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*____* Oh please oh please let it be true! My heart would explode in a million tiny fireworks of happinessdillpops wrote: I think CDJapan got a bit excited though, their front page has 'New album with Yoko Kanno' which kind of implies it's completely Kanno produced like they used to be
Not impossible, just put one of your old CD's in the CD playerJérôme. wrote: Read back everything that was said at the released of Everywhere, interviews and all, and you'll see it would just be impossible to get back at the Kanno period as it was.
I still hang onto a shred of hope that there will be more than 1 song with Kanno involved. C'mon Maaya, you know you want to work with Kanno!dillpops wrote: Anyway, we already know from all that's been announced so far that there are other people involved in the album. It's just CDJapan being overexcited with their English and making it sound like it's a new Kanno-Maaya album. Nothing to get excited about
yeah.. u made it man.. splendid splendid job, merriMerri wrote: Mission accomplished! *over dramatic evil laugh*
i seconded.. not 3rd.. 4th.. your statementnijibug wrote: This! I hope Utsukushii Hito signals a reunion of Maaya and Yoko Kanno that will last for more than that single collaboration!
As stated on Victor Ent's site, there will be 12 tracks on the new album.kirei_lanford wrote: but hmm.. only utsukushii hito..? i wonder how many tracks will maaya include in this album... maybe another release at the end of year, teaser, something like that..?
i mean only utsukushii hito as the only single that precede the album *not counting magic number*...jason wrote:As stated on Victor Ent's site, there will be 12 tracks on the new album.kirei_lanford wrote: but hmm.. only utsukushii hito..? i wonder how many tracks will maaya include in this album... maybe another release at the end of year, teaser, something like that..?
Kazeyomi was 79% Maaya. "Vento", "Triangler", and "Colors" were the only non-Maaya songs on that album.dillpops wrote:Was Kazeyomi all Maaya?
I wonder if this album will turn out to be quite different to what we've had before. Kazeyomi felt to me like a return to the 'spirit' of Maaya Sakamoto but perhaps this new one is an experiment in mainstream...?My goodness, so many more established names. Suneohair, Sukima Switch, Magokoro Brothers...... man, Victor/flying dog's really pulling all the stops out.
Maybe she's going for a trendier, more modern look? Although looking back through her past albums, she does seem to have a thing for katakana titles.roxfan wrote: I wonder what's up with all the katakana.
(Which was apparently a cover of a Chuck Berry song, although I didn't know this until Googling it after you mentioned it.) There could be some connection, since Maaya's mother liked the Beatles and played their records often when Maaya was growing up.Tomosaka wrote: "You can't catch me"...what does this title come from? John Lenon's song?
I don't know what everyone else thinks, but I anticipate a Yuunagi Loop type of album where she experiments with all sorts of different styles. I personally think she's casting about for a new direction, so an exploratory album makes sense to me at this point.dillpops wrote:Kazeyomi felt to me like a return to the 'spirit' of Maaya Sakamoto but perhaps this new one is an experiment in mainstream...?
I was thinking the same thing too. Maaya seems to be taking a similar approach to the new album as she did with Yuunagi Loop. But that makes me feel apprehensive because I didn't like Yuunagi Loop much at all.deltafour wrote:I don't know what everyone else thinks, but I anticipate a Yuunagi Loop type of album where she experiments with all sorts of different styles. I personally think she's casting about for a new direction, so an exploratory album makes sense to me at this point.dillpops wrote:Kazeyomi felt to me like a return to the 'spirit' of Maaya Sakamoto but perhaps this new one is an experiment in mainstream...?