Credits:

Katsumi Horii Project

Description:

Long-awaited reissue of the urban fusion masterpiece with impressive illustrations by Hideto Suzuki! The 4th album released by Katsumi Horii PROJECT in 1989 has been remastered and released on CD in 2023 under the supervision of Katsumi Horii, with additional bonus tracks available only at Tower Records! Composer, arranger, producer, and producer of many TV, animation, commercials, movies, and stage productions, including music for the "Doraemon" movie series (1999-2005), NHK Galaxy TV novels and NHK TV series (morning drama), and "Gegege no Kitaro" (5th TV animation series). Katsumi Horii, arranger, producer, and professor at the Tokyo College of Music, has composed and produced music for TV, animation, commercials, movies, and stage performances, including the music for "Gegege Kitaro" (the fifth series of TV animation).Tomohito Aoki (b), Masaharu Ishikawa (ds), Yuzo Hayashi (key), Kanekazu Noryoku (key), Jun Kajiwara (g), Masato Honda (sax), and other elite members of Toshio Kadomatsu's sessions and Sadao Watanabe's band, Hiroyuki Namba (key), Yoshihiro Naruse (b), Hirokuni Korekata (g), and others of the future Kingdom of the Beast, and former Cassiopeia Many top-notch musicians participated, including Minoru Mukoya (key), Kakuo Okamoto (ds), Hidefumi Toki (sax), Masato Honda (sax), Nobuo Yagi (harp), and Larry Coryell (g), who also played in AB'S and Spectrum. The warm tones of Nobuo Yagi (harp) and Hidefumi Toki (saxophone), melodies that instantly grab the listener's attention, and the extensive use of synths and programming rhythms create a catchy urban fusion sound.The project originally started as a collaboration concept with illustrator Hideto Suzuki, and its visual instrumental to hybrid sound was highly versatile, and was frequently used as background music for TV, radio, and commercials at the time. The album includes "AN EMPTY SUITCASE," which was used as a TV commercial song for a major car air conditioner, and "ASTRAL WONDERLAND," which was also used as the theme song for a terrestrial TV wide show program. As bonus tracks, three new songs from the remix best-of album "The Way I Feel" (1989/RCA/air RECORDS/ R32A-1062), "CANDLELIGHT AFTER THE SILENCE," "ETERNAL MOMENT" and WARMDAY, ISN'T IT?(Original release: June 21, 1989 / RCA / air RECORDS /R32A-1053)Produced by Katsumi HoriiComposed & Arranged by Katsumi Horii (key), Yuzo Hayashi (key), Katsumi Horii (key), Tomohito Aoki (b), Yoshihiro Naruse (b), Kakuo Okamoto (ds), Masaharu Ishikawa (ds), Jun Kajiwara (g), Larry Coryell (g), Hirokuni Korekata (g), Masato Honda (sax), Hidefumi Toki (sax), Nobuo Yagi (harp), Keiichi Goto (synth prog), Hideyuki Hayashi (synth prog), Nobuhiko Nakayama (synth prog), Yasushi Morimoto (synth prog) ......etc.

Tracklisting:


1.TRUE FOOL LOVE
2.Touch
3.TRUE FOOL LOVE -instrumental-
4.Touch -instrumental-