Kalk Samen Kuri No Hana
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is the 3rd album for Japanese singer Shiina Ringo
, released on February 23, 2003.
The bonus track is collected only in the vinyl record version. The short film in which the world view of this album was made an image preceded had been put on the market earlier before release.
In this work, she adopted not the style of recording at once using the musical instruments of the rock band
ensemble in her album till then but a multitrack recording
style using folk instruments from around the world including Japan, music sequencer
, orchestra
.
About arrangement, Seiji Kameda
who had been concerned with her former 2 original albums didn’t participate in this work.
Shiina arranged this album with audio engineer Uni Inoue instead of him.
Toshiyuki Mori arranged the orchestra part of each recorded songs and whole "Yattsuke Shigoto".
In order to reduce budgets, she used her own Macintosh
computer
and cheap recording equipments, and composed and edited the songs herself by computer software
, while sometimes exchanging the arranged songs with Inoue.
She recorded the sound of the single musical instrument in one of the rooms at her home, and recorded the sound of strings
etc. at the same time in the separate rooms respectively.
However, Shiina Ringo decided to change the title because she overheard the male staff's chats and she thought their story to be interesting.
They told that the smell of semen resembled the smell of chlorine, or the smell of the chestnut flowers.
She thought that the nuance of a word "semen" was beautiful, and adopted it as the title.
The 2001 single was to have been included on this album along with one of the single's b-sides, . However, plans were changed after it was deemed they did not match the album.
: orchestral music
: orchestral music
Shiina Ringo
, known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer-songwriter, music composer and music producer. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen.She describes herself as ""....
, released on February 23, 2003.
The bonus track is collected only in the vinyl record version. The short film in which the world view of this album was made an image preceded had been put on the market earlier before release.
Outline
This is the album which Shiina Ringo self-produced for the first time.In this work, she adopted not the style of recording at once using the musical instruments of the rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
ensemble in her album till then but a multitrack recording
Multitrack recording
Multitrack recording is a method of sound recording that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources to create a cohesive whole...
style using folk instruments from around the world including Japan, music sequencer
Music sequencer
The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
, orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
.
About arrangement, Seiji Kameda
Seiji Kameda
is a Japanese music producer, arranger and bass guitarist.He is currently the bassist in Ringo Shiina's band, "Tokyo Jihen".- Biography :He was born in New York city, and went back to Japan at one year after birth....
who had been concerned with her former 2 original albums didn’t participate in this work.
Shiina arranged this album with audio engineer Uni Inoue instead of him.
Toshiyuki Mori arranged the orchestra part of each recorded songs and whole "Yattsuke Shigoto".
In order to reduce budgets, she used her own Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
and cheap recording equipments, and composed and edited the songs herself by computer software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
, while sometimes exchanging the arranged songs with Inoue.
She recorded the sound of the single musical instrument in one of the rooms at her home, and recorded the sound of strings
String instrument
A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
etc. at the same time in the separate rooms respectively.
Inside story
This album was due to be entitled at first.However, Shiina Ringo decided to change the title because she overheard the male staff's chats and she thought their story to be interesting.
They told that the smell of semen resembled the smell of chlorine, or the smell of the chestnut flowers.
She thought that the nuance of a word "semen" was beautiful, and adopted it as the title.
The 2001 single was to have been included on this album along with one of the single's b-sides, . However, plans were changed after it was deemed they did not match the album.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
- All English translation and guidance of the English pronunciation: Robbie Clark
Track 1&11
Kuri no Hana Kaoru OrchestraOrchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
: orchestral music
- Yuichiro Goto: conductor
- Kazuhiro Momo (from Mo'some Tonebender): electric guitarsElectric GuitarsElectric Guitars were formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport and Richard Hall who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Saunders , Matt Salt and Dick Truscott , they also later added two backing singers: Sara and Wendy...
- Junji Ikehata: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Toshiyuki Mori: pipe organPipe organThe pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...
