Name: Shinbangumi
Brand: Ginger Root

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GI443LP

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2024-09-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

804297844312

Total Cap

9999

Black LP

GI443lp-C1

Orange

Sunray and Juban TV Building Coloured Vinyl.

Extended format: Yes

804297844336

Orange LP

Artist

Ginger Root

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Ghostly International

Ginger Root is a multi-talented artist who excels as a film/video editor and musician. Known for his captivating music, Ginger Root has been making waves in the industry under this unique moniker. With a passion for creating soulful melodies and infectious beats, Ginger Root's music is sure to leave listeners wanting more.
Combining elements of funk, R&B, and indie pop, Ginger Root's sound is both nostalgic and fresh. His songs are filled with catchy hooks, smooth vocals, and groovy rhythms that transport listeners to another time. Whether he's performing live or recording in the studio, Ginger Root's talent shines through in every note.
In addition to his musical pursuits, Ginger Root also showcases his creativity through film and video editing. His visual storytelling skills add depth and dimension to his music videos, further enhancing the overall experience for fans.

Newest Listed Items

Step inside the world of Ginger Root. Cameron Lew makes it easy to do so; every considered detail is his own manifestation, written, designed, and executed as an all-encompassing diorama of sound and sight. A multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and visual artist from Southern California, Lew has crafted his project steadily since 2017, inviting a fervent and growing legion of fans into storylines drawn across mediums: captivating albums with accompanying films and globe-spanning tours. The Ginger Root sound — handmade yet immaculately polished synth-pop, alt-disco, boogie, and soul — takes shape through Lew's lens as an Asian-American growing up enamored by 1970s and '80s music, specifically the creative and cultural dialogue between Japanese City Pop and its Western counterparts from French Pop to Philly Soul to Ram-era McCartney. He spins his retro-minded influences and proliferates savvily in the present, synthesizing a songwriter's wit, an editor's eye, and a producer’s resource into something singular and modern. Shinbagumi, his long-awaited third LP, and Ghostly International debut set for physical release in 2024 with a visual album component, translates roughly to a new season of a show. It finds Lew more poised, idiosyncratic, and intentional than ever in a new chapter of life, unlocking "exactly what Ginger Root should sound and feel like," he says. "In terms of instrumentation and musicality, it's the first time that I felt very confident and comfortable with what everything should be comprised of. On the more personal side, I'm coming out of the last four years of writing, touring, and living as a different person;&nbsp;Shinbagumi is a platform to showcase my new self."

In parallel with the songs and his real-life artist story, unfolding across the sequential music video series, Lew resumes the conceptual narrative from his 2022 EP Nisemono, which follows Ginger Root as a newly-fired music supervisor in 1987 starting his own media conglomerate, Ginger Root Productions. "If you watch music videos one through eight, you'll be presented with a story that’s comparable to a traditional movie; something I've always wanted to do.” Splitting sessions between locations in Japan and back in Orange County, Lew paid extra attention to&nbsp;Shinbagumi's track arrangement, tapping his close circle for input, including members of his live band and his longtime video collaborator, David Gutel. He sees the album’s arc in multiple acts, mapping the chronological listen with "just the right amount of like front-end punch and then letting you breathe, then sending you even faster in the middle section, and so on...I wanted to grab you by the collar in a good way and then not let you go until the last song."

Shinbangumi 

Music US

Discover Shinbangumi by Ginger Root on Ghostly International. Cameron Lew's meticulously crafted synth-pop masterpiece, set for physical release in 2024 with a visual album component.