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Yume Miru Uchuu

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Yume Miru Uchuu

release date: September 19, 2012
company: Lingua Sounda/Tokuma Japan Communications
formats: limited edition CD/DVD (TKCA-73811)
initial price: limited edition ¥3990; regular edition ¥3000
goodies: the limited edition included different cover artwork/packaging and a bonus DVD; the first copies sold came with various good depending on where it was purchased (pen at HMV, postcard at Rakuten, badge at Shinseido, clear file at Tower Records, different badge at Tsutaya, and a poster for others)

Tracklisting

Elise No Tame Ni -Rock For Elise- (Imai/Imai)
Climax Together (Imai/Imai)
Lady Skeleton (Sakurai/Imai)
Ningyo -Mermaid- (Sakurai/Hoshino)
Yumeji (Sakurai/Hoshino)
Only You -We Are Not Alone- (Imai/Imai)
Kinjirareta Asobi -Adult Children- (Sakurai/Imai)
Yasou (Sakurai/Imai)
Inter Raptor (Sakurai/Imai)
Miss Take -I'm Not Miss Take- (Imai/Imai)
Yume Miru Uchuu -Cosmix- (Sakurai/Imai)

Limited Edition DVD

Climax Together (music video)
Live at Hibiya Yagai Dai Ongakudou June 10, 2012
1. Night Side -Rainy- (SE)
2. Elise No Tame Ni
3. Revolver
4. Shippu No Bladerunner
5. Yume Miru Uchuu
6. My Fuckin' Valentine

Credits

Atsushi Sakurai: vocal
Hisashi Imai: guitars, noises and chorus
Hidehiko Hoshino: guitars and chorus
Yutaka Higuchi: bass
Toll Yagami: drums

additional musicians:
Kazutoshi Yokoyama: manipulate & synthesizer (all songs except the ones Cube Juice performs on)
Cube Juice: synth manipulate (Ningyo -Mermaid-, Yumeji)
Tabu Zombie: trumpet (soil & "pimp" sessions) (Only You -We Are Not Alone-)
Motoharu: tenor sax (soil & "pimp" sessions) (Only You -We Are Not Alone-)
Kenichi Fukushima: baritone sax (Only You -We Are Not Alone-)
brass arranged by: Motoharu & Tabu Zombie (soil & "pimp" sessions) (Only You -We Are Not Alone-)

produced by Buck-Tick

co-produced & directed by: Junichi Tanaka
recorded and mixed by: Hitoshi Hiruma
additional engineers: Koni-Young (Kurid), Yosuke Watanabe (Victor Studio)
assistant engineers: Hiroaki Kamata (aLive Recoding Studio), Junpei Ohno (Studio Sound Dali), Shinya Kondo (Prime Sound Studio Form), Tetsuro Sawamoto (Aobadai Studio)
mixed at Prime Sound Studio Form, Dt's
mastered by: Ken Shibusawa (King Sekiguchidai Studio No.4)
recorded at: aLive Recording Studio, Victor Studio, Prime Sound Studio Form, Studio Sound Dali, Aobadai Studio
mastered at King Sekiguchidai Studio No.4
drum technician & tuner: Shigeo Azami
guitar & bass technician: Kazutaka Minemori (Master Tone)

Label Staff (Lingua Sounda/TJC)
A&R: Ryo Tanaka
public relation: Masaki Saso, Kenya Kai
sales promoter: Norifumi Yoshida
promotion supervisor: Noriko Saito
A&R supervisor: Tomoaki Shinagawa

Management Staff
artist manager: Takahiro Chiba (Banker)
publishing staff: Taeko Nomura (Circles Music Publishers)
management desk: Mayumi Kaneko (Banker)
official fan club: Rumi Ikeda (Fish Tank)
supervisor: Hiromi Yoshizawa (Banker)

"Climax Together" Music Video Shooting Crew
director: Wataru Hayashi (Whoop)
production producer: Tamami Morita (Whoop)
director of photography: Katsumi Noguchi
technical director: Tomonobu Kasai
cameraman: Yutaka Onaga (if), Katsumi Noguchi (nom), Wataru Hayashi (Whoop)
grip: Yutaka Kawamura (Be-nue)
shooting at Shinjuku Loft
editor: Masahiko Tsuruo
post production: Eizo-Tsushin

"Live at Hibiya Yagai Dai Ongakudou June 10, 2012" Shooting Crew
producer/director: Takuro Nakamura (Mazri)
production manager: Jonny
production assistant: Gommy
director of photography: Yoshikuni Kudo (629 inc.)
cameraman: Shinji Kawamura, Kenichi Kurihara, Koichiro Tsunehara, Kenji Omochi, Kumi Sato (629 inc.)
technical producer/video engineer/switcher: Naohiko Yamada (629 inc.)
video engineer: Hiromi Kakiuchi
live recording staff: Mikiko Uochi, Yujiro Saito, Yusuke Naito, Chie Honda (SCI)
editor: Ichiro Chaen
MA engineer: Yasuhito Izutsu (Maruni Studio)
recorded & mixed by: Hitoshi Hiruma
assistant engineer: Yosuke Watanabe (Victor Studio)

