Kitamae music // Hokkaido signal

The rest is noise.

Human handsMachine ghosts

A sound born of tides.
A voice between worlds.
Kitamae sails on.

CH 02 — 知らせ

News

  1. Out October 30

    Wash It Away

    New single + music video. Teeth blackened. Memory washed.

  2. Out now

    Quiet Again

    Streaming everywhere.

  3. Coming November 20

    The Zodiac Compass

    Next transmission. The needle turns north.

  4. Soon

    Live sessions & tabs

    Live sessions and gear coming soon. Chords and tabs will be released for both tracks.

CH 03 — 音楽

Music

Track 01 — KITAMAE

Wash It Away

Out October 30

Teeth blackened. Memory washed. A heavier, sharper cut — still human, still haunted.

Lyrics

Verse 1

Mirror, mirror, who is the shiniest bride

Silk on the body, a lock on the inside

Black water waiting in a lacquer bowl

They paint my mouth so they can own the soul

Pre-chorus

You want my loyalty lacquered in pitch

A smile they can sell, a wife they can switch

No borrowed darkness, no ceremonial lie

I keep the teeth they told me to dye

Chorus - Japanese

Verse 2

You call it becoming, I call it a cage

“Pristine,” they say, while they turn the page

Ohaguro (tooth blackening), shadow, a finished girl

Sometimes you follow — sometimes you spit the pearl

Chorus - English

WASH IT AWAY — immaculate

I don’t wear your stain, I don’t kiss the plate

BREAK THE MOLD — before I’m sold

Sold

Verse 1

Mirror, mirror, who is the shiniest bride

Silk on the body, a lock on the inside

Black water waiting in a lacquer bowl

They paint my mouth so they can own the soul

Pre-chorus

You want my loyalty lacquered in pitch

A smile they can sell, a wife they can switch

No borrowed darkness, no ceremonial lie

I keep the teeth they told me to dye

Chorus - English

WASH IT AWAY — immaculate

I don’t wear your stain, I don’t kiss the plate

BREAK THE MOLD — before I’m sold

Verse 2

You call it becoming, I call it a cage

“Pristine,” they say, while they turn the page

Ohaguro (tooth blackening), shadow, a finished girl

Sometimes you follow — sometimes you spit the pearl

Chorus - Japanese

I am who I am

Track 02 — KITAMAE

Quiet Again

Out now

A cold, slow descent. Written between human takes and machine suggestions. The sea keeps moving even when you stop.

Lyrics

Verse 1

We ride the black water and don’t look back

The compass is rusted, we stay on the track

The route was decided before we could choose

Unspoken, we scream it — the hull and the bruise

Pre-chorus

Head to the west

Pray for my soul

Pain in the chest

Fire in the growl

Chorus

I wanna feel your warm skin

I wanna break on the shore

Two keels in the dark become one skin

Quiet again… until we play the encore

Verse 2 — Japanese

Pre-chorus — Japanese

Chorus — Japanese

Photos

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Chords, tabs & gear

Chords & Tabs

Human-played. Human-written.

Tabs and chords for Quiet Again and Wash It Away available soon. For the ones who still want to learn it with their hands.

Status: in the workshop

Gear

  • Yoru — voices & guitar
  • Antoine — lead guitar: Steve Vai Euphoria EP5-BP, Music Man John Petrucci MAJ170X ADR
  • More gear notes coming.