Haco

Riska

(Arcàngelo, ARC-1122) (Japan) (CD)

1. Purusa (5:53)
2. Shower Alone (6:19)
3. Full-color Palette (7:44)
4. No Envy, No Meanness (5:58)
5. High-tension Wire (4:31)
6. Chat Night (5:32)
7. Riska (3:55)
8. Magnetic Field of Riska (10:00)
9. Flashback (4:10)

All words and music by Haco
Programming and arrangements by Haco

Part arrangements: marimba (1) and vibraphone (3) by Haco, contrabass (2, 7) by Makoto Inada, trumpet (4) by Masafumi Ezaki, percussion (6) and vibraphone (9) by Mari Era, and glockenspiel (8) by Madoka Ichiraku

Haco: vocals, keyboard (2, 3, 5), sampler and rhythm electronics (2-4, 6, 8), guitar (3, 9), metronome (7), binaural microphone (2), field recordings and electromagnetic cellphone sounds (with stereo bugscope) (8)
Mari Era: marimba (1), vibraphone (3, 6, 9), percussion (1-6)
Makoto Inada: contrabass (2, 5, 7)
Masafumi Ezaki: trumpet (2-5), can (5)
Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello (3)
mamieMU: glass harp (5)
Madoka Ichiraku: glockenspiel with effect (8)
Yuko Nexus6 and Haco (6): spoken voices, sounds of Skyping, typing, emailing with laptop computers

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Haco at Mescalina, Kobe
Illustration and art direction by Chie Matsui
Photos by Kiyotaka Yoshimitsu
Photo effects by Haco
Design by Tsutomu Takahashi
Translation of lyrics by Christopher Stephens

Released in April 2007

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