{ "arrangers": [], "barcode": "4988031010600", "catalog": "KTCR-1262", "categories": [ "Artist Discography" ], "category": "Artist Discography", "classification": "Arrangement, Vocal, Original Work", "composers": [ { "link": "artist/19141", "names": { "en": "Monday Michiru", "ja": "Monday満ちる" } }, { "link": "artist/50894", "names": { "en": "Herbie Hancock" } } ], "covers": [ { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e0d1d807f2e0.jpg", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e0d1d807f2e0.jpg", "name": "Front (display)", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e0d1d807f2e0.jpg" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-1b9ef643e4b3.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-1b9ef643e4b3.png", "name": "Back", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-1b9ef643e4b3.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-0631606f11b5.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-0631606f11b5.png", "name": "Booklet Back", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-0631606f11b5.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-1b0110d27ef0.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-1b0110d27ef0.png", "name": "Booklet Front", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-1b0110d27ef0.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-c9b607c09f6a.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-c9b607c09f6a.png", "name": "Booklet p. 01-02", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-c9b607c09f6a.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-bf373f3fde24.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-bf373f3fde24.png", "name": "Booklet p. 03-04", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-bf373f3fde24.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e3252d0e0918.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e3252d0e0918.png", "name": "Booklet p. 05-06", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e3252d0e0918.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-5cacf53a24d9.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-5cacf53a24d9.png", "name": "Booklet p. 07-08", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-5cacf53a24d9.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-36b3f3f60a8e.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-36b3f3f60a8e.png", "name": "Booklet p. 09-10", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-36b3f3f60a8e.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-3e8e56a2c52d.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-3e8e56a2c52d.png", "name": "Booklet p. 11-12", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-3e8e56a2c52d.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-22d6fa4c806a.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-22d6fa4c806a.png", "name": "Booklet p. 13-14", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-22d6fa4c806a.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-4f2f59e1c9de.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-4f2f59e1c9de.png", "name": "Booklet p. 15-16", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-4f2f59e1c9de.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-8f97897e86b1.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-8f97897e86b1.png", "name": "Booklet p. 17-18", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-8f97897e86b1.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-ed5cb7e8a0c7.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-ed5cb7e8a0c7.png", "name": "Booklet p. 19-20", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-ed5cb7e8a0c7.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-df2f2d214236.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-df2f2d214236.png", "name": "Booklet p. 21-22", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-df2f2d214236.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-a3a7fe2e5517.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-a3a7fe2e5517.png", "name": "Disc", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-a3a7fe2e5517.