Electric Island, Acoustic Sea
Electric Island, Acoustic Sea is a collaborative studio album by Grammy Award-winning musicians Tak Matsumoto (Japanese guitarist of B'z fame) and Daniel Ho (American multi-instrumentalist). The album debuted at #7 on the Oricon weekly album chart[2] and at #6 on the Billboard Japan album chart.[3] "Island of Peace" and "Rain" are re-recordings of songs previously released in Matsumoto's 2014 solo album New Horizon.
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| Released | February 8, 2017[1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz, rock | |||
| Length | 53:57[1] | |||
| Label | Daniel Ho Creations, House of Strings, Vermillion Records[1] | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Soaring on Dreams" | Daniel Ho | 5:31 |
| 2. | "Fujiyama Highway" | Tak Matsumoto | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Magokoro (True Heart)" | Ho | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Infinite Escapade" | Ho | 4:45 |
| 5. | "Faithfully" (Journey cover; lyrics by Jonathan Cain) | Jonathan Cain | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Sunny Tuesday" | Matsumoto | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Wander Blues" | Matsumoto | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Adrenaline UP!" | Matsumoto, Ho | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Omotesando" | Matsumoto | 4:45 |
| 10. | "Island of Peace" | Matsumoto | 5:19 |
| 11. | "Rain" | Matsumoto | 5:40 |
| 12. | "Lia" | Ho | 4:05 |
| Total length: | 53:57[1] | ||
Personnel
- Tak Matsumoto – electric guitar, arrangement on tracks 2, 6-11
- Daniel Ho – vocals on "Faithfully"; 12-string guitar on "Soaring on Dreams"; rhythm guitar on "Soaring on Dreams" and "Magokoro (True Heart)"; acoustic guitar on tracks 5, 8, 7, 9 and 12; bass on tracks 1, 4, 5 and 6; sanshin on "Fujiyama Highway"; Ukulele on "Fujiyama Highway" and "Sunny Tuesday"; tenor & soprano ukulele on "Island of Peace"; piano on tracks 1, 3, 4, 10 and 11; keyboard on tracks 1, 3 and 4; electric piano on "Omotesando"; triangle on "Infinite Escapade"; cymbal on "Infinite Escapade"; udu on "Sunny Tuesday" and "Rain"; uriuri on "Sunny Tuesday"; ipu heke on tracks 6, 10 and 11; shaker on "Sunny Tuesday" and "Rain"; Chinese cymbal on "Adrenaline UP!"; caxixi on "Island of Peace"; cha-cha on "Island of Peace" and "Rain"; talking drum, bongos, China cymbal and wood rattle on "Island of Peace"; arrangement on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10-12
Session members
- Steve Billman – bass on tracks 2-7 and 9, fretless bass on "Magokoro (True Heart)"
- Barry Sparks – bass on "Rain"
- David Enos – wood bass on "Island of Peace"
- Randy Drake – drums on tracks 1-4 and 6-9; taiko on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 11; agogô on "Fujiyama Highway"; güiro and tambourine on "Fujiyama Highway"
- Hiroko Ishikawa with Lime Ladies Orchestra – strings on "Island of Peace"
- Dana Xue – cello on "Magokoro (True Heart)" and "Adrenaline UP!"
- June Kuramoto – koto on tracks 2, 4, 8 and 11
- Hideyuki Terachi – arrangement on tracks 2, 7 and 9
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References
- "Electric Island, Acoustic Sea by TAK MATSUMOTO & Daniel Ho on Apple Music". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年02月06日～2017年02月12日". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- "Billboard Japan Top Album sales". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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