The One is a 2007 album by Shinichi Osawa, and the first studio album released under his real name. The album is a major departure for Osawa; mainly electro house based, it also touches on fidget, glitch and more traditional house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 as well as rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

. Many tracks make use of digitized live instruments; usually guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 and bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, but extending to koto

Koto (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...

 in the final track.

It features collaborations with Au Revoir Simone

Au Revoir Simone

Au Revoir Simone is an electronic dream pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in late 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster , Annie Hart , and Heather D'Angelo...

, Princess Superstar

Princess Superstar

Princess Superstar is an American emcee and DJ.Her musical style, as she describes it, is flip-flop — a mixture of 'hip hop, electroclash and electronica'.-Background:...

, Ania Chorabik, Nelson

Nelson (band)

NELSON is a American hard rock band founded by singer/songwriters Matthew and Gunnar Nelson . NELSON featuring the twin lead front men had a No. 1 hit in the United States with " Love and Affection" during the week of September 29, 1990...

, Freeform Five

Freeform Five

Freeform Five is London based DJ, producer, songwriter Anu Pillai. It was his remix of Isolee’s “Beau Mot Plage” in 1999 that alerted many to this production outfit....

and others.

Track listing

1. "Star Guitar" - 5:55
2. "Detonator" - 4:58
3. "Electro411" - 5:21
4. "Our Song" - 5:25
5. "Dreamhunt" - 4:55
6. "Push" - 3:55
7. "Rendezvous" - 5:15
8. "The Patch" - 2:13
9. "Last Days" - 6:11
10. "State of Permission" - 5:08
11. "Foals" - 4:37
12. "The Golden" - 5:38
13. "Maximum Joy" - 6:24
14. "Ami Nu Ku Tuu (The One Version)" - 5:19