- Uni Inoue: electric bass guitarsBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, hurdy-gurdy, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, luteLuteLute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
, sitarSitarThe 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
, Fender B.BenderFender TelecasterThe Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender.Its simple yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music...
(3-stringed), drum machineDrum machineA drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music... - Ringo Shiina: vocal, kotoKoto (musical instrument)The koto is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument, similar to the Chinese guzheng, the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and the Vietnamese đàn tranh. The koto is the national instrument of Japan. Koto are about length, and made from kiri wood...
(Ikuta style), distortion koto (her own way), pipe organ
Track 2&10
Kuri no Hana Kaoru OrchestraOrchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
: orchestral music
- Yuichiro Goto: conductor
- Ringo Shiina: vocal
- Uni Inoue: MellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
, electric bass guitars
Track 3&9
Himitsu Butai: the band- Ringo Shiina: vocal, bandmaster, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
- Ukigumo: electric guitars (Fender TelecasterFender TelecasterThe Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender.Its simple yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music...
- Ahito Inazawa: drums
- Hitoshi Watanabe: electric bass guitars, contrabassContrabassContrabass refers to a musical instrument of very low pitch; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register...
- Hideyo Takakuwa:
- Neko Saito: violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Tabu (from Soil & "Pimp" Sessions): DidgeridooDidgeridooThe didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...
Track 4&8
- Kotaro Saito: celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Junko Minobe: violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- Youkan Mizue: the whole wind instrumentWind instrumentA wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator , in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of...
(including conch shell) - Yumi Ōta: the voice of the announcement
- Uni Inoue: electric bass guitars, electric guitars, electronic drumElectronic drumAn electronic drum is an electronic synthesizer which mimics an acoustic drum kit.The electronic drum usually consists of a set of pads mounted on a stand in a disposition similar to an acoustic drum kit. The pads are discs with a rubber or cloth-like coating. Each pad has a sensor which generates...
- Ringo Shiina: vocal, prepared pianoPrepared pianoA prepared piano is a piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers....
, acoustic piano, ErhuErhuThe erhu is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a "southern fiddle", and sometimes known in the Western world as the "Chinese violin" or a "Chinese two-stringed fiddle". It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles...
(二胡, Chinese instrument with two strings)
Track 5
Ōoku Kinen Orchestra: orchestral music- Yuichiro Goto: conductor
- Toshiyuki Mori: piano, all works
- Ringo Shiina: vocal, koto (Ikuta style), distortion koto (her own way), pipe organ
- Ukigumo: vacuum cleanerVacuum cleanerA vacuum cleaner, commonly referred to as a "vacuum," is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal...
(her elder brother Shiina Junpei's wife's possessions)
Track 6
Josei-jōi Kinen Orchestra: string sectionString section
The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
- Chieko Kinpara party: string quintetString quintetA string quintet is a musical composition for a standard string quartet supplemented by a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola or a second cello , but occasionally a double bass. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who favoured addition of a viola, is considered a pioneer of the form...
- Kanako Tsuruta: drums
- Uni Inoue: electric bass guitar
- Ringo Shiina: vocal, koto (Ikuta style), piano
Track 7
- Ukigumo: vocal percussionVocal percussionVocal percussion is the art of creating sounds with one's mouth that approximate, imitate, or otherwise serve the same purpose as a percussion instrument, whether in a group of singers, an instrumental ensemble, or solo.-In Western music:...
- Toshiyuki Mori: CornetCornetThe cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto.-History:The cornet was...
- Uni Inoue: electric bass guitar
- Ringo Shiina: vocal, koto (Ikuta style), shamisenShamisenThe , also called is a three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi. The Japanese pronunciation is usually "shamisen" but sometimes "jamisen" when used as a suffix . -Construction:The shamisen is a plucked stringed instrument...
, melodicaMelodicaThe melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,...
, alto recorderRecorderThe recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
, kalimba, harmoniumHarmoniumA harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
, jaw harp, whistle, piano, drums, electric guitars