Takako Minekawa - Fun 9
ARTIST.....: Takako Minekawa
TITLE......: Fun 9
LABEL......: Emperor Norton Records
URL........: http://members.tripod.com/minekawa
RIP DATE...: Aug-13-2006
STORE DATE.: Nov-17-1999
GENRE......: Jpop
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 52,1 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Gently Waves 01:50
02 - Plash 04:12
03 - Flow In A Tide 03:43
04 - Fantastic Voyage 04:57
05 - Tiger 04:45
06 - Shh Song 01:53
07 - Spin Spider Spin 02:56
08 - Flash 01:22
09 - Fun9 00:17
10 - Soft Graffiti 04:58
11 - Fancy Work Funk 05:36
12 - Etoufee... 02:54
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39:23 min
Release Notes:
Takako produced most of these tracks, except the ones produced by
Sukia and Cornelius. It was released in Japan on July 7th, 1999.
It is quite spectacular, as I usually expect from Takako. I'm not
sure if it's my favorite, (if it is, then it would be tied with
Athletica and Roomic Cube), but it sure is a great album. The
first few times I listened to Fun 9, I thought for some reason,
that it had a general vibe of meloncholy to it, but now I don't
think so... it's that wierd blend of happiness and innocence, yet
strangely vague in it's emotions, as I usually get from Takako's
music. It does seem more serious in tone, however, than her
previous material. I'd say Plash, Spin Spider Spin, and Fantastic
Voyage are my three favorites so far. Plash contains a catchy, but
somewhat laid-back guitar-driven beat, with Takako vocals and
cooing "ahhh" sounds floating over the tune. Plash is reflected on
later in the album by the song Flash, a brief, yet so beautiful
song. Flow in a Tide is hard to describe, but believe me, it is
fabulous. Kinda claustophobic sounding, but in a cute way...
like flying away, caught in a soap bubble, and then it breaks into
a cute little rap between Takako and Michiko Endo. Spin Spider
Spin is spacey rock song. Of the songs that Cornelius helps out
on, Plash and Spin Spider Spin show the most of his influence. It
is really great to here collaboration between Keigo and Takako,
two of the most innovative artists I've heard. Fantastic Voyage is
just plain beautiful to behold. I like Takako's singing style in
this song. rather than singing in the conventional method of
flowing words, she breaks her lyrics down to syllables, and let's
them correspond with the melody quite nicely. Tiger has a kind of
grandious sound to it, unusual for Takako. A really nice song.
Fancy Work Funk is an instrumental in which Takako is being taken
on a zoological voyage by a computer. It's quite a nice song. I
was a bit suprised by the sample towards the end of the song that
sounds like it came out of a porno. Another of this album's
suprises, a humorous one. The CD is good, although a bit too short
as far as LPs go...at only about 35 minutes in length. However,
while short, your musical journey through Fun 9 will be wonderful
and sweet to the ears. The American version as usual has
different packaging than the Japanese release, although the design
is good enough. The US version also has a bonus track at the end
of the album, Etoufee, which is a version of Spin Spider Spin with
French lyrics. - evan (members.tripod.com/minekawa)