DVD Authoring Staff
video encode: Taku Tsutabayashi (Q-Tec)
audio encode: Kouji Aoyama (Q-Tec)
authoring: Taeko Iwaki (Q-Tec)
authoring coordinate: Kouji Ota (Q-Tec)
studio coordinate: Kenji Kamibayashi (Q-Tec)

Cover Staff
art direction & design: Kazunori Akita (Marmalade Swan)
photography: Yosuke Komatsu (Odd Job)
hair styling & make up: Takayuki Tanizaki (Fats Berry)
costume styling: Kenichi Shimizu
pose assist: Yuko Akita
"Goldfish" painted by Gustav Klimt © Bridgeman Art Library/PPS
art work coordinator: Minoru Matsuda (SMC), Kiyoe Mizusawa (Tokuma Japan Communications)
label logo design: Tsutomu Nihei (Toua-Heavy-Industry)
executive producer: Masahiro Shinoki (Tokuma Japan Communications)

special thanks to: Fernandes, Burny, Greco, Zemaitis, Gretsch, Tokuma Japan Communications All Staff, SCS (Victor Studio), Hiromi Kishino (Victor Studio), Masashi Hashimoto (Studio Sound Dali), Yuzu Iijima (Studio Sound Dali), Yukie Suzuki (aLive Recording Studio), Tomoki Kunihara (Prime Sound Studio Form), Mayuko Asakawa (Aobadai Studio), Shigetoshi Naito (Aobadai Studio), Shinya Yamada (King Records), Manami Sato (Toua-Heavy-Industry), Yuichi Sorita (Victor Entertainment, Inc.), Yuka Goto (Victor Entertainment, Inc.), Ariola Japan, Shinjuku Loft, Love & Media Portable Members, Fish Tank Members and You

[this page was last updated on 2022.04.17 @ 23:45:01 CDT]

Titles Translated

Yume Miru Uchuu - this could be interpretted several ways in that uchuu means universe or cosmos so there are a couple of personal word choice options. Also, how does one wish to translate the perspective context? Is it about a person dreaming or the universe is dreaming? By itself, I would translate it as "Universe That Dreams". To me, the order of the words declares that it is the universe/cosmos that is doing the dreaming. In an interview with Atsushi, he stated how he came up with the phrase first as a concept, that the sadness of Japan after the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami was sent into space, like an embryo connected by umbilical cord to a star, sleeping peacefully. For the tours and merchandise associated with the album, Buck-Tick have used "Dreamy Universe" and "Cosmic Dreamer".

Elise No Tame Ni - "For (the sake of) Elise" or "Für Elise"

Ningyo -Mermaid- - ningyo means "mermaid" or "merman" (gender is not specified)

Yumeji - "Dreamland" or "Dream Road"

Kinjirareta Asobi -Adult Children- - "Forbidden Games -Adult Children-" ("Prohibited Play" would also fit). This title comes from the French movie Jeux Interdits (known as Forbidden Games in the English-speaking market), which goes by the title Kinjirareta Asobi in Japan.

Yasou - "Nocturne"

Notes

Ranked #14 on the album chart. ? copies sold.

This was the first Buck-Tick album in 10 years not to chart in the top 10. The last album to not crack the top 10 was Kyokutou I Love You (2002), which reached #12.

The singles released from this album were "Elise No Tame Ni" and "Miss Take -Boku Wa Miss Take-". Please note that the single version subtitle translates to "I am Miss Take" while the album version has the subtitle of "I'm Not Miss Take".

This was the first album released under Lingua Sounda/Tokuma Japan Communications. Buck-Tick created their own label, Lingua Sounda, under Tokuma Japan Communications for distribution.

The cover artwork of the limited edition was a painting by Gustav Klimt, one of Atsushi's favorite artists. This is the first time the band used an existing piece of fine art in their releases AKA a dead artist. Previously they have used existing artwork from living modern artists.

This is the second studio album in a row to have fish on the cover artwork.

The limited edition DVD included the music video for "Climax Together" and live footage from the concert at Hibiya Yagai Dai Ongakudou on June 10, 2012.

The music video for "Climax Together" was filmed with an audience of fans who were able to attend by application.

Buck-Tick first used the phrase "Climax Together" as the title of a concert in 1992. Finally the phrase received its very own song with this album.

I feel that the album's title may be translated a few different ways. Some tour merchandise translated the album title as "Dreamy Universe" and one of the supporting tours was "Cosmic Dreamer".

In regards to the meaning of the album title and the lyrics, to paraphrase Atsushi's reply in one interview: at the time of beginning to work on the album, around October 2011, there was a lot of information regarding the state of Japan (due to the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake/tsunami aftermath) coming in through the eyes/ears and a lot of people saying goodbyes, so that sadness in space, an embryo connected by an umbilical cord to a star, sleeping peacefully, it's like that. Anything can be thought of, like a baby dreaming freely, that kind of image.

The was the first time that the band did not record the drums and bass first, the standard of rock music recording. Instead of listening to the demo tape and playing along to that for the scratch take of the drums, Toll listened to a track with Atsushi's vocals as he played. It was easier for him to envision the song.

This is the 13th album to be engineered by Hitoshi Hiruma.

This is the 4th album to be engineered by Koni-Yang.

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