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Ché-Shizu

Hi no Tamaki

(Jigen Production, jigen-015) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Fall (2:12)
  2. The Rainbow in Your Left Eye (6:45)
  3. Yo-Yo Ma (2:07)
  4. Paris (3:08)
  5. Improvisation--Standing on a Hill (11:11)
  6. Black Sabbath (3:53)
  7. 1.2.3 (3:54)
  8. Crowd (3:46)
  9. La Vie (2:22)
  10. Hi no Tamaki (Ring of Fire) (4:08)
  11. Sea at Dawn (3:38)
  12. Improvisation (8:48)
  13. Dance in the Air (1:22)
  14. Flag Heart Beating (5:46)
  15. In the Sky--Fly! (4:34)

All music and words by Chie Mukai, except the words of track 2 by Ryuichi Enomoto

Ché-Shizu
Chie Mukai: er-hu, piano, vocals, drums (12)
Tori Kudo: guitar, vocals, drums (14)
Takuya Nishimura: bass, vocals
Tsukasa Takahashi: drums, vocals, analapos, tape recorder, toys

Tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, and 15 recorded by Katsunori Owa at Studio You, Osaka, December 29, 2013
Tracks 3-5, 7, 10, and 12-14 recorded live by Michio Yamaguchi at Epok, Osaka, December 30, 2013
Additional recording by Naohiko Nakagawa at Mother House Studio, Tokyo, April 6, 2014
Edited and mixed by Takashi Miyamoto
Mastered by Katsunori Owa at Studio You, Osaka, July 31, 2014
Cover art by Momax
Design by Takashi Miyamoto
Photo by Yoshinori Kouzu
English translation by Alan Cummings
Produced by Takashi Miyamoto and Chie Mukai
Includes an 8-page booklet with lyrics in Japanese and English and liner notes in Japanese by Takashi Miyamoto

Released in February 2016