European-Japanese art collective Japone Artists will release their first single "The Terra" this past week, as a homage to Mother Earth. After various performances on stage and releasing several music videos, it was finally time for Japone Artists to officially release their original music. 

“The Terra” will consist of three tracks, or three movements, as described by the members of Japone Artists, as this release is written in the style of a sonata where you will be taken on a journey across the Earth. 

As with all pieces of music that are produced, "The Terra" has a whole process behind it, starting around the year 2014 with Ayumi Matsuda (recorder) writing one of the songs on this release. When writing it the people in the disaster area in Tohoku after the earthquake and tsunami in 2011 were in her mind. In the same year of the creation of Japone Artists, in 2016, the instrumental music piece received a voice for the first time with the addition of lyrics by Utako Arakawa (singer, soprano), the incorporation of instruments such as those of Yoshimi Kawai (piano) and Yusuke Morita (bass guitar, track production), both joined Japone Artists in recent years, would give the music a new dimension and also a new theme. 

The music on "The Terra" has always been an important element for the art collective as some of the songs have been performed at Japone Artists' shows before. But after putting the finishing touches on them, one song of "The Terra", entitled "Furusato (The Earth)", received a music video that was officially debuted at the online edition of the UK convention HYPER JAPAN. The group members of Japone Artists find it important not to suddenly release something in terms of music, but instead take the time to create a perfect piece of music with an important message, as Japone Artists always have with their performances. 

Japone Artists「The Terra」

01. A Bird in the Wind
02. The Earth and the Sun 

03. Furusato (The Earth)