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Recently Hiroshi Fujiwara has been obsessed with "remix song production". Based on famous songs such as Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, BTS and The Beatles, he is disseminating a new approach to music through Instagram and YouTube. It has been decided that the remixed song will be broadcast on the 2-hour special program "J-WAVE SPECIAL JUN THE CULTURE DELUXE EDITION" of the radio program "JUN THE CULTURE" navigated by Fujiwara. It is said that he will select from the songs he has produced so far to match Coming-of-Age Day on January 9, and talk about the production background and original songs. Before the broadcast, an interview with Fujiwara about the reason for "making a remix song" and why he continues to make it. Delivered with 4 remixes selected for RoC.

- Posting a series of remix songs sent through Instagram. How did you get started?

in your computer,90It all started when I discovered that the stem data I received in the 1990s still remained. In the past, when I was asked to do a remix, I used to get the a cappella sound source from the recording and the stem data of the song broken down into parts, but the materials I found ended up not being used because there was no project left. So I thought I'd try using it.

ーThere was such a background to the selection of J-pop. Is remixing your only method of producing music?

Recently, software that can extract only the singing voice from any song "RX10', so the quality isn't that good, but I'm thinking about it and making it.Mainly remixes, but 15Some of them are made using a technique called mashup, which was popular last year.

​The mashup is2Combining two or more songs to create a new song. A remix is to edit a new song by keeping something that has already been completed.

ーWhat is the reason for adding videos instead of just sound sources?

音楽ストリーミングサービスを通して音楽を聴くのが主流の今、人から音源をもらって聴くことはできません。それは僕も実は問題だと感じていて、特にレコーディングするアーティストにとってはリリース前に人に聞かせることが難しい。Dropboxで送ったり音の質が落ちるけれどLINEで送って再生できるけど、プレイヤーの中に入れることはできないんです。だからYouTubeI thought that if I uploaded it to , I could send it as a link, so I added a video, but it turned out to be even more interesting.

-You've been updating almost every day since last year, but are you also producing every day?

I make it in bed almost every day before going to bed. So far40,50I made the song. It's still being updated, but I think it's about to run out of material.​song making time​long from time3in about an hour. It's so fast that everyone is addicted to the game.

ー What is your remix history?35year ago. What made you fall in love again?

For me, it's like magic to be able to play music freely using software. In the past, I couldn't get sound sources except for work,PCI can't believe I can disassemble it only in the. Not all of them, but when I'm making it, there are times when I'm met with the moment that 'it fits so perfectly', and that pleasant feeling is like using magic. It's only inside me, but this moment is irresistible.

ーWhat kind of music are you aiming for when you produce?

It's a song with "interesting" that is not in the direction of comedy. I want to surprise people when it comes to such a song, so the original song needs to be famous to some extent. That's why it's interesting to choose the original story, and recently I've been listening to people's recommendations.

僕にとってはデザインも音楽も同じで、パズルのように作っています。わざわざ鍵盤を触って音を作るのではなく、既にあるものをつなげたり、重ねたりするので。でも音楽は、キーとキーがぶつかって音痴に聞こえたりすることも多々あって、その事故的に生まれるフレーズの重なり合いは一つの魅力だと思っています。僕がつくった楽曲の中にもそれはたくさん見つけられますが、きっとそれを不快に思う人もいると思う。音楽を綺麗に聴く人にとっては「最低」という感想を持たれるかもしれないですが、その不協和音の中に生まれる何か不思議な浮遊感を感じてもらいたい。

ーリミックス曲をどのように楽しんでほしいですか？

Rather than enjoying it as music, I hope you can see it as a “different way to enjoy music”. In the past, I used to approach music with a little more depth. It's the same with me. That's all there is to information and entertainment now. Under such circumstances, I don't know how many people will find this kind of music interesting, but at least music lovers and music fans will be able to find some songs that will find the source material and feel interesting.

■J-WAVE SPECIAL JUN THE CULTURE DELUXE EDITION
Broadcast date: January 9, 2023 (Mon/holiday)
Broadcast time: 18:00-19:55
Navigator: Hiroshi Fujiwara
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