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    ja: 久石譲
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catalog: UPCI-1051
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category: Artist Discography
classification: Original Work
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    ja: 久石譲
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  - names:
      English: Asian X.T.C.
    track_length: '4:14'
  - names:
      English: Welcome to Dongmakgol
    track_length: '4:10'
  - names:
      English: Venuses
    track_length: '5:19'
  - names:
      English: The Post Modern Life
    track_length: '4:02'
  - names:
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    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
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    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
      English: Asian Crisis
    track_length: '7:17'
  - names:
      English: Hurly-Burly
    track_length: '3:25'
  - names:
      English: Monkey Forest
    track_length: '5:36'
  - names:
      English: Dawn of Asia
    track_length: '5:40'
  - names:
      English: Woman ~Next Stage~
    track_length: '2:45'
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  link: org/43
  names:
    en: UNIVERSAL MUSIC K.K.
    ja: ユニバーサルミュージック株式会社
    ja-latn: UNIVERSAL MUSIC K.K.
  role: distributor
link: album/24637
lyricists: []
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  added_date: 2011-03-13T15:35
  edited_date: 2024-12-21T08:26
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T13:47
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 5951
name: Asian X.T.C. / Joe Hisaishi
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  ja: Asian X.T.C. / 久石 譲
  ja-latn: Asian X.T.C. / Joe Hisaishi
notes: 'Track 01

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  E.Sitar: Masahiro Itami

  Guzheng: Xiao-Qing Jiang

  Dizi: Nancy Lia

  Percussion: Tomohiro Yahiro

  Bass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

  Strings: Miyama Strings

  Track 02

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  A.Guitar: DEPAPEPE

  Percussion: Ikuo Kakehashi

  Track 03

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  E.Sitar: Masahiro Itami

  Guzheng: Xiao-Qing Jiang

  Percussion: Tomohiro Yahiro

  Dizi: Nancy Lia

  Bass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

  Chorus: Little Carol

  Strings: Miyama Strings

  Track 04

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Violin: Naohisa Miyama

  Cello: Takeshi Mineta

  A.Guitar: Masahiro Itami

  Guzheng: Xiao-Qing Jiang

  Erhu: Jianhua Jiang

  Dizi: Nancy Lia

  Percussion: Tomohiro Yahiro

  Bass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

  Track 05

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Erhu: Jianhua Jiang

  Strings: Miyama Strings

  Track 06

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Track 07

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Sax: Kazuyuki Hayashida, Takahiro Nishio

  Marimba & Vibraphone: Mika Yoshida

  Percussion: Tomohiro Yahiro

  Guzheng: Xiao-Qing Jiang

  Erhu: Janet Zan

  Oboe & Zurna: Satoshi Shoji

  Bass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

  Strings: The Balanescu Quartet

  Track 08

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Sax: Kazuyuki Hayashida, Takahiro Nishio

  Percussion: Tomohiro Yahiro

  Marimba: Mika Yoshida

  Bass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

  Strings: The Balanescu Quartet

  Track 09

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Strings: The Balanescu Quartet

  Track 10

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Sax: Kazuyuki Hayashida, Takahiro Nishio

  Percussion: Tomohiro Yahiro

  Marimba: Mika Yoshida

  Guzheng: Xiao-Qing Jiang

  Erhu: Janet Zan

  Bass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

  Strings: The Balanescu Quartet

  Track 11

  Piano: Takehiko Yamada

  Bandoneon: Koji Kyotani

  Strings: Supeciosa Strings

  Text: Joe Hisaishi

  Liner Notes: Naoki Tachikawa

  All Composed, Arranged & Produced by Joe Hisaishi

  <The Balanescu Quartet>

  First Violin: Alexander Balanescu

  Second Violin: James Shenton

  Viola: Katie Wilkinson

  Cello: Nick Holland

  Jiang Jianhua by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.

  DEPAPEPE by the courtesy of SME Records Inc.

  Recorded at Wonder Station (Tokyo), Angel Studios (UK), Landmark Studio (Yokohama),
  Victor Studio (Tokyo), Sony Music Studios Tokyo

  Recording Engineer: Gary Thomas (Angel Studios), Hiroyuki Akita (Wonder Station)

  Assistant Engineer:

    Akihiro Tabuchi (Wonder Station), Kunio Nishikawara (Landmark Studio), Gordon
  Davidson (Angel Studios)

    Masaki Mori (Sony Music Studios Tokyo), Jeremy Murphy (Lansdowne Studios)

  Coordination in London: Take Takezawa (KGL Ltd.)

  Technical Advisor: Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station)

  Mixed at Lansdowne Studios (UK)

  Mixing Engineer: Michael J. Dutton (except for Tr.02 & 11 by Suminobu Hamada & Tr.03
  by Hiroyuki Akita)

  Mastering Engineer: Hiroyuki Hosaka (Hitokuchi-zaka Studios)

  Director: Akira Watanabe (Fujipacific Music Inc.)

  Production Management: Wonder City Inc. - Ichiro Suganuma, Mai Fujisawa

  Piano Technician: Nobumi Murakami

  Music Sheet Preparation: Kouchi Baba (Wonder City Inc.), Kenji Ashimoto, Chieko
  Matsunami

  Art Direction & Design: Misato Kumamoto (4TH INK.)

  Design: Akihisa Inoue (4TH INK.)

  Photographer: Kazumi Kurigami (CAMEL)

  Hair & Make-up: Hiroshi Nakagawa (Alfa Touch)

  Stylist: Miyuki Tashiro (Studio Que)

  Artwork Coordination: Yumi Haga (Universal Music)

  A&R: Aiichiro Kiyohara (Island, Universal Sigma)

  Label Head of Island: Masakazu Hirata

  Product Management: Taku Nakamura (Universal Sigma)

  Head of Product Management: Naoshi Fujikura (Universal Sigma)

  Manager of Product Management: Junichi Mori (Universal Sigma)

  A&R Administration: Mie Kato (Universal Sigma)

  Publicity & Promotion:

    Toshio "CASHBOX" Kanehako (Head), Hiroshi Ohara (Manager), Chie Ito (Chief), Mika
  Mitsumochi, Yuko Matsuoka, Kazuto Nochimoto,

    Takeshi Ogura, Reimi Ashizawa, Niina Kikuchi (Universal Sigma)

  Web Promotion: Tomohiro Ohi (Universal Sigma)

  Sales Promotion: Kyoko Teradate (Universal Music)

  Manager of Sales Promotion: Ayumu Kanaya, Hiroshi Tokunaga (Universal Music)

  Special Thanks to:

    Nobumasa Uchida, Norimitsu Iijima (PROMAX Inc.), Keizo Maeda (Conversation & Company
  Ltd.), Hiroshi Kawasaki (The Mainichi Newspapers)

  Executive Producer:

    Ichiro Asatsuma (Fujipacific Music Inc.), Toru Uehara (Fujipacific Music Inc.)

    Kazuhiko Koike (Universal Sigma), Ayame Fujisawa (Wonder City Inc.)'
organizations:
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  link: org/1892
  names:
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    ja: ISLAND
    ja-latn: ISLAND
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- link: org/2380
  names:
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    ja: Universal Music
    ja-latn: Universal Music
  role: label
- link: org/43
  names:
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    ja: ユニバーサルミュージック株式会社
    ja-latn: UNIVERSAL MUSIC K.K.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers: []
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2006-10-04'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3059.0
reprints: []
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votes: 0
