Music

1. Tsutomete
2. Northbound Journey
3. White Lycoris
4. Sado
5. B.A.S.D.
6. Nyoze
7. We Can Hardly See
8. Ascending Shadow of the Mountain

The trio’s second album "Thus Have I Heard", by Otohito Fuse (p), Riku Takahashi (b), and Kaito Nakamura (d), consists entirely of Fuse’s original compositions, as did their debut album "Isolated" (released March 2024). In this album, however, each piece is written with a stronger thematic focus, drawing inspiration from landscapes and religious concepts, and the continuity across the album is more consciously shaped. The title Thus Have I Heard is the English rendering of the phrase 「如是我聞」 that appears at the beginning of Chinese translations of Buddhist scriptures. It reflects the belief that every work is an expression of the world as seen by its creator, and the wish to cherish above all what was heard in that moment. Since late 2020, the trio has performed continuously, not only as a piano trio but also in various settings with different front-line players. The same members also form the rhythm section on Nakamura’s second album "Invisible Diary" (released March 2025). This album captures the ever-evolving sound of the trio as of May 2025. The album comes with a 20-page booklet featuring Fuse’s own essays (only in Japanese) on the title and compositions, accompanied by his own landscape photographs.

1. Isolated
2. Myo
3. Narrow and Wide
4. Cycles
5. Beyond the Solstice
6. Improvisation in B
7. Autumnal Mood
8. Lapsed Away

This is the first album by the Otohito Fuse Trio. The three members first performed together in December 2020 as the Kaito Nakamura Trio, and since then they have deepened their musical relationship through repeated performances, focusing primarily on each other’s original compositions. This album captures one moment in the evolving sound of the trio. By incorporating analog tape into the recording process, the session preserves rich overtones and a natural, organic nuance. Each member plays with a strong personal conviction, pursuing a fundamental yet delicate musical dialogue. The result is a singular sound—one that can only be created by this trio at this point in time.

1. Mild Spring
2. Pieces
3. Spring Dawn
4. Ghost Road
5. Invisible Sunset (Part 1)
6. Invisible Sunset (Part 2)
7. Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)

This album was produced in 2020, during the period when I was staying at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released exclusively on streaming platforms via TuneCore. Centered around the original pieces I had been performing at my leader gigs at the time, I handled the recording, mixing, and mastering entirely at home. The title track, “Ghost Road,” is the piece for which I received the Composition Award at the 2018 Seiko Summer Jazz Camp. The album cover features various photographs of roads that I personally took.

1. Aka Tombo

Like my album Ghost Road, this single was produced at home in 2020. Tatsuno City in Hyōgo Prefecture, where some of my relatives live, is the hometown of Rofū Miki, the lyricist of Akatombo, and the song is broadcast throughout the city every morning and evening. Perhaps for that reason, among all the Japanese children’s songs, Akatombo is especially memorable to me. For the cover art, I used a photograph of the evening sky that I took myself.

1. A single flower brooming in the darkness
2. The dance of death
3. Fantastical Reality World

1. Dr. Blythe
2. F
3. Impromptu No. 1 (for Birth Givers)
4. Blaque Dawn

1. Creatio (Capitulum Primum)
2. Corruptio (Capitulum Secundum)
3. Arca Noe (Capitulum Tertium)
4. Stella by starlight (Encore)

1. Endless Spring Vacation
2. Withdraw
3. バルバロ (Barbaro)
4. Little Warm Winter
5. Part 1. Hometown
6. Part 2. Unpredictable Inevitability
7. Part 3. Dada's Hands
8. Part 4. Memorial Days
9. Part 5. <(%9 2(<8%%××〒6

1. High Ace
2. Beyond the Solstice
3. 坂道 (Sakamichi)
4. 歌舞伎町一番街のテーマ (Theme of Kabukicho Ichibangai)
5. Jazz Patrol
6. Cycles
7. Sapphire
8. Stardust