To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the release of Eiichi Otaki's album "EACH TIME", we are selling T-shirts with a fictional record jacket design on pre-order!
2024.03.21
March 21, 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Eiichi Ohtaki's representative album "EACH TIME." "EACH TIME" was released on March 21, 1984 as his sixth solo album and the last original studio full album released before his death. Since the release of the original version, which is like a collection of short stories played with sound, with lyrics written by his friend from the Happy End days, Takashi Matsumoto, it has become a very popular work that has been released many times with "the song order changed each time," and is also known as the "album with an incomplete song order."
This time, TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS five artists TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS to create a fictional concept: "Each Time is said to be an album with an incomplete track order, but perhaps the album jacket was also incomplete!?" Five T-shirts with jacket designs drawn by each artist will be available for pre-order from Thursday, March 21, the 40th anniversary of the label.
Don't miss this opportunity.
Eiichi Otaki
After Happy End broke up in 1973, he founded his own label, Niagara, in 1975. In addition to producing for Sugar Babe and others, he has continued to release a wide variety of works himself, laying the foundation for modern Japanese pop. His historic masterpiece, A LONG VACATION, released in 1981, has shipped a total of 3 million copies. It is also highly regarded overseas as a representative work of the global city pop movement. A 40th anniversary edition of his signature album, EACH TIME, will be released on March 21, 2024.
- Pre-order sale
- Thursday, March 21, 2024 -
- Delivery time
- Scheduled for late April
- Sales store
- BEAMS ONLINE SHOP
Ryo Kanayasu
Lives in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture.
As a freelance illustrator, he works in a wide range of fields including advertising, books, websites, TV commercials, and collaborations with various companies.
Tatsuya Koiso
Artist and graphic designer
Born in Gunma Prefecture in 1989. Currently living in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2013, he has been active as a painter and designer.
In 2015, he visited the office of Yasushi Nakayama (formerly of WORKSHOP MU!!). He was shown some interesting books and was inspired. He designs jacket art and goods for various musicians, collaborates with fashion brands, and creates key visuals and posters for events and campaigns. In 2018, he held a solo exhibition at TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS.
tree13
An illustrator who lives and works in Korea. His activities are influenced by Korean subculture and Japanese anime from the 80's and 90's. He has created jacket designs for Korean Vaporwave/FutureFunk artist Night tempo, as well as zines themed around 80's idols and JK.
NONCHELEEE
b. 1986, Fukuoka
Illustrator
Lives and works in Fukuoka
Co-runs ON AIR, Kokoro SHOP
When the scent of sun oil and the setting sun melted in the crimson beach, NONCHELEEE was born. All the rooboys and ladies gathered here right now, Begop Yourself. There is nothing that goes to waste, so let it all warm up.
Rimo
With graphic illustration as his core field, he is currently active in a wide range of fields, including advertising for domestic and international fashion, outdoor and sports brands.
As an artist, he also creates works and holds exhibitions on an irregular basis.
He also irregularly releases books, zines, T-shirts, and more through his own book project, "millnote."