green

English liner notes, found only on the CDBaby website, which gives an error when trying to load into the Wayback Machine, and so preserving here instead:

“While preparing for a recording session for this album green with Arto Lindsay in NY, the tragedy of September 11 occurred in 2001. I watched and stared at the shocking realtime news on TV. Though I planed again and proceeded the recording in NY in 2002 and completed mixing down the whole album in 2004, I kept on thinking about what had happened, what was the cause, what I can do to make it better and how to live, and then I changed the style of living. Reducing environmental impact, changing where to spend the money, moved out from the big city growing what we eat in our own garden and so forth. There has been a lot to know and a lot to learn how to. That 15 years of “green” slow life, gave me a strength to release this album titled green. I found what I was thinking 15 years ago in songs seem leading to what I think now. At the same time many changes occurred after giving a birth and the experience in the middle of the 3.11 earthquake in 2011. I hope I could express the energy and wishes towards “green” world, not only as a mixed color of blue and yellow.” ayako March, 2017