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-047f21939ea9.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-047f21939ea9.png", "name": "Obi", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-047f21939ea9.png" }, { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-b50ceaee59dc.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-b50ceaee59dc.png", "name": "Tray", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-b50ceaee59dc.png" } ], "discs": [ { "disc_length": "63:19", "name": "", "tracks": [ { "names": { "English": "MAIDEN VOYAGE - TAKING OFF" }, "track_length": "1:19" }, { "names": { "English": "PRAYER OF LOVE" }, "track_length": "5:32" }, { "names": { "English": "YELLOW RAIN" }, "track_length": "5:33" }, { "names": { "English": "BLACK AND WHITE" }, "track_length": "5:35" }, { "names": { "English": "WANTED FOR REASON" }, "track_length": "4:44" }, { "names": { "English": "TRACKS" }, "track_length": "6:00" }, { "names": { "English": "MAIDEN VOYAGE - GOING SOMEWHERE" }, "track_length": "2:02" }, { "names": { "English": "HEAR BETWEEN THE SILENCE" }, "track_length": "5:17" }, { "names": { "English": "WHAT IS JAZZ?" }, "track_length": "5:28" }, { "names": { "English": "COMFORT OF STRANGERS" }, "track_length": "3:39" }, { "names": { "English": "SUITE LIFE" }, "track_length": "6:14" }, { "names": { "English": "WHEN I'M WITH YOU" }, "track_length": "5:44" }, { "names": { "English": "SECRET DESIRE" }, "track_length": "4:34" }, { "names": { "English": "MAIDEN VOYAGE - GONE" }, "track_length": "1:38" } ] } ], "distributor": { "link": "org/42", "names": { "en": "PolyGram K.K.", "ja": "ポリグラム株式会社", "ja-latn": "PolyGram K.K." }, "role": "distributor" }, "link": "album/149478", "lyricists": [ { "link": "artist/19141", "names": { "en": "Monday Michiru", "ja": "Monday満ちる" } }, { "link": "artist/50894", "names": { "en": "Herbie Hancock" } } ], "media_format": "CD", "meta": { "added_date": "2025-05-08T18:27", "edited_date": "2025-05-08T18:27", "fetched_date": "2026-05-21T16:32", "freedb": 0, "ttl": 86400, "visitors": 317 }, "name": "maiden japan / Monday Michiru", "names": { "en": "maiden japan / Monday Michiru", "ja": "メイデン・ジャパン / マンデイ満ちる", "ja-latn": "maiden japan / Monday Michiru" }, "notes": "Monday Michiru's second full album.\nM-01. (Herbie Hancock)\n  beats: DJ Krush\n  keyboards: Mac Chew\n  alto flute: Monday Michiru\nM-02. (Monday Michiru / Toshio Nakanishi / Masayuki Kudo)\n  rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *\n  guitar & percussions: Tosh *\n  tabla: Inder 'Goldfinger' Matharu **\n  bamboo Flute: Andy Findon\nM-03. (Monday Michiru)\n  flute: Masato Nakamura ***\n  percussions: Genta\n  rhodes: Ken Shima\n  stand-up bass: Hideaki Kanazawa\n  recording engineer: Shinichi Tomita\nM-04. (Monday Michiru)\n  beats & scratches: DJ Krush\nM-05. (Monday Michipu / MC lyrics: P.J.)\n  rhythm prog.: Makoto Kubota\n  MC & electric bass: P.J.\n  percussions: Genta\n  keyboards: Monday Michiru\nM-06. (Monday Michiru)\n  rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *\n  guitar, percussions & EMS: Tosh *\n  backing vocal: Loretta Heywood\n  percussions: Genta\n  acoustic guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya\n  keyboards: Monday Michiru\n  mixing engineer: Roland Herrington\nM-07. (Herbie Hancock)\n  beats: DJ Krush\n  keyboards: Mac Chew\nM-08. (Monday Michiru)\n  drums & percussions: Genta\n  piano & rhodes: Yuri Dazai\n  electric bass: Yoshiro Kanamori\n  trombone: Yoichi Murata\n  electric guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya\n  mixing engineer: Roland Herrington\nM-09. (Monday Michiru / Tadashi Yabe / Toshio Matsuura)\n  prog.: Makoto Kubota\n  track: United Future Organization (Brownswood, Tokyo)\n  pre-production prog.: Hiroyuki Komagata\nM-10. (Monday Michiru)\n  rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *\n  guitar, percussions & EMS: Tosh *\n  backing vocal: Loretta Heywood\n  alto sax: Naoyuki Fujii\n  drums: Makoto Sakamoto\n  percussions: Genta\n  electric guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya\n  keyboards: Monday