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  • In Flux CD + Digital Album
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    Best-selling music album on BitSummit MMXIV in Kyoto! Comes in a shiny-black digipak with photography by Fabien Oefner. Accompanied inside is a lovely 12-page booklet with commentary on all 12-tracks in the album.

    All orders come with a complimentary CD copy of "Lingua Franca" by Dugo.

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  • Let There Be Waves T-shirt
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    As seen at BitSummit MMXIV at Kyoto, worn by Saori Kobayashi (of Panzer Dragoon) and Yumiko Takahashi (of Suikoden). This is a very limited t-shirt drawn beautifully by the talented Simon Ålander. The artwork was printed with pigmented discharge ink on dark grey heather garments.

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Throw it out It's lost its shape In need of repair No time for escape But leave no doubt There's a light to be seen It's coming over the hill Somebody screamed We never knew And we still don't; is it true? Wish I were you Somebody screamed, ‘I wish I were you’ So hear me out Don't mean to sound cute But sometimes yer drunk, boy And sometimes you puke But leave no doubt There's a light to be seen It's coming over the hill Somebody screamed We never knew And we still don't; is it true? Wish I were you Somebody scream, ‘I wish I were you’ If we do nothing, then there's nothing left to do Wish I were you Somebody scream ‘I wish I were you’ Somebody scream, ‘In my time of lying’ You're talking to a ghost The ghosts are all around They're everywhere you look The ghosts they write the book Somebody screamed, "You're talking to a ghost, who says ‘I wish I were you’" Cause then I'd get back
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about

IN FLUX is an East-meets-West music album that merges the two oceans together in an unprecedented way, featuring the musicians of Evanescence, Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, Silent Hill, Panzer Dragoon, Sworcery, Spelunky & more. The union of Japanese artists alongside their Western friends shine through the album, sidestepping the language gap and communicating entirely through the universal understanding of music.

IN FLUX features Tim McCord's first appearance after finishing work on Evanescence's 3rd album in 2011, working side by side with Mega Man's Manami Matsumae on an electrifying and rocking track. Manami goes on to contribute her skills on two more tracks, layering her piano over Stemage's sorrowful guitars and lending her catchy phrases to Chipzel's addictive chiptunes. Spelunky's Eirik Suhrke appears on two tracks, working with Ninja Gaiden's Keiji Yamagishi on the album's most bombastic and cheeky additions and bringing some fun to the mix. And maybe the album's most surprising track is (Sworcery's) Jim Guthrie's vocals-driven piece, in which (Silent Hill's) Akira Yamaoka reworked its mood and intensity in his own signature style, showcasing more of the fragility that Guthrie first painted.

The album features (Panzer Dragoon's) Saori Kobayashi first work with Brave Wave, beautifully illustrating her numerous compositional talents and unique technique, as well as (Dustforce's) Lifeformed with his unusual prose, and PolarBirds' first entry to Brave Wave's chip enthusiasts. Marius Masalar and Monomirror both return after their work on World 1-2, leading the album beautifully and unexpectedly.

IN FLUX is an album that celebrates the joyous and ever-changing nature of music, not constrained by genres or languages or styles—but celebrating the history and the culture that music is able to cultivate and nurture.

credits

released March 4, 2014

Creative Director, Executive Producer: Mohammed Taher
Assistant Director, Mixing Engineer: Marco Guardia
Advisor: Manami Matsumae
Mastering Engineer: Dan Suter of echochamber.ch
Translator, Japan Representative: Alexander Aniel

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 12 are mixed by Marco Guardia. All other tracks are mixed by their respective artists.

Photography: Fabien Oefner
Album logo: Monokrom Typefoundry

Special thanks to Akira Miyajima (miya-z), Lauren Lucas, 8-4, Yousef Al-Nafjan, Hanan Al-Alawi, and all the participating artists for helping create a stellar work of art. And you, the friends who keep on supporting the music we make and love. You are amazing.

Musicians in order of appearance:

» Marius Masalar (of Star Command) // @Mathazzar
» Monomirror (of Flutlicht) // @Monomirror
» Manami Matsumae (of Mega Man 1 & 10, Mighty No. 9)
» Tim McCord (of Evanescence) // @Tim_McCord
» Jim Guthrie (of Sworcery, Below) // @jampants
» Akira Yamaoka (of Silent Hill) // @AkiraYamaoka
» Keiji Yamagishi (of Ninja Gaiden) // @MoreYamasan
» Eirik Suhrke (of Spelunky, Ridiculous Fishing) // @strotchy
» Stemage (of Metroid Metal) // @Stemage
» PolarBirds // @PolarBirds
» Saori Kobayashi (of Panzer Dragoon Saga & Orta, Crimson Dragon)
» Lifeformed (of Dustforce) // @lifeformed
» Chipzel (of Super Hexagon) // @chipzel

Produced and published by Brave Wave Productions, Ltd.
www.bravewave.net

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