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Shoomy Band

Requiem

(Chitei Records, B37F) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Déjà Vu (8:18)
  2. Pepetão (6:09)
  3. Michi (7:59)
  4. Umi no Omoide (10:16)
  5. Sanctuary - Funade (7:53)
  6. Kotei - Hadaka no Osama (10:48)
  7. Profile (16:23)
  8. Kiri no Naka (4:54)

All songs composed by Takayuki Kato except (8), from Brahms' Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement; all lyrics by Shoomy (Akemi Taku)

Shoomy Band
Akemi Taku: piano, vocals, voice
Takayuki Kato: guitar
Norikatsu Koreyasu: bass
Masayuki Higuchi: drums

Koichi Matsukaze: tenor saxophone, flute

Recorded at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo
Mixed at Gumbo Studio
Recorded and mixed by Shinji Kawase except (6, 7), by Yasuo Fujimura
Mastered by Yukio Kobayashi at Hi Brite
Design by Erika Tanabe
Illustrations by Takayuki Kato
Photos by Motoko Yamada
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Akemi Taku

Released in February 2006