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In Another

by Masahiro Takahashi

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about

On his sixth LP In Another, Toronto-based, Japanese-born, musician and composer Masahiro Takahashi (髙橋 政宏) continues the collaborative expansion of his sonic universe that listeners witness on his 2023 release, Humid Sun. Here he enlists a rotating ensemble of ten guest artists from Toronto’s vibrant music community, including his labelmate Joseph Shabason, who also serves as the album’s co-producer and engineer.

Spurred by his longtime admiration for chamber pop spanning the High Llamas and Free Design to the Beach Boys, Takahashi deviates from the underlying processes of his past two outings, trading Ableton sequences for lead sheets, focusing on creating robust melodic and harmonic foundations first. This difference is audible straight away; the album opens with a dialog between upright piano and plucked double bass that’s so gentle and transparent you can hear the breath of the players.

Yet the record is not all as sparse as this intimate opening. The ensuing collection of 10 tracks—variously inspired by the vignette structure of Akira Kurosawa’s 1990 film Dreams and the parables of Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi—unfurls Takahashi’s most colourful, poignant and sophisticated set to date. With instrumental contributions from the likes of Thom Gill (collaborator to everyone from Chaka Khan to Sam Wilkes), Bram Gielen (Jeremy Dutcher, Owen Pallett), Philippe Melanson (Sam Gendel, Eric Chenaux),Orange Milk Records alum Nick Storring, Takahashi and company embrace everything from viscous jazz-funk to wistful ambience, languid balladry to groove-laden tropical repose.

Then there’s the vocals, which play a key role in connecting this body of work to its pop inspirations. Fellow Telephone Explosion artist Dorothea Paas sings on nine cuts, while Chris A. Cummings (Marker Starling, Cici Arthur) crafted elegant vocal arrangements featuring both of them for six tracks.

And just like the intricate songcraft that Takahashi so admires, In Another teems with personality and wit, offering surprise twists of colour tucked into its warm and evocative compositions.

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released March 20, 2026

Produced by Masahiro Takahashi and Joseph Shabason
Composed by Masahiro Takahashi, except ‘I’m your mirror,’ co-written with Joseph Shabason
Engineered and mixed by Joseph Shabason
Mastered by Sandro Perri
Artwork and Design by Alicia Nauta and Eunice Luk
Words by Nick Storring

Bram Gielen: Upright bass, Electric bass, Rhodes, Piano
Chris A. Cummings: Vocal arrangement, Vocals, Piano
Christine Bougie: Lap steel guitar
Dorothea Paas: Vocals
Joseph Shabason: Saxophones, EWI, Flute, Sound design
Masahiro Takahashi: Synth, Vocal, Samples, Sound design, Edit
Michael Davidson: Vibraphone
Nick Storring: String arrangement (Cat only knows), Cello
Philippe Melanson: Electronic percussion, Percussion, Objects
Thom Gill: Guitar, Piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Synth
Vincent Spilchuk: Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Recorded at Studio Aytche, Toronto, Canada between June and November 2025, except lap steel and cello.

Released on Telephone Explosion Records in 2026

Special thanks to Eunice Luk, Nick Storring, Tania Gill, Matthew Bailey, Madeleine Ertel, Masayuki Tomita, Ruoh, and Takao

Produced with the support of the City of Toronto through Toronto Arts Council. Made Possible with the support of FACTOR & Ontario Creates

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Masahiro Takahashi is a Toronto-based Japanese musician and composer who also scores for films and art installations.

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