| Shibuya is the new project from the creative minds of Nicolay and Phonte, better known as The Foreign Exchange, whose sophomore album, the independent Hip Hop/R&B/Soul smash Leave It All Behind continues to gain momentum as the duo and their extended family of singers and musicians currently tour the United States and Canada. The idea for Shibuya, which is the second installment in Nicolay's City Lights series of albums, was first conceived after his first visit to Tokyo, Japan. Once back home, he wrote and recorded with a new-found sense of freedom, laying the groundwork for the albums Time:Line and Leave It All Behind as well a third album, a deeply personal homage to the Tokyo district of Shibuya that illustrates both the grandeur of Japan's age-old heritage as well as the hectic city life of one of the world's busiest metropolitan areas, through two suites of richly multi-layered instrumental pieces. | |
