Signal (album)

Signal
Signal
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	December 21, 2005
Recorded	Land Mark Studio, Yokohama, September, 2005
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	55:38
Label	Geneon Entertainment; GNCL-1041
Producer	Casiopea
Casiopea chronology

Signal is the 40th album by jazz fusion group Casiopea and their first collaborative studio album with Synchronized DNA, a drum duo comprising former and current Casiopea member Akira Jimbo and former T-Square drummer Hiroyuki Noritake. The album was recorded and released in 2005. Issei Noro put Casiopea on hiatus in the year after, but reactivated the group with new keyboardist Kiyomi Otaka taking the place of Minoru Mukaiya in 2012.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Awaken"	Issei Noro	6:07
2.	"Mist"	Minoru Mukaiya	5:09
3.	"Kokoro-CK"	Yoshihiro Naruse	4:32
4.	"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"	Akira Jimbo	5:18
5.	"Escalation"	Issei Noro	4:40
6.	"Asobi Ni Turetette"	Yoshihiro Naruse	4:18
7.	"Life Long Serenade"	Issei Noro	6:07
8.	"Pity"	Yoshihiro Naruse	3:54
9.	"Ardent"	Minoru Mukaiya	3:41
10.	"Past And Future"	Issei Noro	11:47
Total length:			55:38

Past And Future's songs
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Dawn"	Issei Noro	2:15
2.	"Strain"	Issei Noro	3:49
3.	"Sorrow"	Issei Noro	0:45
4.	"Tested"	Issei Noro	2:37
5.	"Mentality"	Issei Noro	4:45
6.	"Unlimited"	Issei Noro	1:31
Total length:			11:47

Personnel[]

CASIOPEA are:

Issei Noro - guitars, voice on 3

Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards

- bass, programming on 3, 6, 8, percussion on 6, 8, timbales on 3, voice on 3

Synchronized DNA are:

Akira Jimbo - drums (left), programming on 4

- drums (right)

Note that on this particular album, Akira Jimbo's drums are hard-panned to the left speaker/headphone and Hiroyuki Noritake's drums are hard-panned to the right one.

Production[]

Produced - CASIOPEA
Directed - Issei Noro
Supervisor - Yoshinori Kumazawa, Akihiro Kawamura
Recording & Mixing Engineer - Yuji Kuraishi
Recorded at Landmark Studio, and Studio Jive
Mixed at Studio Jive
Assistant engineer – Shinichi Naitoh, Makoto Okawa
Mastering engineer – Shigeo Miyamoto
Mastered at FLAIR
Manipulator & Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi
Drums Technician - Mitsutake Edakawa, Hajime Ishizuka, Yuhei Yamazaki
Label Manager - Hiroharu Sato
A&R - Go Kojima
A&R Assistant - Ayako Maruyama, Kumiko Sato
Artist Management - Takashi E-noway Miho Kunishima
Art Direction & Design - Ken Narikawa
Photograph - Chikako Ozawa at Landmark Studio
Art Co-ordination - Misaki Shimamura, Masaru Sato

Release history[]

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	December 21, 2005	Geneon Entertainment	12cmCD	GNCL-1041

References[]

External links[]

CASIOPEA – Signal at Discogs

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