Asian Dreamer

Asian Dreamer
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedDecember 16, 1994
Recordedat Studio Jive, Tokyo Japan, 1994
GenreJazz fusion
Length89:40
LabelPony Canyon
PCCR-00129
ProducerCasiopea
Casiopea chronology
Hearty Notes
(1994) 		Asian Dreamer
(1994) 		Freshness
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Asian Dreamer is the twenty-seventh studio album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1994. This album features re-arranged and re-recorded versions of their original songs with their second lineup (Yoshihiro Naruse on bass, Noriaki Kumagai on drums) of the band after their original, first lineup. This is the first album after their switch to Pony Canyon records, after previously being signed to Alfa and Polydor records.

The titular track "Asian Dreamer" was included in a bonus record for "CASIOPEA PERFECT LIVE" seven years prior.

Track listing

All music is composed by Issei Noro

CD 1
No.Titlefrom albumLength
1."Asayake""Super Flight"4:58
2."Space Road""Casiopea"5:50
3."Midnight Rendezvous""Casiopea"4:40
4."Domino Line""Cross Point"4:46
5."Hoshi-Zora""Halle"4:13
6."Black Joke""Casiopea"3:53
7."Eyes Of The Mind""Make Up City"5:26
8."North Sea""Halle"3:14
9."Misty Lady""Photographs"4:26
10."The Soundgraphy""The Soundgraphy"3:49
Total length:45:15
CD 2
No.Titlefrom albumLength
1."Looking Up""Photographs"4:28
2."Conjunction""Sun Sun"2:52
3."Take Me""Super Flight"4:55
4."Down Upbeat""Down Upbeat"4:10
5."The Continental Way""Down Upbeat"4:54
6."Coast To Coast""Sun Sun"4:43
7."Twilight Solitude""Down Upbeat"4:24
8."Swear""Cross Point"5:00
9."Galactic Funk""Cross Point"5:26
10."Asian Dreamer""Perfect Live II"3:33
Total length:44:25

Personnel

Issei Noro - Guitars
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards
Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass
Noriaki Kumagai - Drums

Production

  • Sound Produced - CASIOPEA
  • Executive Producer - Yoshiaki Mizutani, Yuzo Watanabe
  • Recording Director - Toshiyuki Yashiro
  • Recording Engineer - Koji Sugimori, Hiroyuki Shimura
  • Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori
  • Mastering Engineer - Tohru Kotetsu
  • Assistant Engineer - Kenji Igarashi, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Yanagisawa
  • Instruments Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Basses Build Up Technician - Yoshiki Murayama
  • Art Direction & Design - Shigekazu Tsujimori
  • Digital Art & Design - Keiko Akiyama
  • Design - Koji Miyazaki
  • Photography - Junichi Takahashi, IPS, MON-TRESOR
  • Hair & Make Up - Eisuke Shibusawa
  • Stylist - Emiko Seki

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan December 16, 1994 Pony Canyon double CD PCCR-00129
November 20, 2008 remastered double CD PCCR-50009 DSD, HQCD
Japan
Australia
Canada
U.S.A.
U.K. 		August 24, 2010 Digital distribution 389208297 iTunes Store[2]

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Casiopea ASIAN DREAMER". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
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