Jun Miyake
BIOGRAPHY
Produced by Jun Miyake
All Music Written, Arranged and Programmed by Jun Miyake
Except "Brazil" Written by Ary Brosso and "Gnossienne #1" Written by Erik Satie
Lyrics Written by Chinatsu Kuzuu (3, 11), Sheena Miyake (6)
Recorded and Mixed by Takehiko Kamada and Jun Miyake
Recorded at Onkio Haus, Studio Take One, Sound City, Studio Peninsula, Sound Valley On Air Azabu, Studio Farm and Jun's Room
Mastered by Seigen Ono at Saidera Mastering
ProTools Operated by Takehiko Kamada
Equipments by Hiroyuki Houki / Beat Logic
*Executive Produsers : Yo Shitara / BEAMS, Takayasu Nakatani /Angelic and Jun Miyake
*Supervisor : Jiro Ambe
*Production Managements : Office Ken and Angelic
*A&R : Angelic
*Promotion : Angelic, Eiji Kaneda, Kenichi Aono / BEAMS
*Album Concept by Jiro Ambe, Jun Iwasaki, Takayasu Nakatani and Jun Miyake
*Artworks by Kads Miida
*Designed by Daisuke Kato (Kato-chin club. '99)
*Face Drawing by Takayuki Terakado
Track 3&11 : Masahiro Sayama (Piano) by courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Track 8&9 : Yohichi Murata (Trombone) by courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Track 8 : The sound of the beach appears courtesy of Saidera Records
"Then I went to Nice / Seigen Ono"
Special Thanks to : Beautiful Islands
Thanks to : All the Singers and Musicians on this album,
Yo Shitara, Chinatsu Kuzuu, Takayuki Terakado, Aki Onda, Kensaku Sasaki, Kaori Matsui, Music land, Seigen Ono, Koji Matsuoka. Ben Sato, Terumasa Hino, Motohiko Hino, Manabu Kunugi, Takehiko Kamada and Kyo-Chan
Thanks again to : Steven Brull, Oliver Stone, Budd Carr, Wayne Wang, Yen Hong King, Erin Cully-LaChapelle, Brian Louks, Chris Violette and Hal Willner
Love to : Sheena
01. Rain Forest
Jun Miyake (Flugelhorn, Fender Rhodes)
Yutaka Fukuoka (Solo Voice)
B.B. Mo-Franck, Fataki Tabu, Tubadilaka Mika (Voices)
Midori Takada (Marimba)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harps)
Hitoshi Watanabe (Bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (Bass Clarinet)
Mataro Misawa (Berimbau)
02. Lotus Isle
Dairo Miyamoto (Alto Sax)
Midori Takada (Percussion)
Mataro Misawa (Percussion)
Hitoshi Watanabe (Bass, Ukulele)
03. River of Gold
Jun Miyake (Piano Solo)
Satoshi Murakawa (Vocal)
Masahiro Sayama (Piano)
Midori Takada (Vibraphone)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harps)
Getao Takahashi (Bass)
Mataro Misawa (Percussion)
Tomo Yamaguchi (Percussion)
Dairo Miyamoto (Wood Blocks)
Hijiri Kuwano, Nagisa Kuriyama, Noriyo Ohbayashi, Motoko Fujiie (Violins)
Kaoru Hagiwara, Hirohito Furugawara, Katsuyuki Miura, Ayako Ueda (Violas)
Masaki Hirosawa, Udai Shika (Cellos)
04. Mosquito Path
Jun Miyake (Flugelhorn, Trumpets, Recorder, Piano)
Midori Takada (Marimba)
Tadahiro Wakabayashi (Dulcimer)
Mataro Misawa (Percussion)
Masahiro Itami (Prepared Guitar)
05. Gnossienne #1
Jun Miyake (Fender Rhodes, Lip Noises)
Midori Takada (Xylophone)
Hideo Yamaki (Drums)
Hitoshi Watanabe (Bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (Drums, Alto Flute)
Mataro Misawa (Berimbau, Udu)
06. Pico Birds
Sheena Miyake (Vocals)
Jun Miyake (Flugelhorn, Whacho's Tube)
Midori Takada (Marimba)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harps)
Mataro Misawa (Percussion)
Hitoshi Watanabe (Bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (Timpani)
Masahiro Itami (Guitar)
Udai Shika (Cello)
07. Lost Honeymoon
Bob Zung (Clarinets)
Dairo Miyamoto (Bass Clarinets, Baritone Sax)
Haruo Togashi (Piano)
Hideo Yamaki (Drums)
Hitoshi Watanabe (Bass)
Mataro Misawa (Percussion)
08. Brazil
Haruo Togashi (Piano)
Masahiro Itami (Ukulele, Guitar)
Getao Takahashi (Bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (Cymbals)
Mataro Misawa (Percussion)
Tomo Yamaguchi (Percussion, Birds)
Hiroki Komazawa (Steel Guitar)
Yohichi Murata (Trombone)
09. Stones bearing Flowers
Shizuru Ohtaka (Voice)
Jun Miyake (Flugelhorns)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harps)
Getao Takahashi (Bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (Drums, Wood Blocks)
Mataro Misawa (Percussion)
Tomo Yamaguchi (Percussion)
Haruo Togashi (Piano)
Masahiro Itami (Ukulele)
Hiroki Komazawa (Steel Guitar)
Yohichi Murata (Trombones)
10. Lokasa
Jun Miyake (Bass Pianica)
Yutaka Fukuoka (Solo Voice)
B.B. Mo-Franck, Fataki Tabu, Tubadilaka Mika (Voices)
Midori Takada (Marimba)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harps)
Mataro Misawa (Berimbau)
Hitoshi Watanabe (Bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (Wood Blocks)
Masahiro Itami (Ukulele)
Hijiri Kuwano, Nagisa Kuriyama, Noriyo Ohbayashi, Motoko Fujiie (Violins)
Kaoru Hagiwara, Hirohito Furugawara, Katsuyuki Miura, Ayako Ueda (Violas)
Masaki Hirosawa, Udai Shika (Cellos)
11. Raft of Love
Satoshi Murakawa (Vocals)
Jun Miyake (Pianica, Bass Pianica)
Midori Takada (Marimba)
Masahiro Sayama (Piano)
Masahiro Itami (Ukulele, Guitar)
Getao Takahahi (Bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (Alto Sax, Drums)
Mataro Misawa (Percussion)
Tomo Yamaguchi (Percussion)
Whacho (Electric Percussion)
12. Postcard !
CoCa (Voices)
Masahiro Itami (Ukulele)
Hitoshi Watanabe (Bass)
Hiroki Komazawa (Steel Guitar)
Hijiri Kuwano, Nagisa Kuriyama, Noriyo Ohbayashi, Motoko Fujiie (Violins)
Kaoru Hagiwara, Hirohito Furugawara, Katsuyuki Miura, Ayako Ueda (Violas)
Masaki Hirosawa, Udai Shika (Cellos)