Produced by

Jun Miyake
All music composed & arranged by
Jun Miyake
except "A dream is a wish your heart makes" written by Mack David, Jay Livingston, Al Hoffman & David Pack, arranged by Jun Miyake

Lyrics by
Arto Lindsay
Lisa Papineau
Nina Hagen
Mechthild Großman
Sacha Talens
Sizzle Ohtaka
Jun Miyake

Vocal sounds on "abshana" by
Kyoko Katsunuma & Jun Miyake

Executive producers
Jun Miyake & Werner Aldinger (Enja Yellowbird)

A&R
Werner Aldinger

Mixed by
Philippe Avril with Jun Miyake at Ferber Studios / Tex Avril Room (Paris)

Mastered by
Seigen Ono at Saidera Mastering Studio (Tokyo)

Artwork + Art direction by
Jean-Paul Goude
Graphic Design by
Yan Stive
Cover & inner photo stolen from
Jean-Paul Goude in collaboration with Philip Baumann
Model
Maija Rutkovska

Recorded by
Jun Miyake (Paris, Tokyo)
Philippe Avril (Paris)
Pat Dillet (New York)
Olivier Glissant (New York)
David Byrne (New York)
Melvin Gibbs (New York)
Warner Poland (Berlin)
Andreas Eisenschneider & Matthias Burkert (Wuppertal)
Vladislav Boyadjiev (Sofia)
Takehiko Kamada (Tokyo)
Hitoshi Watanabe (Tokyo)
Yoichi Murata (Tokyo)
Peter Scherer (Zurich)
Benjamin Caillaud (Reims)
Nicolas Montazaud (Paris)
Cecile Coutelier (Paris)

Recorded at
Jun's room (Tokyo #3 + Paris #1+ #2)
Studio Ferber (Paris)
The Spare Bedroom (New York)
Pat Dillet's (New York)
Forest Sound (New York)
Archetext Studios (New York)
Monobeat (Berlin)
King Sound (Zurich)
Opernhaus Wuppertal (Wuppertal)
Sound City (Tokyo)
monop studio (Tokyo)
Bulgarian National Radio studio #1 (Sofia)
Chapelle Saint Sixte (Reims)

Bulgarian symphony orchestra conducted by
Deyan Pavlov
Orchestra management by
Elena Chouchkova
Cosmic voices from Bulgaria conducted by
Vanya Moneva
Jules Janin-Sartor's vocal conducted by
Sandrine Lebec (Maitrise de la Cathédrale de Reims)

Production management
(Paris) Jun Miyake & Philippe Avril
(Berlin) Alex Grob & Klaus Mabel Aschenneller
(Wuppertal) Matthias Burkert & Andreas Eisenschneider
(New York) Pat Dillet
(Sofia) Marieta Geneva / SIF309 film and music productions
(Tokyo) Jun Miyake & Kaori Matsui / kick up
(Reims) Benjamin Caillaud & Sandrine Lebec

Samples used from "Freesound" by
Billy Magnum, DJ Chronos, Digifishmusic, ERH, Thnvnnspn, AndrewDK, An D A, DJ dppy, Dj dp, Snh, Suonho, Oce, Glaneur, Sparkless, Keinzwetr, Knzw, Fngn, Fonogeno, Vitriolix, Hanstimm, Argitoth, Sleep, Zippi1, Virotic, Reinsamb

Jun Miyake is published by Métisse Music

Vinicius Cantuária appears courtesy of Naive Records
Hitoshi Watanabe appears courtesy of GEMMATIKA Records

Special Thanks to
Pina Bausch, Wim Wenders, Jean-Paul Goude, Hal Willner, Matthias Burkert, Andreas Eisenschneider, Remy Kolpa Kopoul, Petra Gehrmann, Russ Curry, Akira Shirai & Chris Douridas

Deepest thanks to
All the artists, singers, & musicians who made this album possible.

Many Thanks to
Philippe Avril, Thomas Dickmeis, Pat Dillet, Emil Minev, Cecile Coutelier, Yan Stive, Virginie Laguens, Christoph Briquet, Takeshi Yamanaka, Ken Nakashima, Takehiko Kamada, Koji Takahashi, Kouki Tachibana, Shigenori Hamaguchi & Kiev

Love to
Sheena & Kyoko
 

 

01 Assimétrica
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Arto Lindsay)

Arto Lindsay (vocal + noise guitar)
Jun Miyake (piano, samples)
Manuel Marches (bass) 
Hitoshi Watanabe (additional bass)
Vinicius Cantuária (percussion) 
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)
Dairo Miyamoto (flutes)
Mathilde Fevre (french horns)
Renaud Gabriel Pion (clarinet, soprano sax)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Vincent Ségal (cellos)