Michiru\n  mixing engineer: Roland Herrington\nM-11. (Monday Michiru)\n  keyboards & str. arrangement: Mac Chew\n  drums: Zanid Ahmad\n  stand-up bass: Hideaki Kanazawa\n  percussions: Genta\n  violins: Takashi Joe Kato and Takashi Fukumori\n  mixing engineer: Roland Herrington\nM-12. (Monday Michiru)\n  rhythm prog. & backing vocal: Ray Hayden\n  keyboards: Mac Chew\n  mixing engineer: Ray Hayden\nM-13. (Monday Michiru)\n  rhythm prog.: Ray Hayden\n  keyboards & str. arrangement Mac Chew\n  violins: Takashi Joe Kato and Kiyoshi Osawa\n  mixing engineer: Ray Hayden\nM-14. (Herbie Hancock)\n  beats: DJ Krush\n  keyboards: Mac Chew\n  alto flute: Monday Michiru\n* from LOVE T.K.O.\n** from FUNDAMENTAL\n*** from MONDO GROSSO\nSHOUT OUT TO:\nYumi & Asami, my crystal sisters: Brucella and Sonia, Igor, Lynnie & Donna Lorraine, Kenny Garrett, Lewis Nash, Dr. Tommy, Nyoro & Raymond, Raymon, Hiroshi Mikami, S-Ken (NICE), Kyoto Jazz Massive, Mondo Grosso, Silent Poets, Gilles Peterson, Paul Bradshaw & the S.N.C.crew, Groove Academy, G.U.R.U., Vinx, Tim Simenon, Kev1, Rob Galliano, Aniff Cousins, System 7, Preston Powell, Eka, Foley, Daizo Murata, Dr. Koyama, Kei Kobayashi, Moichi Kuwahara & the Club King crew, Kan Takagi, ECD, MC Muro & DJ Goh, Noboru Tsuji & Tokyo FM, Piston & J-Wave, Shu, Kenya Sawada, Jon Kabira & Yumi (Ganko) Maruyama, Hanayo, Tajima & Original Love, Yasushi Ide, \"F\", Kaz Utsunomiya, SYN, Kitchen 5, Romanische Cafe, Nigel Curtis & Tsubomi, Comme des Garcon, Yat & Co-Ex-ist, Nejat, Brothers Like Outlaw, D.J. Cash & Zulu Nation, James Lavelle, Sagon, Switch Magazine, Tokyo Journal, Cut Magazine, Jun Miyake, Don Cherry, BANGS, DJ Utsumi, James Vyner, Jeff Brown & Tome & Aja, Gonzales Suzuki, Paradise Yamamoto, Amore Hirosuke, John & Sara Ingham, Hiroyuki Nakano, Bar Aoyama, Massy Hayashi, Ray Hearn, Steve Eto, Blue Note-Tokyo, Intro Magazine, Tuttle & Dynamo Lab., The Akiyoshi & Asano family, Kazufumi Kodama, Egaitsu, Oto. Tink, Wave Records (yo Fukuda), Cisco, Yoko & Renny, Audio Sports, Audio Active, bar-f-out!, remix magazine  -- Peace & Respect\nSPECIAL THANKS TO THE GROOVERS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT:\nEiichi Mimura & his staff at Kitty Izu studio for his scrumptious gastranomically delightful dinners, Ace, my little brother P.J. who shines and is too fine for words, Es-U-Es, Genta for the tight & crazy beats & spirits, Loretta for the bottoms & highs & backbone-vocals, Mac Chew for his patience super ears and furious fingers, Shamin & Ray Hayden for his bottom lip approval gage and slammin' tracks, Hideaki Kanazawa for the phatest stand-up bass in Japan, Sandii for being the Mother groover and keeper of the funky peace flame, K.U.D.O. and Tosh for vibes & trip to Hippydrome (yo to the K.U.D.O. & Nakanishi family & Major Force), Peter & Luke of Milo (thanks Nick for the visual psychedelics), Andy Findon & the magical cracked bamboo flute, Nao, Makoto Sakamoto -- I'm a devoted fan, Indra Gurung, my rabbit-brother Yas-Kaz, Masa-yan, Kiyoshi Tsuchiya, Ken Shima for providing me support when i don't always deserve it.,The greatest beat man in Japan DJ Krush for the wicked voodoo tracks & vibes, Pappa, U.F.O., Inder 'Goldfinger' Matharu, the Kitty staff and especially: Kazu Munakata, KGL, Eri, Beppu-bro Ono-san, Watanabe, Honma, Wada, Kimura, Kawaguchi, Nakanoya, Omi, Komeno, Noguchi.\nXtra Special Thanx to my eternally logical director/card partner/rabbit brother (super) Mario Sakurai, Shinichi Tomita, Anne-chan, Mr. Taga for his continued support and letting this album happen, and the man with many faces (producer, musician, arranger, mixer, brother, father, original beatnik, etc.) and no sleep Makoto Kubota -- thank you for believing in me and kicking my butt when l needed it.