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
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  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: &id001
  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: 2026-06-04T20:52
  freedb: 0
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 321
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.

  M-01. (Herbie Hancock)

    beats: DJ Krush

    keyboards: Mac Chew

    alto flute: Monday Michiru

  M-02. (Monday Michiru / Toshio Nakanishi / Masayuki Kudo)

    rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *

    guitar & percussions: Tosh *

    tabla: Inder ''Goldfinger'' Matharu **

    bamboo Flute: Andy Findon

  M-03. (Monday Michiru)

    flute: Masato Nakamura ***

    percussions: Genta

    rhodes: Ken Shima

    stand-up bass: Hideaki Kanazawa

    recording engineer: Shinichi Tomita

  M-04. (Monday Michiru)

    beats & scratches: DJ Krush

  M-05. (Monday Michipu / MC lyrics: P.J.)

    rhythm prog.: Makoto Kubota

    MC & electric bass: P.J.

    percussions: Genta

    keyboards: Monday Michiru

  M-06. (Monday Michiru)

    rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *

    guitar, percussions & EMS: Tosh *

    backing vocal: Loretta Heywood

    percussions: Genta

    acoustic guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya

    keyboards: Monday Michiru

    mixing engineer: Roland Herrington

  M-07. (Herbie Hancock)

    beats: DJ Krush

    keyboards: Mac Chew

  M-08. (Monday Michiru)

    drums & percussions: Genta

    piano & rhodes: Yuri Dazai

    electric bass: Yoshiro Kanamori

    trombone: Yoichi Murata

    electric guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya

    mixing engineer: Roland Herrington

  M-09. (Monday Michiru / Tadashi Yabe / Toshio Matsuura)

    prog.: Makoto Kubota

    track: United Future Organization (Brownswood, Tokyo)

    pre-production prog.: Hiroyuki Komagata

  M-10. (Monday Michiru)

    rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *

    guitar, percussions & EMS: Tosh *

    backing vocal: Loretta Heywood

    alto sax: Naoyuki Fujii

    drums: Makoto Sakamoto

    percussions: Genta

    electric guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya

    keyboards: Monday Michiru

    mixing engineer: Roland Herrington

  M-11. (Monday Michiru)

    keyboards & str. arrangement: Mac Chew

    drums: Zanid Ahmad

    stand-up bass: Hideaki Kanazawa

    percussions: Genta

    violins: Takashi Joe Kato and Takashi Fukumori

    mixing engineer: Roland Herrington

  M-12. (Monday Michiru)

    rhythm prog. & backing vocal: Ray Hayden

    keyboards: Mac Chew

    mixing engineer: Ray Hayden

  M-13. (Monday Michiru)

    rhythm prog.: Ray Hayden

    keyboards & str. arrangement Mac Chew

    violins: Takashi Joe Kato and Kiyoshi Osawa

    mixing engineer: Ray Hayden

  M-14. (Herbie Hancock)

    beats: DJ Krush

    keyboards: Mac Chew

    alto flute: Monday Michiru

  * from LOVE T.K.O.

  ** from FUNDAMENTAL

  *** from MONDO GROSSO

  SHOUT OUT TO:

  Yumi & 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

  SPECIAL THANKS TO THE GROOVERS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT:

  Eiichi 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.

  Xtra 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.

  THE MATERIAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS INSPIRED BY AND DEDICATED TO:

  God, 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,

  J. 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.

  Ray 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

  all lead vocals & backing vocals except for those noted by Monday Michiru

  produced & engineered except for those noted by Makoto Kubota

  track-3 produced by Monday Michiru

  track-9 co-produced by United Future Organization

  track 12 & 13 co-produced & engineered by Ray Hayden for Opaz Productions

  recorded at Kitty Izu Studio, Studio Key-stone, Tokyo and Milo Studio, London November
  ''93 to January ''94

  assistant engineering by Shinichi Tomita, Meiji Takamatsu, Atsushi Hattori,

  Yoshitada Miya, Sonte Anne, Pete Hofmann and Luke Gordon

  mastered by Akihiko Takenaka at Heart Beat Recording Studio

  photograph: Itaru Hirama

  design: Yuichi Miyashi & Naoyuki Suzuki for Tycoon Graphics

  hair & make-up: Yuji Miyazawa for JET

  stylist: Natsuko Kawabe for Kiki Inc.

  visual coordination: Sayuri Noguchi

  A & R: Mario Sakurai

  artist promoter: Shinichi Komeno

  artist management: Yoichiro Ono for Kitty Enterprises, Inc. (03-3780-8631)

  executive producer: Hidenori Taga'
organizations:
- &id002
  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
- *id001
performers: []
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '1994-06-25'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3000.0
reprints: []
stores:
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  name: Amazon.co.jp
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  name: iTunes
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  name: mora (AAC)
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  name: mora (Lossless)
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  name: Rakuten
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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
