Shoko Numao - Warbler Wind — 鶯の風 (elsesong 004) is now available on Bandcamp. We accept CD preorders (CD release: November 10, 2026). Bandcamp elsewhere site (CD preorder) (cover art by Shoko Numao)
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Guy Vandromme - Anastassis Philippakopoulos: piano works II (elsewhere 043) is now available on Bandcamp. We accept CD preorders (CD release: November 1, 2026). Bandcamp elsewhere site (CD preorder) (cover photo by Anastassis Philippakopoulos) 
Laura Cetilia - ephemeral bloom (elsewhere 042) is now available on Bandcamp. We accept CD preorders (CD release: November 1, 2026). Bandcamp elsewhere site (CD preorder) (cover artwork by Naho Taruishi) 
Giuliano d’Angiolini - Stato dell'arte (elsewhere 041) is now available on Bandcamp. We accept CD preorders (CD release: November 1, 2026). Bandcamp elsewhere site (CD preorder) (cover artwork by Giuliano d’Angiolini)  As of today, August 14, 2026, I launched Elsewhere Music Publishing as a publisher, to protect the copyrights of some of my label's artists. It's mostly for my elsesong artists who are singer-songwriters.
Recently, I discovered a disturbing fact: 22 years ago, one of my label artists wrote a song that was unlawfully used by an American singer and included on his CD. My artist sent out a demo of the song in the early 2000s, which seemed to circulate and reach the singer, who recorded the song for his own album and released it without permission. At least my artist's name was credited as the songwriter on the CD, but he was never notified about it and never received royalties or compensation. He found out by chance while searching for his name online after the CD was released, and he was completely shocked. The singer who infringed on my label artist’s song wasn’t well known. However, his CD was released by four labels in four countries in 2004, including Italy, Spain, and Japan. It seems to have gained some popularity in Japan around the time after being released by one of the top three major record companies. The song that this singer illegally recorded and released is still on YouTube and streaming services. My artist couldn't do anything about this case since he couldn't afford the expensive music copyright attorney fees, so he had to let it go. To help prevent such cases from happening in the future, I decided to become a music publisher (and register to ASCAP). My goal as a publisher is not to pursue profit but to study music copyright law thoroughly and closely monitor it to ensure that the rights of my label’s artists are not violated. If any royalties are generated from an artist’s work, I intend to give the artist a large share of them. I myself have experienced this helpless anger in similar copyright infringement cases: when I was a child, my late father’s designs were stolen by a young designer who visited our house, and on another occasion, by a major advertising agency—and although both became nationwide hits, my father never received a single royalty. All he could do was accept his unfortunate situation and swallow the bitterness, as my label's artist did. In this morally bankrupt era, I sincerely hope that artists in every genre will not have to endure such painful experiences, even if only a little less often. And through my publishing business, I hope to protect my label's artists from such cases as much as possible while helping them earn royalties from sync use licenses and more. 沼尾翔子ソロアルバム「The Siwnin Sails — 青い帆」 CDリリース記念コンサート（東京） 2026年5月23日（土） 開場 17:30 開演 18:00 前売 2,500円 当日 3,000円 早稲田奉仕園 スコットホール 詳細、お問い合わせは、こちらのページをご参照ください。 We have some CD-Rs of Rick DePaoli - Don't Lose Your Faith (elsesong 001) available to buy ($11). They are handmade and a limited edition of 50. It includes a lyric paper insert. If you would like to order this and also receive a digital album or a Bandcamp code, please note this when ordering. 
 Quentin Tolimieri - Monochromes II (elsewhere 044-3) is now on Bandcamp. We accept CD preorders (CD release: April 15). Bandcamp elsewhere site (CD preorder) (cover photography by Quentin Tolimieri)  Very happy to share the cover art for Rick DePaoli - Don't Lose Your Faith (elsesong 001), the first release on my sub-label elsesong. Digital preorders start today. Cover painting by Maria Filippakopoulou. Bandcamp (download 16-bit or 24-bit, streaming) elsewhere site Download 16-bit/44k WAV Download 24-bit/44k FLAC Preorder customers can download/stream one single track from the album today, and two more single tracks will be available in the following schedule. 1st single available: February 17 2nd single available: March 3 3rd single available: March 17 full album release: April 3 (The full digital album will be out on April 3. Also will be available on all streaming platforms on April 3.) Rick DePaoli - Don't Lose Your Faith (elsesong 001) Rick DePaoli was born in Sicily in 1965 and raised in Jersey City, where two lifelong passions took root: music and food. He grew up learning his family’s traditional recipes in their kitchen and food truck, later training at a culinary arts school and working in high-end New York City restaurants. After 25 years running his own food truck, he opened The Sicilian Guy, a Sicilian restaurant in Jersey City, in the fall of 2025. Though cooking became his profession, music was always DePaoli’s deepest passion. In his youth, he played guitar in a rock band alongside a former bandmate who later went on to perform with Guns N’ Roses. Family responsibilities ultimately led him to focus on food, but music never left him. In 2017, he was working seven nights a week from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in his food truck near the Daily News newspaper plant in Jersey City. While serving food to press workers on the night shift, DePaoli kept a guitar in his truck and wrote songs in between customers. He made a demo of the song he wrote the night before in his home studio during the daytime, often without sleep. When he had enough material, he moved on to recording them. A singer and guitarist, he recorded the album with renowned studio musicians: Michael Landau on guitar, Jimmy Johnson on bass, Andy Burton on piano, and Aaron Sterling on drums and percussion. The recordings were mixed by Grammy Award–winning engineer Kevin Killen, known for his work with U2, Peter Gabriel, and David Bowie. After completing the album, he pitched it to record labels but received no responses, leading him to shelve the project and focus entirely on his culinary career. His collection of 13 songs was rediscovered in 2025 by elsewhere music and newly mastered by Taku Unami. The album Don’t Lose Your Faith reveals a body of work marked by rustic sincerity and heartfelt, straightforward singing—rare qualities in today’s music landscape. Honest, melodic, and deeply human, the songs evoke the spirit of ’60s and ’70s pop-rock while speaking directly to the heart. They reflect the soul of an artist torn between passion and responsibility, yet never losing faith in his music. ------------ MUSICIANS Rick DePaoli - guitars, vocals Michael Landau - guitars Jimmy Johnson - bass Aaron Sterling - drums, percussion Andy Burton - piano Andy Stein - violin Roy Lewis - violin John Dexter - viola Leo Grinhaus - cello all songs written and arranged by Rick DePaoli string arrangements by Andy Stein |
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