| Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 |
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| Studio album by Shiina Ringo | ||||
| Released | February 23, 2003 May 27, 2003 (vinyl record) |
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| Recorded | Toshiba EMI 3st Studio Studio Terra Kroneko Studio Tokyo opera city concert hall Atami Kajika-sou Waraku-tei(Ryokan (Japanese inn)) |
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| Genre | Alternative rock, Electronica, Folk music, Traditional music, World music, Orchestra, New Wave music | |||
| Length | 44:44 49:08 (vinyl record) |
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| Label | Toshiba EMI Virgin Music |
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| Producer | Bakeneko Killer(Ringo Shiina & Uni Inoue) | |||
| Shiina Ringo chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana | ||||
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Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana (加爾基 精液 栗ノ花（カルキ・ザーメン・くりのはな） Kalk Samen Chestnut Flower) is the 3rd album for Japanese singer Shiina Ringo, released on February 23, 2003.
The bonus track Ichijiku no Hana (映日紅の花(いちじくのはな Ichijiku no Hana, "The flower of the fig") is collected only in the vinyl record version. The short film Tanpen kinema Hyakuiro Megane (短篇キネマ 百色眼鏡, "Short cinema, the glasses of 100 colors") in which the world view of this album was made an image preceded had been put on the market earlier before release.
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This is the album which Shiina Ringo self-produced for the first time.
In this work, she adopted not the style of recording at once using the musical instruments of the rock band ensemble in her album till then but a multitrack recording style using folk instruments from around the world including Japan, music sequencer, orchestra. About arrangement, Seiji Kameda who had been concerned with her former 2 original albums didn’t participate in this work. Shiina arranged this album with audio engineer Uni Inoue instead of him. Toshiyuki Mori arranged the orchestra part of each recorded songs and whole "Yattsuke Shigoto".
In order to reduce budgets, she used her own Macintosh computer and cheap recording equipments, and composed and edited the songs herself by computer software, while sometimes exchanging the arranged songs with Inoue.
She recorded the sound of the single musical instrument in one of the rooms at her home, and recorded the sound of strings etc. at the same time in the separate rooms respectively.
This album was due to be entitled "Fushigi, Waizatsu, Ekisentorikku" (不思議・猥雑・エキセントリック Wonder, Vulgar, Eccentric) at first. However, Shiina Ringo decided to change the title because she overheard the male staff's chats and she thought their story to be interesting. They told that the smell of semen resembled the smell of chlorine, or the smell of the chestnut flowers. She thought that the nuance of a word "semen" was beautiful, and adopted it as the title.
The 2001 single "Mayonaka Wa Junketsu" (真夜中は純潔 Midnight is pure) was to have been included on this album along with one of the single's b-sides, "Aisaika no Choushoku" (愛妻家の朝食 The breakfast of the devoted husband). However, plans were changed after it was deemed they did not match the album.
All lyrics written by Ringo Shiina, all music composed by Ringo Shiina except track 12 (by Ukigumo), and arranged by Bakeneko Killer[1] except track 5 (by Toshiyuki Mori), 12 (by Ukigumo).
| No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Shūkyō (宗教 Religion)" | Woodwind instrument arrangement by Toshiyuki Mori Band & strings arrangement by Ringo Shiina |
5:08 |
| 2. | "Dopperugengā (ドッペルゲンガー Doppelganger)" | Orchestrated by Toshiyuki Mori | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Meisai (迷彩 Camouflage)" | 3:44 | |
| 4. | "Odaiji ni (おだいじに Please Take Care)" | Orchestrated by Ringo Shiina | 3:01 |
| 5. | "Yattsuke Shigoto (やっつけ仕事 Rush Job)" | All arrangement by Toshiyuki Mori Strings arrangement by Ringo Shiina |
5:08 |
| 6. | "Kuki (茎 Stem)" | All arrangement by Ringo Shiina | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Torikoshi Kurō (とりこし苦労 Worrying Unnecessarily)" | All arrangement by Uni Inoue & Ringo Shiina | 2:36 |
| 8. | "Okonomi de (おこのみで As You Wish)" | Orchestrated by Ringo Shiina | 5:45 |
| 9. | "Ishiki (意識 Consciously)" | 2:45 | |
| 10. | "Porutāgaisuto (ポルターガイスト Poltergeists)" | Orchestrated by Toshiyuki Mori | 3:41 |
| 11. | "Sōretsu (葬列 Funeral)" | Woodwind instrument arrangement by Toshiyuki Mori Band & strings arrangement by Ringo Shiina |
5:12 |
| Bonus Tracks (only in the vinyl record) | |||||||||
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| 12. | "Ichijiku no Hana (映日紅の花（いちじくのはな） Fig Flower)" | Arranged by Ukigumo | 4:32 | ||||||
Kuri no Hana Kaoru Orchestra[2]: orchestral music
Kuri no Hana Kaoru Orchestra[2]: orchestral music
Himitsu Butai[3]: the band
Ōoku Kinen Orchestra[4]: orchestral music
Josei-jōi Kinen Orchestra[5]: string section