Sohichiroh Shigematsu is a pianist and composer in Japan. Travelling around the country playing only his own original compositions, he touches the hearts of young and old with his unique sound. He's an independent artist playing about a hundred concerts a year, but hasn't signed to any major record label, which is quite rare for a professional musician in Japan.His music is the sound of love for every life form, however small. It's “symbiotic music” for people and nature, and all living things.When he plays it's as if the hearts of every single person in the audience are reflected in his sound, which resonates through to the depths of our modern day minds.The music on this album was recorded in a confused Japan, facing up to radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear power plants, after the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the giant tsunami it spawned.Is there anything I can possibly do? Everybody was asking themselves this question. At this time more than ever, he just sought to get close to the hearts of everyone, and continued performing.Some of the tracks on this album refer to the earthquake and nuclear disaster, and it is against this backdrop that all of the music, all sound was recorded. It is hard to imagine a bright future at a time like this, but even now, this very moment is becoming part of the past, and whether we like it or not, the future is being woven.We are born with the power to weave this life, and we have the power to create the future. In this he put his trust, and he's going to keep on weaving sounds.http://www.livingthings.org/en