I did this over three listens.
The first was just listening to the song to see if I could get my head around it. I’ve heard it before but not listened to it as actively as I just did. Over the second and third listen I felt the writing started off stiff and it became less so, but not by as much as I would have liked.

Nujabes’ “Decade (Interlude)” is from Samurai Champloo Music Record – Impression, one of the albums of music from Samurai Champloo. This one features songs from Force of Natures, Nujabes, Fat Jon and Minmi.

I hope you enjoy.

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A steady beat and keys raining down in cuts, and both underscored by a soft bass. The sounds move with a melancholy on a thick night, or perhaps a bright day. They look inward and outward, and maybe they isolate whilst they include.

The sounds remain steady, dedicated to their small loop. They are meant to be brief and they are not meant to explore, but they allow thought. They welcome the mind to stretch as they stick to the muffled loop, and there’s something warm and maybe sentimental here. There’s something about them that asks to stare into space and think, and maybe they invite action too. They are deliberate and they are precise; they are sound recontextualised.

It’s not long before the instruments fade out and everything drifts away as the song ends.