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  - names:
      English: SPARK
    track_length: '9:04'
  - names:
      English: IN A TRANCE
    track_length: '8:55'
  - names:
      English: TAKE ME AWAY
    track_length: '7:26'
  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: '7:43'
  - names:
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    track_length: '8:51'
  - names:
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    track_length: '7:32'
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lyricists: []
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  edited_date: 2026-04-25T05:56
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name: Spark / Hiromi
names:
  en: Spark / Hiromi
  ja: Spark / Hiromi
  ja-latn: Spark / Hiromi
notes: 'Produced by Hiromi and Michael Bishop

  Recorded by Michael Bishop

    at Power Station New England Studio A,

    Waterford, Connecticut

  Recording Dates: October 9 - 12, 2015

  Assistant Recording Engineer and Sonoma

    DSD DAW Operator: Gus Skinas,

    Super Audio Center LLC

  Assistant Recording Engineer:

    Michael DiBiase, Power Station,

    New England

  Mixed by Michael Bishop at

    Five/Four Productions Ltd.

    Cleveland, Ohio

  Mix Dates: October 15 - 17, 2015

  Assistant Mix Engineer:

    Ian Dobie, Five/Four Productions Ltd.

  Mastered by Michael Bishop at

    Five/Four Productions, Ltd.

  Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered with

    Five Four Productions'' Exclusive

    REVEAL SM™ Technology.

  Piano Technician and piano provided by

    Yamaha Artist Services

  Microphones & Preamplifiers:

  Piano - Royer SF12, Sanken CO100K;

    Integer Audio RMP, Upstate Audio Sonic

    Lens 20/20, AEA RPQ.

  Contrabass Guitar - Upstate Audio

    Sonic Lens 20/20.

  Drums - Sennheiser MKH800; Shure KSM32,

    Beta-181, SM7B, SM57, PG52;

    Audio-Technica 5045; Royer SF2;

    Millennia Media HV3D.

  Recording mixed and mastered with

    ATC SCM150 Professional Monitors with

    Dangerous Music Monitor Controller

  Recorded and Mixed with the Sonoma DSD

    Workstation from Super Audio Center LLC,

    Boulder, Colorado

  Digital Converters: EMM Labs MK III & MK IV DSD;

    Playback Designs MPD-5 DAC.

  CD Mastering: Five/Four Productions

    REVEAL SM™, SADIE 6 PM Workstation,

    iZotope Ozone 7 Advanced.

  All songs written and composed by Hiromi /

    Yamaha Music Publishing (JASRAC) and

    Ellora Designs (BMI)

  Hiromi: piano, keys

  Anthony Jackson: contrabass guitar

  Simon Phillips: drums

  Hiromi plays Yamaha CFX and Clavia Nord Lead 2

  Anthony Jackson plays Fodera Anthony Jackson

  Presentation Il contrabass guitar, CQ-1 loudspeakers

  by Meyer Sound, Sonic Lens preamplifier by Upstate

  Audio, Model 5500 equalizer by API, Cables by

  Reqst. Flatpicks by Real Rock, Blue Chip and Picks

  and Stones, Strings by Fodera

  Simon Phillips plays Tama Maple Starclassic drums,

  Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads, Pro Mark sticks and

  Shure Microphones.

  Photography and Art Director by Muga Miyahara

  Design: Anilda Carrasquillo, Cover to Cover Design

  Thank you

  I would like to thank…Anthony and Simon for

  continuous inspiration and great musical adven-

  tures, Michael for marking the 10th album of working

  together, beautiful sound, patience and love, Soga-

  san for the beautiful piano sound for me to be able

  to express what I want to express, I also would like

  to thank: Mike, James, Ian, Laura, Ahmad, Andrew,

  Okamoto-san, Stephan, Dan, Marijo, Shuabo,

  Natalia, Fidel, Muga-san, Kamikawa-san, Saito-san,

  Mee, Chris, Kaori, Ryo, Katsura, Yoko, everyone at

  Telarc and Concord, Ellora Management, Sgent Na-

  tion, Yamaha Music Artist, Yamaha Artist Service,

  Sosu, everyone who gave me a chance to share my

  music with, Yasuhiro, Mom, Dad and my family.

  hiromimusic.com

  Artist Representation/Management

  Worldwide Management (except Asia)

  and European booking:

  Laura Hess-Hay, Ellora Management

  PO Box 755 / 74B Interlaken Rd.,

  Lakeville, CT 06069

  Telephone: (860) 435-1305

  Fax (860) 435-9916

  elloramanagement.com

  E-mail: [email protected]

  US and European Booking Agent:

  Stephen Gehrig, SGENT Nation

  7050 W. Palmetto Park Road, Suite 15-468, Boca

  Raton, FL 33433

  Telephone: (561) 900-0363

  E-mail: [email protected]

  Asian Booking and Management:

  Yoichi Okamoto, Yamaha Music Artist, Inc.

  2-34-17 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku,

  Tokyo, Japan 150-0001

  Telephone: +81(3) 6894-0184

  Fax: +81(3) 6894-0220

  yamaha-ma.co.jp

  E-mail: [email protected]'
organizations:
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    ja: TELARC
    ja-latn: TELARC
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- names:
    en: Concord Music Group, Inc.
    ja: Concord Music Group, Inc.
    ja-latn: Concord Music Group, Inc.
  role: publisher
performers: []
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2016-04-01'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Unknown
reprints: []
stores:
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  name: Amazon.com
- link: http://tower.jp/item/4177695
  name: TOWER RECORDS ONLINE
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votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: https://concord.com/concord-albums/spark/
    name: Spark by Hiromi | Concord - Label Group
  Reference:
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    name: Discogs
  - link: https://musicbrainz.org/release/437a524c-96a1-4554-8a0c-fdd78b1005df
    name: MusicBrainz
