Signal (album)
| Signal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Casiopea | ||||
| Released | December 21, 2005 | |||
| Recorded |
at Land Mark Studio, Yokohama  , September, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 55:38 | |||
| Label |
Geneon Entertainment GNCL-1041 | |||
| Producer | Casiopea | |||
| Casiopea chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
Signal is the fortieth album by jazz fusion group Casiopea and their first collaborative studio album with Synchronized DNA, a drum duo comprising former and current Casiopea member Akira Jimbo and former T-SQUARE drummer Hiroyuki Noritake, recorded and released in 2005. Issei Noro put Casiopea on hiatus in the year after, but reactivated the group with new keyboardist Kiyomi Otaka taking the place of Minoru Mukaiya in 2012.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Awaken" | Issei Noro | 6:07 |
| 2. | "Mist" | Minoru Mukaiya | 5:09 |
| 3. | "Kokoro-CK" | Yoshihiro Naruse | 4:32 |
| 4. | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | Akira Jimbo | 5:18 |
| 5. | "Escalation" | Issei Noro | 4:40 |
| 6. | "Asobi Ni Turetette" | Yoshihiro Naruse | 4:18 |
| 7. | "Life Long Serenade" | Issei Noro | 6:07 |
| 8. | "Pity" | Yoshihiro Naruse | 3:54 |
| 9. | "Ardent" | Minoru Mukaiya | 3:41 |
| 10. | "Past And Future" | Issei Noro | 11:47 |
| Total length: | 55:38 | ||
| Past And Future's songs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Track listing | |||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Dawn" | Issei Noro | 2:15 |
| 2. | "Strain" | Issei Noro | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Sorrow" | Issei Noro | 0:45 |
| 4. | "Tested" | Issei Noro | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Mentality" | Issei Noro | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Unlimited" | Issei Noro | 1:31 |
| Total length: | 11:47 | ||
Personnel
CASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Guitars, Voice on 3
- Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards
- Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass, programing on 3, 6, 8, percussion on 6, 8, Timbales on 3, Voice on 3
Synchronized DNA are
- Akira Jimbo - drums (Left), programing on 4
- Hiroyuki Noritake - drums (Right)
Note that on this particular album, Akira Jimbo's drums are hard-panned to the left speaker/headphone and Hiroyuki Noritake's drums are hard-panned to the Right.
Production
- Produced - CASIOPEA
- Directed - Issei Noro
- Supervisor - Yoshinori Kumazawa, Akihiro Kawamura
- Recording & Mixing Engineer - Yuji Kuraishi
- Recorded at Landmark Studio, and Studio Jive
- Mixed at Studio Jive
- Assistant engineer – Shinichi Naitoh, Makoto Okawa
- Mastering engineer – Shigeo Miyamoto
- Mastered at FLAIR
- Manipulator & Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi
- Drums Technician - Mitsutake Edakawa, Hajime Ishizuka, Yuhei Yamazaki
- Label Manager - Hiroharu Sato
- A&R - Go Kojima
- A&R Assistant - Ayako Maruyama, Kumiko Sato
- Artist Management - Takashi E-noway Miho Kunishima
- Art Direction & Design - Ken Narikawa
- Photograph - Chikako Ozawa at Landmark Studio
- Art Co-ordination - Misaki Shimamura, Masaru Sato
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | December 21, 2005 | Geneon Entertainment | 12cmCD | GNCL-1041 | |
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