Rintaro Mikami
Drummer - Composer
New Album โCosmolampsโ
Out on November 6th 2026
Rintaro Mikami - Drums / Jon Cowherd - Piano / Simรณn Willson - Bass / Robert Vega - Trumpet
Tal Kalman - Tenor Sax / Lily Resnikoff - Voice
Track List
Cosmolamps / 2. Time (dive) / 3. Obsession / 4. You Are Now / 5.Time / 6. The Land of Shoji /
7. Guide of an Abyssal Ladder / 8. Time (foreseen) / 9. A Blink Through Train Windows
Cosmolamps is a collection of reflections that have quietly taken shape in me over the three years since the release of my previous album, First Fish โ and perhaps even long before that.
This year marks ten years since I began living in New York. Over the course of that decade, I have encountered countless landscapes not only in the world around me, but also within myself. Reaching this milestone, I felt compelled to turn inward and contemplate those inner landscapes with greater depth and clarity. That impulse became the starting point for this album.
At the heart of the record is โTimeโ, presented in three different versions that embody the past, the present, and the future. Together, they form the conceptual framework of the album. The compositions that surround them reflect the questions I have encountered along the way, the experiences that have shaped me, and the personal perspectives and responses that gradually emerged from them.
What began as a seemingly scattered collection of deeply personal memories has, over time, grown into something that feels less like my own story and more like a quiet reflection of something universal.
In the autumn of 2025, after giving my first performance on Tanegashima Island, I lay on the beach that night and looked up at a sky overflowing with stars. The Milky Way stretched silently overhead, and in that moment I was reminded of the distant night sky above Kuchinoerabu Island โ the same sky that inspired First Fish. It felt at once familiar and impossibly far away, as though a memory had quietly found its way back to me.
Just as countless moments coexist across the universe, and the light of distant stars travels through time before becoming part of the night sky we share, the irreplaceable fragments of our own lives gradually gather, overlap, and weave themselves into a single landscape.
Even the smallest moments of our daily lives carry their own light. Like landscapes glimpsed from train windows, they can never be seen in quite the same way again, yet they remain etched in us forever.
It is my hope that Cosmolamps may invite us to notice the quiet lights that accompany each of our journeys, and to recognize, within them, a beauty that is at once deeply personal and profoundly universal.
Rintaro Mikami
ใCosmolampsใใฏใๅไฝใFirst Fishใใใชใชใผในใใฆใใ็พๅจใซ่ณใใพใงใฎ3ๅนด้ใใใใใฏใใไปฅๅใใ็งใฎไธญใง้ใใซ่ฒใพใใฆใใๆ็ดขใ้ใใไฝๅใงใใ
ใใฅใผใจใผใฏใงๆฎใใใฏใใใฆ10ๅนดใใใฎๆญณๆใฏใๅคใฎไธ็ใ ใใงใชใใ่ชๅ่ช่บซใฎๅ ๅดใซใใใใพใใพใช้ขจๆฏใๆใๅบใใฆใใใพใใใ10ๅนดใฎ็ฏ็ฎใซ็ซใกใ่ชใใฎๅ ใชใ้ขจๆฏใใใๆทฑใ็ผๅทฎใใง่ฆใคใใฆใฟใใใใใๆใใใใจใใใใฎไฝๅใฎๅบ็บ็นใจใชใใพใใใ
ใขใซใใ ใฎๆ ธใจใชใๆฅฝๆฒใTimeใใฏใใ้ๅปใใ็พๅจใใๆชๆฅใใจใใ็ฐใชใๆ้ใฎ็ธใ่กจ็พใใ3ใคใฎใใผใธใงใณใงๆงๆใใใๆฌไฝๅ จไฝใฎ้ชจๆ ผใๅฝขใฅใใฃใฆใใพใใใใใๅ ใๆฅฝๆฒใใกใซใฏใใใใพใง็งใๅบไผใฃใฆใใๅใใ็ต้จใจใใใใซๅฏพใใ่ชๅใชใใฎ็ญใใ่ฆ็นใ็ถดใฃใฆใใพใใ
ไธ่ฆๆฃ้ธใงใพใจใพใใฎใชใๅไบบ็ใช่จๆถใฎๅฏใ้ใใใๅงใพใฃใใขใซใใ ใฏใไปใงใฏๅไบบใฎ็ฉ่ชใ้ขใใใฉใใๆฎ้็ใช้ฟใใๅธฏใณใฆ่ดใใใฆใใใใใซๆใใพใใ
2025ๅนด็งใ่ช่บซๅใจใชใ็จฎๅญๅณถใงใฎๅ ฌๆผใ็ตใใๅคใฎ็ ๆตใซๅฏใในใฃใฆๆบๅคฉใฎๆ็ฉบใ่ฆไธใใพใใใๅคฉใฎๅทใ้ใใซๆจชใใใใใใใซใฏใFirst Fishใใงๆใใๅฃๆฐธ่ฏ้จๅณถใฎ่จๆถใๆใ่ตทใใใใใใใชใใใคใ่ฆใๆใใใใฆ้ ใๆ็ฉบใๅบใใฃใฆใใพใใใ
็กๆฐใฎ็ฌ้ใๅฎๅฎใฎไธญใงๅๆใซๅญๅจใใใใใซใ้ฅใๅฝผๆนใฎๆใ ใฎๅ ใ้ทใๆ้ใๆ ใใฆใใใใฆ็งใใกใ่ฆไธใใๅค็ฉบใฎไธ้จใจใชใใใใซใ็งใใกใฎไบบ็ใซๆฃใใฐใใใใใใใใใฎใชใไธ็ฌใฎๆญ็ใใกใใพใใ้ใชใๅใไธใคใฎๆฏ่ฒใ็นใใชใใฆใใใพใใ
ไฝๆฐใชใๆฅใ ใฎๅถใฟใงใใใๅ่ปใฎ็ชใซ็งปใใใ้ขจๆฏใฎใใใซใไบๅบฆใจๅใใใใกใงๅบไผใใใจใฏใงใใชใใจ็ฅใใชใใใใๆฐธ้ ใซ็งใใกใฎๅฟใซๅปใพใใฆใใใไธ็ฌใฎๅ ใๅธธใซๆพใฃใฆใใใฎใงใใ
ใใใใใฎไบบ็ใฎๆ ่ทฏใซ็ฏใ้ใใชๅ ใๆทฑใๅไบบ็ใงใใใชใใๅๆใซๆฎ้็ใงใใใใใฎ้ใ้ใฃใใใคใใใใซใๆๆฅใๆฐใฅใใฆใใใใใจ้กใใฎใงใใ
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