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商品の情報

発売日

2026年11月07日

ジャンル

SOUL/CLUB/RAP

フォーマット

CD

構成数

1

製造国

輸入盤

レーベル

Polydor UK

SKU

602475959601

規格品番

7595960

商品の紹介

『FUDGE』は、マイケル・キワヌーカがこれまでで最も自由に直感のままに作り上げたアルバム。

自然なひらめきや感情、創作の喜びから生まれた鮮やかで人間味あふれる作品。

肩の力が抜けたソウルフルなサウンドには、創作の流れに身を委ねることでしか生まれない魔法のような瞬間が息づいる。

制作のきっかけとなったのは、故チック・コリアの言葉。パンデミックによるロックダウン中、マイケルが偶然目にしたインタビューで語られていたのは周囲の評価を気にせず自分が愛するものを大切にすること。そのメッセージが、彼の背中を押した。

プリント入りデジスリーヴ仕様のCD。歌詞ブックレット付き。

発売・販売元 提供資料（2026/10/08）

"I dont know what Im doing...I dont know if this is the right thing to do...Its pretty scary." This incidental chatter, inserted at the end of the first song on Fudge, is a subtle hint that the album title is self-deprecatory. Fudge is indeed a leap for Michael Kiwanuka in how it was made: primarily between sessions for 2024s Small Changes, without main songwriting and production collaborators Inflo and Danger Mouse, and in a new one-room studio the musician outfitted with a console purchased with his Mercury Prize winnings. Kiwanuka brought in members of his live band -- most crucially Joe Connell, a multi-instrumentalist, engineer, and producer -- and knocked out a dozen songs in relatively raw, imperfect fashion. He then turned the results over to Rosie Danvers, his longtime string arranger, and Dom Monks (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Laura Marling, Big Thief), a new production associate. Fudge hardly resembles a low-budget effort, nor is it truly anomalous in the context of Kiwanukas catalog. It largely consists of plaintive ballads -- fully formed hybrids of soul, folk, and roots rock teeming with heartache, doubt, and weary resolve. There is an exception in the serene, torpid swoon of "You Sent Me Flying," though even then, it seems possible that Kiwanuka is either dreaming or looking back at a fleeting moment of joy. Downcast remains his principal disposition, and hes ever capable of spinning gold from it. The lengthy "Love in My Heart" is an elegiac career high point, entering with a slow mechanical pulse and flecks of organ, gradually intensifying until the gathering storm erupts with massed strings and churning electric guitar. "Stars" is all ragged moonage glory with an approving "OK, cool" heard over a wild and woolly solo. Moments in certain other songs, the opening "Summer Clothes" included, can be heard as indications of Kiwanukas will to move in another artistic direction. Fudge was intended for release in late 2025, but Kiwanuka opted to hold on to it after a hemorrhagic stroke took him out of commission. At the time of its arrival a year later, he was still in a rehabilitation center without a timeline for his return. ~ Andy Kellman

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発売日:2026年11月07日/商品ID:8177133/ジャンル:SOUL/CLUB/RAP/フォーマット:CD/構成数:1/レーベル:Polydor UK/アーティスト:Michael Kiwanuka/アーティストカナ:マイケル・キワヌカ/タイトル:Fudge/タイトルカナ:ファッジ