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Nujabes
Modal Soul
✺ 2026 repress !!
2024 reissue - Hydeout Productions released Modal Soul in 2005, the second LP from the revered Japanese producer and instrumentalist Nujabes. Since its release Modal Soul has been enshrined in the canon of classic hip-hop, cherished by a dedicated following that is modest in number but unparalleled in passion. Nujabes is usually referenced as a hip-hop producer, but Modal Soul blends such disparate influences as to become a new, one-of-a-kind world music transcending all musical, physical or temporal boundaries. While each Nujabes project is a masterpiece in itself, Modal Soul is undoubtedly the producer's most dynamic and most popular effort.
It’s not uplifting lyrical content or the producer’s technical virtuosity that distinguishes Modal Soul, though the album has both in spades. What distinguishes Modal Soul is its mood, its essence. Splicing together a beat and a piano sample is no longer revolutionary, though Nujabes, real name Seba Jun (February 7, 1974 – February 26, 2010), does so with a master’s grace. Flipping the samples and aligning the sound to make the listener feel with such great depth – that is the revelation of Modal Soul. If you don’t feel the music, that’s okay. But for those who do, it is healing sound. It is fuel for imagination, a foundation for dreams, no less important than any music ever made.
A1
Feather
A2
Ordinary Joe
A3
Reflection Eternal
A4
Luv (sic.) Pt3
B1
Music Is Mine
B2
Eclipse
B3
The Sign
B4
Thank You
C1
World's End Rhapsody
C2
Modal Soul
C3
Flowers
D1
Sea Of Cloud
D2
Light On The Land
D3
Horizon




