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2017 studio album by Tak Matsumoto & Daniel Ho
Electric Island, Acoustic Sea
Studio album by Tak Matsumoto & Daniel Ho
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2017
GenreJazz, rock
Length53:57
LabelDaniel Ho Creations, House of Strings, Vermillion Records
Tak Matsumoto chronology
enigma
(2016)
Electric Island, Acoustic Sea
(2017)
Daniel Ho chronology
Between the Sky & Prairie
(2017)
Electric Island, Acoustic Sea
(2017)

Electric Island, Acoustic Sea is a collaborative studio album by Grammy Award-winning musicians Tak Matsumoto (Japanese guitarist of B'z fame) and Daniel Ho (American multi-instrumentalist). The album debuted at #7 on the Oricon weekly album chart and at #6 on the Billboard Japan album chart. "Island of Peace" and "Rain" are re-recordings of songs previously released in Matsumoto's 2014 solo album New Horizon.

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Soaring on Dreams"Daniel Ho5:31
2."Fujiyama Highway"Tak Matsumoto4:08
3."Magokoro (True Heart)"Ho5:01
4."Infinite Escapade"Ho4:45
5."Faithfully" (Journey cover; lyrics by Jonathan Cain)Jonathan Cain3:28
6."Sunny Tuesday"Matsumoto3:29
7."Wander Blues"Matsumoto3:46
8."Adrenaline UP!"Matsumoto, Ho4:00
9."Omotesando"Matsumoto4:45
10."Island of Peace"Matsumoto5:19
11."Rain"Matsumoto5:40
12."Lia"Ho4:05
Total length:53:57

Personnel

  • Tak Matsumoto – electric guitar, arrangement on tracks 2, 6–11
  • Daniel Ho – vocals on "Faithfully"; 12-string guitar on "Soaring on Dreams"; rhythm guitar on "Soaring on Dreams" and "Magokoro (True Heart)"; acoustic guitar on tracks 5, 8, 7, 9 and 12; bass on tracks 1, 4, 5 and 6; sanshin on "Fujiyama Highway"; Ukulele on "Fujiyama Highway" and "Sunny Tuesday"; tenor & soprano ukulele on "Island of Peace"; piano on tracks 1, 3, 4, 10 and 11; keyboard on tracks 1, 3 and 4; electric piano on "Omotesando"; triangle on "Infinite Escapade"; cymbal on "Infinite Escapade"; udu on "Sunny Tuesday" and "Rain"; uriuri on "Sunny Tuesday"; ipu heke on tracks 6, 10 and 11; shaker on "Sunny Tuesday" and "Rain"; Chinese cymbal on "Adrenaline UP!"; caxixi on "Island of Peace"; cha-cha on "Island of Peace" and "Rain"; talking drum, bongos, China cymbal and wood rattle on "Island of Peace"; arrangement on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10–12

Session members

References

  1. ^ "Electric Island, Acoustic Sea by TAK MATSUMOTO & Daniel Ho on Apple Music". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年02月06日~2017年02月12日". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. "Billboard Japan Top Album sales". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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