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8th Original Album: Singer-songwriter + LIVE TOUR 2013 "Roots of SSW"

Posted: 2012-12-31 16:27
by countdown65
I don't know japanese, but I recognized the word "album" and "live" xD

8thオリジナルアルバム 2013年3月27日発売決定!

新春ニュース!!

8thオリジナルアルバム 3月27日(水)発売決定!
タイトルは、「シンガーソングライター」。

2年2か月ぶり、8枚目となるオリジナルアルバムは
全作詞・作曲・プロデュースを本人が手掛けた意欲作!

新曲8曲に、15周年記念ベストアルバム『everywhere』にのみ収録されていた「everywhere」のリミックス、
コンセプトアルバ ム『Driving in the silence』に収録された「誓い」のリアレンジバージョンを加えた全10曲収録。
編曲は、河野伸と渡辺善太郎が担当。
初回盤には、アルバムリード曲のミュージックビデオと、坂本真綾の作曲作業~レコーディング風景までを密着取材した自身初の“濃密ドキュメンタリー映像”を収録!

・初回限定盤:CD+DVD VTZL-60 \3,570(tax in)
・通常盤:CD  VTCL-60340 \2,940(tax in)

そして、このアルバムをひっさげてのホールツアーも決定しました!

<坂本真綾LIVE2013>

■3/30(土)18時開演・31(日)16時開演 大阪国際会議場メインホール 
■4/19(金)18時30分開演・20(日)16時開演 愛知県芸術劇場大ホール 
■4/24(水)19時開演・ 25(木)19時開演 東京 Bunkamura オーチャードホール

6,300円(税込)※未就学児童のご入場は出来ません。
チケット発売日:大阪公演2/23(土) 名古屋・東京公演:3/9(土)

お楽しみに!

Source: Official Website

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2012-12-31 16:47
by Yyrkoon70
Thanks for the news!

Here is a quick translation of the main points:


This 8th album will contain 8 new musics composed, written and produced by Maaya herself, and a remix of Everywhere and a new arrangement of Chikai.

It will be entitled Singer-Songwriter.

The arrangers are Shin Kôno and Watanabe Sentarô, but I'm not sure if they will arrange the 10 songs or just Everywhere and Chikai.

Shin Konô was involved in the following works with Maaya:
- He arranged: Get No Satisfaction, Colors, Magic Number, Everywhere, Topia and Kimi no Sei (strings arrangement)
- He produced the whole album Driving in the silence
So he's the one who arranged the songs composed by Maaya.

Watanabe Sentarô has done the arrangements of the following songs:
- Himitsu (You can't catch me)
- Kazamidori (Kazeyomi)


There will also be a video documentary about Maaya's composing and writing.

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-01 08:44
by jason
Wow, an album fully composed and written by Maaya. This is the first time she's composed the music and written lyrics for an entire album, right? Based on that, it makes more sense that the title is Singer Song Writer (which is what CD Japan lists). When I first read the title, this Shocking Lemon song came to mind. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCATDn0F8UQ

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-01 10:49
by Yyrkoon70
jason wrote: Wow, an album fully composed and written by Maaya. This is the first time she's composed the music and written lyrics for an entire album, right? Based on that, it makes more sense that the title is Singer Song Writer (which is what CD Japan lists). When I first read the title, this Shocking Lemon song came to mind. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCATDn0F8UQ
That'd make a lot of sense for the album to be called Singer Song Writer if Maaya writes, composes and produces the whole album. The information is a bit blur though for now, but it makes sense!

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-02 13:20
by Imurann
March! ok noted! :D

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-02 18:57
by kyoy
Really looking forward to this!!

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-03 17:57
by Heavenly Ocean
Also looking forward to this new album!!! :D

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-04 06:05
by frecklegirl
Okay, let's get something straight here. Singer-songwriter is an established phrase in English, as it is in Japanese. There is absolutely no chance at all that the final word is "lighter" -- that is just insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_songwriter

It's also not Singer Song Writer because that's not how the phrase is written in English, and the English phrase is the origin of the Japanese one. Singer-Songwriter. That's it.

Usually the phrase means someone who writes all the lyrics for her own songs. It doesn't generally mean the person also composes the entirety of the songs as well.

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-04 11:20
by Imurann
^ yep

Yoko Kanno! I love when she composes songs for her, or SFP. Her voice just blends in nicely with the chaotic background. Something to look forward to, hm.. the other composer whom made "Moonlight" is also one of my favorite, forgotten the name.

Also open for other new composers, ah.. I can imagine a little right now, listening to them in March..

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-04 17:38
by Yyrkoon70
frecklegirl wrote: Okay, let's get something straight here. Singer-songwriter is an established phrase in English, as it is in Japanese. There is absolutely no chance at all that the final word is "lighter" -- that is just insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_songwriter

It's also not Singer Song Writer because that's not how the phrase is written in English, and the English phrase is the origin of the Japanese one. Singer-Songwriter. That's it.

Usually the phrase means someone who writes all the lyrics for her own songs. It doesn't generally mean the person also composes the entirety of the songs as well.
Thanks for pointing out this, I'm not a native English speaker and I didn't know that term :)
I'll fix my brief translation above.

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-09 01:29
by archtorii
Hi-mi-tsu ~ :heart:
frecklegirl wrote: Okay, let's get something straight here. Singer-songwriter is an established phrase in English, as it is in Japanese. There is absolutely no chance at all that the final word is "lighter" -- that is just insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_songwriter

It's also not Singer Song Writer because that's not how the phrase is written in English, and the English phrase is the origin of the Japanese one. Singer-Songwriter. That's it.

Usually the phrase means someone who writes all the lyrics for her own songs. It doesn't generally mean the person also composes the entirety of the songs as well.
so.. the official title is .... ??

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-09 18:18
by Yyrkoon70
archtorii wrote: so.. the official title is .... ??
シンガーソングライター
Singer Songwriter


This new album will be fully composed and written by Maaya, so that's obvious, it's definitely Singer Songwriter ;)

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-10 01:49
by sachia
OMGGG can't wait for this album!!!!!
March please come early!!!

RE: New Album in March and Live event

Posted: 2013-01-11 11:31
by countdown65
The LIVE TOUR 2013 will be called "The Roots of SSW" (The Roots of Singer Songwriter)