BLADE

その人を形づくるものTHE CORE

BLADEは、かつてロック界の第一線にいた最年長のギタリスト。

いまは表舞台から距離を置き、日本文化、精神性、剣術、空手を通して「音を研ぐ」方法を求めてきた。

剣や武術は彼にとって、余計な動きを削ぎ、間合いを測り、一撃に意味を持たせるための哲学。

MARSHIVERNで、完成への執着を捨て、未完成のまま他者と音を鳴らす第二の始まりを選ぶ。

BLADE is the oldest guitarist, once at the forefront of the rock world.

Now he keeps his distance from the main stage and has sought ways to “sharpen sound” through Japanese culture, spirituality, swordsmanship and karate.

For him, the sword and martial arts are a philosophy for cutting away excess movement, measuring distance, and giving meaning to a single strike.

In MARSHIVERN, he leaves behind his attachment to completion and chooses a second beginning: playing with others while still unfinished.

MARSHIVERNとの接点WITH MARSHIVERN

HAMMERとRAVENが始めた音を、BLADEは過去の名声へ戻る機会とは見なさなかった。むしろ、再び一人のギタリストとして最初から入れる場所だと受け取った。彼の参加は「復帰」ではなく、完成を捨てた者の再出発である。

BLADE did not see the sound HAMMER and RAVEN had started as a chance to return to past fame. He took it instead as a place he could enter from the beginning, once more as simply a guitarist. His joining is not a comeback; it is the restart of someone who has given up completion.

演奏と舞台での役割ON STAGE

RAVENが放つ衝動を、切っ先のように明確な輪郭へ変える。Turns the impulse RAVEN throws out into a contour as clear as a blade's point.
音数を増やして圧倒するのではなく、抜くべき場所を知っている。Rather than overwhelming with more notes, he knows where to leave them out.
ECHOのテナーサックスとは、年長者同士の沈黙を含んだソロ交換をつくる。With ECHO's tenor saxophone he builds a solo exchange between elders, silence included.

仲間との関係CONNECTIONS

CELESTIE: 姪。彼が長く「完成」に囚われていたことを知り、再び誰かと演奏する姿を静かに見守る。His niece. Knowing how long he was held by “completion”, she quietly watches him play with others again.
RAVEN: 熱と精度の対。互いを抑えるのではなく、相手の音を高い場所へ運ぶ。A pair of heat and precision. They do not restrain each other; each carries the other's sound somewhere higher.
SIGNAL: 音の構造と余白を共有できる、知的な対話相手。An intellectual counterpart, someone with whom structure and space in sound can be shared.