Signal (album)

Signal
Studio album by Casiopea
Released December 21, 2005
Genre Jazz fusion
Label Geneon Entertainment GNCL-1041
Producer Casiopea
Casiopea chronology

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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. TitleMusic 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
Past And Future's songs
No. Title Length
1. "Dawn"   2:15
2. "Strain"   3:49
3. "Sorrow"   0:45
4. "Tested"   2:37
5. "Mentality"   4:45
6. "Unlimited"   1:31

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Guitars
Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards
Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass

Synchronized DNA are

Akira Jimbo - drums
Hiroyuki Noritake - drums

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

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan December 21, 2005[2] Geneon Entertainment CD, digital download GNCL-1041 12 cm

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Yahoo!SIGNAL". Yahoo!Music. Yahoo Japan Corporation. Retrieved 2009-09-05.