02 EXIBIDA
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Arto Lindsay)

Arto Lindsay (vocal)
Jun Miyake (fender rhodes, samples)
Melvin Gibbs (bass)
Vinicius Cantuária (guitar, percussion)
Masahiro Itami (guitar)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Vincent Ségal (cellos)


03 the world i know
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Lisa Papineau)

Lisa Papineau (vocal)
Jun Miyake (piano)
Bulgarian symphony orchestra (strings)


04 White Rose
(music and lyrics: Jun Miyake)

Cosmic voices from Bulgaria (choirs)
Jun Miyake (piano, flugelhorn, samples)
Melvin Gibbs (bass)
Masahiro Itami (guitars)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)
Renaud Gabriel Pion (english horns)
Hijiri Kuwano group (strings) 


05 abshana
(music: Jun Miyake / vocal sounds: Kyoko Katsunuma and Jun Miyake)

Kyoko Katsunuma (vocal)
Jun Miyake (samples)
Peter Scherer (piano)
Manuel Marches (bass)
Renaud Gabriel Pion (bass clarinet)
Massimo Fazzi (fagot)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)


06 STILL LIFE
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Lisa Papineau)

Lisa Papineau (vocal)
Jun Miyake (fender rhodes, flugelhorn, samples)
Melvin Gibbs (bass)
Hitoshi Watanabe (fretless bass)
Vinicius Cantuária (percussion)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)
Dairo Miyamoto (alto flute)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Vincent Ségal (cellos)

07 ich bin schön
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Mechthild Großman)

Mechthild Großman (voice)
Jun Miyake (piano, melodica, samples)
Manuel Marches (bass)
Yoichi Murata (trombone)
Dairo Miyamoto (clarinet)
Renaud Gabriel Pion (english horn)
Masahiro Itami (mandolin, banjo)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Vincent Ségal (cellos)


08 A dream is a wish your heart makes
(music and lyrics: Mack David, Jay Livingston, Al Hoffman & David Pack)

David Byrne (vocal)
Jun Miyake (trumpets, samples)
Manuel Marches (bass)
Masahiro Itami (guitars)
Nicolas Montazaud (drums)
Dairo Miyamoto (flutes)
Daniel Zimmermann (trombones)
Mathilde Fevre (french horns)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Vincent Ségal (cellos)


09 colors
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Lisa Papineau)

Lisa Papineau (vocal)
Jun Miyake (piano, samples)
Manuel Marches (bass)
Nicolas Montazaud (drums)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Christophe Briquet (violas)
Vincent Ségal (cellos)


10 Frozen Tide
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Sacha Talens)

Jules Janin-Sartor (vocal)
Jun Miyake (piano, samples)
Manuel Marches (bass)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)
Dairo Miyamoto (soprano sax)
Renaud Gabriel Pion (bass clarinets)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Vincent Ségal (cellos)


11 LAMININ
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Nina Hagen)

Nina Hagen (vocal)
Jun Miyake (piano, flugelhorns, samples)
Melvin Gibbs (bass)
Vinicius Cantuária (percussion)
Masahiro Itami (guitars)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)


12 The Silence Ahead (complete mix)
(music and lyrics: Jun Miyake)

Kyoko Katsunuma (vocal)
Jun Miyake (fender rhodes, piano, flugelhorn, percussion, samples)
Manuel Marches (bass)


13 quiet page
(music: Jun Miyake)

Jun Miyake (piano, flugelhorn, samples)


14 Calluna
(music: Jun Miyake / lyrics: Sizzle Ohtaka and Jun Miyake)

Sizzle Ohtaka (vocal)
Cosmic voices from Bulgaria (choirs)
Jun Miyake (fender rhodes, samples)
Dhafer Youssef (ouds)
Masahiro Itami (oud, guitar)
Hitoshi Watanabe (bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (drums)
Tomo Yamaguchi (percussion)
Yoshie* (percussion)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)


15 eden-1
 (music: Jun Miyake)

Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Vincent Segal (cellos)
Manuel Marches (bass)
Jun Miyake (samples)
Dairo Miyamoto (flute)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)


16 Petal
(music: Jun Miyake)

Jun Miyake (piano, fender rhodes, samples)
Melvin Gibbs (bass)
Masahiro Itami (guitar)
Dairo Miyamoto (alto flute)
Nicolas Montazaud (percussion)
Ayako Tanaka (violins)
Vincent Ségal (cellos)