\nTHE MATERIAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS INSPIRED BY AND DEDICATED TO:\nGod, Buddah, Bali, Koh Pipi, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Neneh Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Carlene Anderson, Young Disciples, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Sade, Cassandra Wilson, Miles Davis, Kev1, Dalai Lama,\nJ. F. Kennedy, Oliver Stone, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Alain Solon, Mother Earth & Ocean, Galliano, Titiyo, Toni Morrison, Jon Henderson, Stevie Wonder, Ray Hayden, Il des Saints, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lenny Kravitz, Flora Purim & Airto Moreira, Chick Corea, Debussey, Stravinsky, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, midnight dreams, Coldcut, Clare Fischer, Mr. Taga, Tadashi Yabe, Danny Passionfruit, DJ Krush, Genta, most of all my parents, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lew Tabackin & Charlie Mariano. My love & soul to the keeper of my heart, Shinichi \"Carlos\" Ohsawa.\nRay Hayden appears courtesy of Opaz Productions / Genta, Yuri Dazai, Yoshiro Kanamori, P.J. and Kan Takagi appear courtesy of Ki/oon Sony Records / Yoichi Murata appears courtesy of VICTOR/ROUX / United Future Organization appear courtesy of Brownswood Records/Nippon Phonogram / Naoyuki Fujii appears courtesy of Pony Canyon\nall lead vocals & backing vocals except for those noted by Monday Michiru\nproduced & engineered except for those noted by Makoto Kubota\ntrack-3 produced by Monday Michiru\ntrack-9 co-produced by United Future Organization\ntrack 12 & 13 co-produced & engineered by Ray Hayden for Opaz Productions\nrecorded at Kitty Izu Studio, Studio Key-stone, Tokyo and Milo Studio, London November '93 to January '94\nassistant engineering by Shinichi Tomita, Meiji Takamatsu, Atsushi Hattori,\nYoshitada Miya, Sonte Anne, Pete Hofmann and Luke Gordon\nmastered by Akihiko Takenaka at Heart Beat Recording Studio\nphotograph: Itaru Hirama\ndesign: Yuichi Miyashi & Naoyuki Suzuki for Tycoon Graphics\nhair & make-up: Yuji Miyazawa for JET\nstylist: Natsuko Kawabe for Kiki Inc.\nvisual coordination: Sayuri Noguchi\nA & R: Mario Sakurai\nartist promoter: Shinichi Komeno\nartist management: Yoichiro Ono for Kitty Enterprises, Inc. (03-3780-8631)\nexecutive producer: Hidenori Taga", "organizations": [ { "link": "org/2432", "names": { "en": "Kitty RECORDS", "ja": "Kitty RECORDS", "ja-latn": "Kitty RECORDS" }, "role": "label" }, { "link": "org/2649", "names": { "en": "Kitty Enterprises, Inc.", "ja": "キティエンタープライズ", "ja-latn": "Kitty Enterprises, Inc." }, "role": "publisher" }, { "link": "org/42", "names": { "en": "PolyGram K.K.", "ja": "ポリグラム株式会社", "ja-latn": "PolyGram K.K." }, "role": "distributor" } ], "performers": [], "picture_full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e0d1d807f2e0.jpg", "picture_small": "https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e0d1d807f2e0.jpg", "picture_thumb": "https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/87/149478/149478-e0d1d807f2e0.jpg", "publish_format": "Commercial", "publisher": { "link": "org/2432", "names": { "en": "Kitty RECORDS", "ja": "Kitty RECORDS", "ja-latn": "Kitty RECORDS" }, "role": "label" }, "related": [], "release_date": "1994-06-25", "release_events": [], "release_price": { "currency": "JPY", "price": 3000.0 }, "reprints": [], "stores": [ { "link": "http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005I35I/", "name": "Amazon.co.jp" }, { "link": "http://music.apple.com/jp/album/1443829649", "name": "iTunes" }, { "link": "http://mora.jp/package/43000006/00602498911266/", "name": "mora (AAC)" }, { "link": "http://mora.jp/package/43000006/00602498911266_L/", "name": "mora (Lossless)" }, { "link": "http://product.rakuten.co.jp/product/-/1567d2f197c0d975e04b3eba6a09fc8d/", "name": "Rakuten" } ], "vgmdb_link": "https://vgmdb.net/album/149478?perpage=99999", "votes": 0, "websites": { "Reference": [ { "link": "https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/maiden-japan/1194080636", "name": "CDJournal" }, { "link": "https://www.discogs.com/release/2465788", "name": "Discogs" }, { "link": "https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/monday-michiru/maiden-japan", "name": "Jazz Music Archives" }, { "link": "https://musicbrainz.org/release/e0833b87-ce0e-48ab-8115-cd7635760ff4", "name": "MusicBrainz" } ] } }