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Pika

Ryu no Sumika

(Telegraph Records, TGC-037) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Ryu no Sumika (8:34)
    Pika: vocal, guitar, drums
    Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello, electronics
    Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
    Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: drums
    The Gooch: backing vocal

  2. Mermaid (6:50)
    Pika: vocal, guitar, percusion
    Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello, electronics
    Tomoyuki Mihara: trombone
    Tonchi: steelpan
    David Duval-Smith: merman
    Ryosei Sato: merman's friend
    Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
    Maki: drums
    Minakumari: itadakimasu
    So Suwa: itadakimasu

  3. Utau Hito (7:24)
    Pika: vocal, guitar
    Yuji Katsui: violin
    Otomo Yoshihide: drums

  4. Onnanoko Yurayura (5:24)
    Pika: vocal, guitar, casiotone
    Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello, electronics
    Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
    Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: drums

  5. Reazon (6:09)
    Pika: vocal, guitar
    Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
    Eiko Ishibashi: piano
    Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: drums

  6. Sora wo Mitara (4:05)
    Pika: vocal, guitar
    Ryosei Sato: vocal, guitar
    David Duval-Smith: clarinet

  7. Okaasan (7:54)
    Pika: vocal, guitar
    Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello, electronics, musical saw
    Minakumari: sitar
    Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
    So Suwa: drums

  8. Sen (7:35)
    Pika: vocal, guitar
    Tabito Nanao: vocal
    Makoto Kawabata: guitar
    Sachiko M: sinewaves

  9. Nagi no Tsuki: Akaine (1:48)
    Pika: voice, walking
    Mayumi Saeki: reading of the poem "Akaine" by Fukuo Fukuda

  10. Shiawase no Kashi (6:42)
    Pika: vocal, guitar
    Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello, electronics
    Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
    Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: drums

Words by Pika (1-8, 10) and Fukuo Fukuda [poem "Akaine"] (9)
Music by Pika (1, 2, 4-8, 10) and Yuko Kureyama (3)
Arrangements by Hanhanmusumetsu (2), Satori (3, 8)

Recorded by Hideaki Hayashidani
Mixed by Ippei Suda
Mastered by Soichiro Nakamura
Artwork by Shojo Oido
Photos by Kiyoe Akechi
Graphic design by Qotaroo
Produced by Pika
Includes an insert with Japanese lyrics and color photos

Released in December 2014