Dramatic (Casiopea album)

DRAMATIC is the 24th album by the jazz fusion group Casiopea recorded and released in 1993. It is also an album which marks the introduction of a new Casiopea Member, Noriaki Kumagai, who replaced Masaaki Hiyama on drums due to his Medical problems caused by smoking, and, this also marks Casiopea's Return to Alfa Records. This album has a song, "Shocking Function", which includes Former T-Square Member, Kiyohiko Senba, on percussion.

DRAMATIC
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedMay 21, 1993
Recorded1993
Studiostudio Jive, Tokyo
GenreJazz fusion
Length50:59
LabelAlfa Records
ALCA-487
ProducerCasiopea
Casiopea chronology
We Want More
(1992)		 DRAMATIC
(1993)		 Answers
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Scene 1: Glory"Issei Noro4:05
2."Scene 2: Fly to the Sun"Issei Noro4:29
3."Scene 3: The Tornado"Issei Noro4:01
4."Scene 4: Shadow of Midnight"Issei Noro4:32
5."Scene 5: Life Goes On"Yoshihiro Naruse, Issei Noro4:38
6."Scene 6: Voice From Others"Issei Noro4:39
7."Scene 7: Cubic Music"Minoru Mukaiya3:41
8."Scene 8: Ancient Roman"Minoru Mukaiya4:28
9."Scene 9: Shocking Function"Noriaki Kumagai4:01
10."Scene 10: Michi"Issei Noro3:36
11."Scene 11: Oriental Spirits"Minoru Mukaiya4:35
12."Scene 12: Key of Miracle"Issei Noro4:14
Total length:50:59

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Guitars
Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards
Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass
Noriaki Kumagai - drums

Guest

Production
  • Sound Producer — CASIOPEA
  • Executive Producer — Yoshiaki Mizutani, Yoshihiro Akiya
  • Producer — Kyoji Kato
  • Director — Hideyuki Akiyama
  • Recording & Mixing Engineer — Koji Sugimori
  • Assistant Engineer — Kazuyoshi Hirayama
  • Additional Recording Engineer — Tomoyuki Sumi
  • Guitar & Keyboards Technician — Yasushi "SLOT" Horiuchi
  • Basses & Drums Technician — Shigeo Matsuyama
  • Basses Build Up Technician — Yoshiki Murayama
  • Art Direction & Design — Satoshi Yanagisawa
  • Assist — Katsumichi Nagai
  • Photograph — Yukinori Tokoro
  • Inner Photo — Takashi Kitamura, Yoshihiro Naruse (SCENE 5)
  • Stylist — Mikio Mochizuki
  • Hair & Make — Eisuke Shibusawa

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan May 21, 1993 Alfa Records 12cmCD ALCA-487 stereo
June 29, 1994 ALCA-9016
February 20, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2216 DSD, LP paper jacket
March 13, 2002 VRCL-2236 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20018 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076265701 iTunes Store[2]
4582290414096 mora AAC-LC 320kbps[3] AAC-LC 320kbps
A2000673652 Recochoku AAC 320kbps[4]
B01B5AV390 Amazon.com[5]
Bkqmsavadqewmwlrbhncvrgbdoy Google Play Music [6]
July 27, 2016 4582290418766 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
smj4582290418766 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
11195 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9]
4582290418759 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10]
A2000673652 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[4]
smj4582290418759 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11]
11204 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12]
12de2ab533f8e00c7093 AWA 320kbps[13]
November 10, 2016 4JtrbQ9MCFWgOQOoE1SJwl Spotify[14]
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References
  1. Allmusic review
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