Lullatone
The delicate lap-pop project Lullatone came together shortly after Shawn James Seymour moved from his hometown of Louisville, KY, to Nagoya, Japan, with his girlfriend and bandmate, Yoshimi Tomida. The two initially met in an intercultural communications class at the Bellarmine University. At one point during class, the teacher asked the exchange students what they had trouble adjusting to in America. Tomida replied that she was having trouble adjusting to American food, so after class Seymour offered to take her to a local Asian market. They ended up having a picnic, and Seymour moved to Nagoya with her about a year later, where they moved into a tiny apartment. It was there that he was inspired to start writing what he called "tiny songs." Seymour, who didn't sleep much at that time, would stay up late composing and recording lullabies for Tomida, making use of whatever he could get his hands on: xylophones, keyboards, music boxes, sine tones, harps, toy drums, ukuleles, cymbals, shakers, wood blocks, pillows, whispers, heartbeats, bubbles, and, as Seymour put it, "a lot of daydreams." The result was a set of warm, meandering lullabies that came together on Lullatone's 2003 release Computer Recital. Another album, entitled My Petit Melodies, was released soon after that on the Japanese label Childisc. Little Songs About Raindrops, the band's third album, was released in 2005. The new release used a wider array of instrumentation than the previous recordings, featuring Tomida's breathy, childlike vocals and a rich tapestry of organic sounds. 2006's Plays Pajama Pop Pour Vous found Seymour and Tomida continuing their exploration of shimmering, organic tones. 2007's Bedtime Beat followed in the same tradition of cute nighty-night whimsy.
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Music for Museum Gift Shops
Electronic - Released by Lulla-Label on Apr 8, 2019
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Houseplant Music
Electronic - Released by Lulla-Label on Jul 14, 2020
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While Winter Whispers - EP
Film Soundtracks - Released by Lulla-Label on Mar 20, 2014
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Like Grains of Sand in Your Hand
Electronic - Released by Lullatone on Mar 30, 2022
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Songs That Spin in Circles
Children - Released by Audio Dregs Recordings on Jun 9, 2009
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Computer Recital
Ambient - Released by Audio Dregs on Aug 24, 2004
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Plays Pajama Pop Pour Vous
Electronic - Released by Audio Dregs on Dec 5, 2006
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Little Songs About Raindrops
Ambient - Released by Audio Dregs Records on Oct 12, 2004
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We Will Rock You... To Sleep: An Introduction to Lullatone
Children - Released by Audio Dregs Recordings on May 26, 2009
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Falling for Autumn - EP
Film Soundtracks - Released by Lulla-Label on Nov 20, 2013
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A Tape of a Tape of a Tape of a Time (Akira Kosemura Rework)
Classical - Released by Lulla-Label on Jan 12, 2024
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A Tape of a Tape of a Tape of a Time
Alternative & Indie - Released by Lulla-Label on Nov 9, 2021
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