solo album, ‘Once Was Ours Forever.’ Building on 2023’s ‘Point Of Entry,’ this collection of eleven compositions draws us further into Nash’s immersive, slowly expanding world, effortlessly connecting the dots somewhere between folk, ambient jazz and dreampop.

While ‘Point Of Entry’ was characterised by it’s laid-back, daytime ambience, ‘Once Was Ours Forever’ arrives wrapped in shades of dusk and hazy light, unfolding like a slow-moving sunset. Built from layers of gentle fingerpicked guitar, textural brush strokes, floating melodies and reverb-soaked vocals, moments come and go, fleeting and ephemeral. 

From the cosmic Americana of ‘Bright Belief’ to the lush, layered shoegaze textures of ‘The Way Things Looked’, Nash’s versatile guitar playing lies at the heart of this album, gently supported by a cast of collaborators who each add their unique touches. Canadian ambient jazz saxophonist Joseph Shabason makes a return appearance, providing his delicate swells to ‘Angel.’ Saxophone is also provided by Shoei Ikeda (Maya Ongaku), cello by Tomo Katsurada (ex-Kikagaku Moyo) and Tokyo acid folk artist Satomimagae (RVNG) lends her haunting multilayered vocals to ‘Rain Song.’

As with much of Nash’s work, ‘Once Was Ours Forever’ deftly finds an equilibrium between softness and weight, offering the listener ample space to interpret and inhabit the music on their own terms. Through his uncanny ability to blend the pastoral and the profound, the idyllic and the insightful, ‘Once Was Ours Forever’ arrives as a tender and understated offering, infused with warmth and compassion.

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