"yellow"

~ Release by HaLo (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1川 (river)
additional assistant recording engineer:
Nick Coplowe
additional recording engineer:
Richard Preston (producer) and Satoru Fujii (engineer)
recording engineer:
Satoru Fujii (engineer)
co-producer:
HaLo (Ayako Hirakata) and Taka
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
accordion:
Maria Kalaniemi
acoustic guitar:
Taka
balafon and glockenspiel:
Mari (glockenspiel & balafon player)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
Hammond organ:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
oboe:
Kate St. John
sabar:
Assane Diabaye and Samba Diabaye
wind chime:
Hideyuki "kegani" Nozawa
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
additionally recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2000-11) and Sound Suite Studio in Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2000-11)
recorded at:
Duke Joint Studio in Tokyo, Japan (from 2000-10 until 2000-12)
recording of:
川
lyricist:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
composer:
Johan Hedin
arranger:
Taka (TAMTAM)
is based on:
Staden
4:44
2あかりが消えたら (when the light goes out)
recording engineer:
Richard Preston (producer)
co-producer:
Kate St. John
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
cello:
Emma Black (cellist)
double bass:
Dudley Phillips
electric guitar:
Doug Boyle
oboe and background vocals [backing vocals]:
Kate St. John
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
recorded at:
Sound Suite Studio in Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2000-11)
recording of:
あかりが消えたら (Kate St John arrangement)
lyricist:
Hiroshi Monma
composer:
Isato Nakagawa
arranger:
Kate St. John
version of:
あかりが消えたら
4:51
3ことばの旅 (journey of words)
recording engineer:
Richard Preston (producer)
co-producer:
Louis Philippe
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
12 string guitar [12 stringed guitar]:
David London (guitarist)
cello:
Abi Trundle
classical guitar [nylon string guitar], piano [distortion piano] and Wurlitzer electric piano [Wurlitzer]:
Louis Philippe
double bass:
Daniel Manners
drums (drum set) [baby drum kit]:
Andy Lymn
strings:
covent garden strings ensemble
viola:
Teresa Whipple
violin:
Catherine Browning (violinist), Eleanor Gilchrist and Marina Solarek
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
recorded at:
Sound Suite Studio in Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2000-11)
recording of:
ことばの旅
lyricist and composer:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
arranger:
Louis Philippe
3:52
4性-さが (human nature)
additional recording engineer:
藤井暁 (engineer) and Richard Preston (producer)
recording engineer and programming:
Lau Yee Tat
co-producer:
Lau Yee Tat
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
bass harmonica:
Koichi Matsuda
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Nick France
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Dudley Phillips
electric guitar and keyboard:
Lau Yee Tat
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
additionally recorded at:
Sound Suite Studio in Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2000-11) and Duke Joint Studio in Tokyo, Japan (in 2000-12)
recorded at:
Tats Production in Hong Kong, China (in 2000-11)
recording of:
性-さが
lyricist:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
composer:
Lau Yee Tat (劉以達)
arranger:
Lau Yee Tat
4:41
5touch the fire
assistant recording engineer:
Nick Coplowe
recording engineer:
Satoru Fujii (engineer)
co-producer:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Bernie Holland and Jakko M. Jacszyk (English musician, currently with King Crimson)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
Hammond organ:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2000-11)
recording of:
Touch the Fire
lyricist and composer:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
5:12
6晴れますように (hope it will be fine)
recording engineer:
Satoru Fujii (engineer)
co-producer:
HaLo (Ayako Hirakata) and Kate St. John
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
accordion:
Maria Kalaniemi
acoustic guitar:
Doug Boyle
bell [Tibetan bells]:
Kate St. John
double bass:
Rory McFarlane
nyckelharpa:
Johan Hedin
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
recorded at:
Sound Suite Studio in Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2000-10)
recording of:
晴れますように
lyricist:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
composer:
Louis Philippe
arranger:
Kate St. John
5:23
7てぃんさぐぬ花 (the flower of balsam)
recording engineer:
John Waterhouse
programming:
Dave Gregory (XTC)
co-producer:
Dave Gregory (XTC)
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
acoustic guitar and Hammond organ:
Dave Gregory (XTC)
cello:
Emmelire Brewe
string quartet:
minerva quartet
viola:
Stuart Gordon and Sarah Heins
violin:
Lisa Betteridge, Stuart Gordon and Roly Latham
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
arranger:
Dave Gregory (XTC)
recorded at:
Christ Church Studios in Bristol, England, United Kingdom (in 2000-11)
recording of:
てぃんさぐぬ花 (琉球語)
lyricist and composer:
沖縄県民謡 (special purpose artist)
2:38
8my yellow ginger lei
recording engineer:
Satoru Fujii (engineer)
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Raymond Kāne and Martin Pahinui
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Martin Pahinui
lap steel guitar:
Bobby Ingano
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
vocals:
Elodia Kāne and Raymond Kāne
recorded at:
Waianae 'Ōlelo Media Center in Hawaii, United States (in 2000-07)
recording of:
My Yellow Ginger Lei
lyricist and composer:
Johnny K. Almeida
3:27
9つつじ (azalea)
recording engineer:
Satoru Fujii (engineer)
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
acoustic guitar:
John Etheridge
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
recorded at:
Sound Suite Studio in Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2000-11)
recording of:
つつじ
lyricist:
Kang Eun-Gyo (poet)
composer:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
translator:
Noriko Ibaraki (poet)
3:20
10なみだ (tears / waves of the heart)
recording engineer:
Satoru Fujii (engineer)
programming:
Svante Henryson
co-producer:
Svante Henryson
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
cello:
Svante Henryson
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
recorded at:
Saltlake Studio in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden (in 2000-11)
recording of:
なみだ
lyricist:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
composer:
Wataru Okuma
arranger:
Svante Henryson
3:56
11やさしい光 (sweet halo)
assistant recording engineer:
Takeshi Huwa
recording engineer:
Satoru Fujii (engineer)
producer:
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
euphonium:
Jun Yamaoka and Toshinori Terukina
pedal steel guitar:
Hiroki Komazawa
tuba:
Ienaka Tsutomu and Takero Sekizima
lead vocals [main vocals]:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
recorded at:
Space Velio in Tokyo, Japan (in 2000-03)
recording of:
やさしい光 (brass version)
lyricist:
ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
composer:
Timo Alakotila
arranger:
Takero Sekizima
version of:
やさしい光 (sweet halo)
5:56

Credits

Release

art direction:ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
photography:ayako (Ayako Hirakata)
Ai Iwane
mixer:Satoru Fujii (engineer)
graphic design:TOMKEM
producer:Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
recording engineer:Lau Yee Tat
Richard Preston (producer)
Satoru Fujii (puff up) (engineer)
John Waterhouse
mastering:Tony Cousins (mastering engineer)
design:Yayoi Nomura
booklet editor:Fumio Shiozawa
publisher:BMG Music Publishing (NYC-based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it)
mastered at:Metropolis Mastering in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom

Release group

artist & repertoire support:Kenjiro Kishi
standalone website:http://halo-inc.net/music/yellow/ [info]