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- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Work
composers: []
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discs:
- disc_length: '22:51'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: 'Uchina noir: Ghosts of Chibichiri Cave'
    track_length: '3:24'
  - names:
      English: 'She Who Wandered: Infatuation'
    track_length: '4:03'
  - names:
      English: 'She Who Wandered: Chaos'
    track_length: '3:39'
  - names:
      English: 'Uchina noir: The Cocktail Party'
    track_length: '2:41'
  - names:
      English: Interlude [Limbo]
    track_length: '2:38'
  - names:
      English: 'Beneath the Sakura Trees: 死ぬ [Death]'
    track_length: '3:20'
  - names:
      English: 'Beneath the Sakura Trees: 接吻 [Kiss]'
    track_length: '3:06'
link: album/155207
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2025-12-02T10:29
  edited_date: 2025-12-06T06:38
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T12:36
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  visitors: 101
name: surreal, so real
names:
  en: surreal, so real
  ja: surreal, so real
  ja-latn: surreal, so real
notes: 'From bandcamp:

  "This is a recommended download for ALL fans of Silent Hill''s music. It''s got
  a fresh and moody soundscape resonating with either [ethereal] and melodic ambience
  or driving guitar riffs, and captivating drums that would impress even [Akira] Yamaoka
  himself." – Fungo of Twin Perfect, SilentHillMedia.net

  "A very refreshing artist. His mixture of rock and atmospheric music is very unique.
  ''surreal, so real'' is a fantastic example of his style, mixing traditional [Okinawan]
  music elements with timeless rock music, and even techno flavors. The result is
  very special, an eerie sound-scape with clearly defined melodic passages that act
  like puzzle pieces in a story." – Rasec [Britain]

  “You can hear that you put a lot of time in it and really put attention to the different
  layers and creating opposites. It’s dreamy but also raw reality! … Together with
  the story behind the EP, it makes this EP very interesting to listen to!” – ɱiɣuki
  ɖɑɣ [Netherlands]

  **********

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & PRODUCTION CREDITS:

  the title for "Uchina noir: The Cocktail Party" was taken from

  Tatsuhiro Oshiro’s 1967 novella of the same name

  synopses written with assistance from Andor Czigeledi

  artwork model: Terumi Shimazu

  infinite thank you’s to those who’ve assisted me with this project:

  Maggie Peng, Andor Czigeledi, Noah Golderg, Jo-Ann Irvin, Michael Daugherty, Miyuki
  Day, Jason Michael [Dah2]

  all tracks written, performed, and recorded by

  Joseph Yoshimasu Kamiya

  in loving memory of Auntie Irene Ike [1962 ~ 2008]

  and Grandma Yoshiko Kamiya [1915 ~ 2012]

  “UCHINA NOIR” BACKGROUND:

  “…had the [Japanese] military regarded non-combatants as coming under their protection,
  evacuations [of Okinawan civilians] would have been unnecessary and the collective
  self-killings that took place in the Kerama Islands, Iejima, Yomitan, and Mabuni
  would never have been carried out. In reality, non-combatants were far from being
  protected by the military. Instead, they found themselves in a situation where they
  were attacked by tigers at the front gate (the enemy troops) and wolves at the back
  gate (their own troops).” – Masahide Ota, Re-examining the History of the Battle
  of Okinawa (1985)'
organizations:
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  names:
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    ja: Yoshimasu Kamiya
    ja-latn: Yoshimasu Kamiya
  role: publisher
performers: []
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platforms:
- Microsoft Xbox
- PC
- Sony PlayStation 2
products:
- names:
    en: Silent Hill series
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id001
related:
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  link: album/18321
  names:
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    ja: Silent Hill Fan Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Silent Hill Fan Soundtrack
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/18319
  names:
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    ja: Broken Notes ~ Music Inspired by the Works of A...
    ja-latn: Broken Notes ~ Music Inspired by the Works of A...
  type: doujin
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  names:
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    ja: 'Broken Notes 2: Melancholy ~ Inspired by the Wo...'
    ja-latn: 'Broken Notes 2: Melancholy ~ Inspired by the Wo...'
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/155212
  names:
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    ja: Broken Notes From the Vault
    ja-latn: Broken Notes From the Vault
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/29145
  names:
    en: Broken Notes Sanatorium ~ Music Inspired by Sil...
    ja: Broken Notes Sanatorium ~ Music Inspired by Sil...
    ja-latn: Broken Notes Sanatorium ~ Music Inspired by Sil...
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/29152
  names:
    en: ashes of bitterness
    ja: ashes of bitterness
    ja-latn: ashes of bitterness
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/29161
  names:
    en: Letters from Condemned Worlds
    ja: Letters from Condemned Worlds
    ja-latn: Letters from Condemned Worlds
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/29158
  names:
    en: MUSIC INSPIRED BY SILENT HILL
    ja: MUSIC INSPIRED BY SILENT HILL
    ja-latn: MUSIC INSPIRED BY SILENT HILL
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/29157
  names:
    en: Endless Delusions
    ja: Endless Delusions
    ja-latn: Endless Delusions
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/29151
  names:
    en: _The Art Of Dying_
    ja: _The Art Of Dying_
    ja-latn: _The Art Of Dying_
  type: doujin
release_date: '2012-07-20'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 3.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://yoshimasukamiya.bandcamp.com/album/surreal-so-real
  name: Bandcamp
- link: http://silenthillmedia.net/fm-audio.htm
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- link: http://www.silenthillmemories.net/music/fan_albums_en.htm
  name: www.silenthillmemories.net
- link: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1mmcY8fIv3OvARVwEJ1_0Mi5-Nu6xpst
  name: YouTube
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votes: 0
