Birth of a New Day
Birth of a New Day (Japanese: 新しい日の誕生, romanized: Atarashī Ni~tsu no Tanjō) is the second studio album by English-American electronic music duo 2814, released on 21 January 2015.
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Released | 21 January 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2015 | |||
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Length | 67:23 | |||
Label | Dream Catalogue | |||
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Source | Rating |
Resident Advisor | 3.1/5[1] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | 4/5[2] |
Release
Birth of a New Day was released on 21 January 2015 by the duo's own label Dream Catalogue as a digital download and as a limited edition batch of CD-Rs.[3][4] The album was later released on cassette format by the label Not Not Fun on 14 August 2015.[4][5] Following a successful Indiegogo campaign, Dream Catalogue also issued a double vinyl edition.[4][6]
Reception
Birth of a New Day is one of the most popular releases associated with the vaporwave genre, as well as one of the bestselling albums on the music website Bandcamp.[7][8] In a profile of the duo, Rolling Stone noted that the album had become "an unparalleled success within a small, passionate pocket of the Internet".[8]
Track listing
All track titles are written in Japanese. English translations are adapted from Bleep.com and the Dream Catalogue website.[9][10]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Recovery" (Huīfù (恢复)) | 5:51 |
2. | "Distant Lovers" (Tōku no Aikō-Ka (遠くの愛好家)) | 6:18 |
3. | "Shinjuku Golden Street" (Shinjuku Gōruden-Gai (新宿ゴールデン街)) | 8:51 |
4. | "Drifting" (Fuwatto (ふわっと)) | 6:36 |
5. | "Sorrow" (Hiai (悲哀)) | 9:23 |
6. | "True Love" (Shinjitsu no Koi (真実の恋)) | 7:12 |
7. | "Telepathy" (Terepashī (テレパシー)) | 10:08 |
8. | "Birth of a New Day" (Atarashī Hi no Tanjō (新しい日の誕生)) | 13:04 |
Total length: | 67:23 |
No. | Title | Length |
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9. | "Aftermath" (Yoha (余波)) | 5:30 |
Total length: | 72:53 |
References
- Ryce, Andrew (26 September 2015). "2 8 1 4 – 新しい日の誕生". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- C Monster. "2814 – 新しい日の誕生". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- Dream Catalogue. "新しい日の誕生". Bandcamp. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- "Prepare to Get Deliriously Dreamy with Vaporwave Sensation 2814's Beyond-Blissful "Shinjitsu no Koi"". Vice. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- McDermott, Matt (31 July 2015). "Not Not Fun reissues LP from vaporwave group 2814". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- "2814 – '新しい日の誕生' on 2xLP, 12 inch vinyl". Indiegogo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- Simpson, Paul. "2814 (Biography)". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- Weingarten, Christopher R. (25 November 2015). "2814 – 10 New Artists You Need to Know: November 2015". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- "2814 – Birth Of A New Day". Bleep.com. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- "新しい日の誕生". Dream Catalogue. Retrieved 11 August 2019.