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01. OPERA?
music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

piano: Kento Ohgiya
cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Tomoo Suzuki at Sound City
assistant engineer: Nobushige Mashiko (Sound City)


02. The Wave feat. Jazztronik
music: Hajime Mizoguchi
arrangement: Ryota Nozaki

keyboards & programming: Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik)
guitar: Shunji Takenaka
bass: Keisuke Torigoe
drums: Hidenobu "KALTA" Otsuki
cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded by Shinjiro Ikeda & Mizuo Miura (MIXER'S LAB)
recorded at STUDIO SOMEWHERE, ON AIR Azabu Studio & Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO
mixed by Shinjiro Ikeda at Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO
assistant engineers: Takuya Komiyama (Joint1), Hitomi Joko (MIXER'S LAB), Naoya Tokunou (Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO)


03. Yasashii Kotae feat. Asako Toki
lyrics: Asako Toki
music: Toshiaki Matsumoto
arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

vocal: Asako Toki
guitar: Shigeharu Sasago
bass: Hiroshi Yoshino
percussion: Yoichi Okabe
cello quartetto: Hajime Mizoguchi, Ayano Kasahara, Akio Ueki & Shinichi Eguchi
cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded by Tomoo Suzuki at Victor Studio & Kenyo Ueno (MIXER'S LAB) at ON AIR Azabu Studio
mixed by Hajime Mizoguchi
assistant engineers: Yoshiyuki Watanabe (Victor Studio) & Hiromi Shinjo (MIXER'S LAB)


04. Asian Blue
music, arrangement & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi
piano: Hatsuho Furukawa
guitar: Susumu Nishikawa
cello & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at CRESCENTE STUDIO
assistant engineer: Hitomi Joko (MIXER'S LAB)


05. Somewhere in Time
music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

piano: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at ON AIR Azabu Studio
assistant engineer: Kentaro Kikuchi (CRESCENTE STUDIO)


06. Perfect Days feat. GONTITI
music, arrangement & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

nylon strings guitar: Gonzalez Mikami (GONTITI)
steel strings guitar: Titi Matsumura (GONTITI)
piano: Sae Konno
cello quartetto: Hajime Mizoguchi, Ayano Kasahara, Akio Ueki & Shinichi Eguchi
cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Mizuo Miura (MIXER'S LAB) at Victor Studio
assistant engineers: Akitomo Takakuwa (Victor Studio) & Fumi Shinohara (Victor Studio)


07. My Prayer
music, arrangement & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

piano: Sae Konno
cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at ON AIR Azabu Studio
assistant engineer: Kentaro Kikuchi (CRESCENTE STUDIO)


08. Same Old Story feat. CINEMA dub MONKS
music: Hajime Mizoguchi
arrangement: CINEMA dub MONKS & Hajime Mizoguchi

melodion & tape recorder: Daiho Soga (CINEMA dub MONKS)
bass: Gandhi Nishigaki (CINEMA dub MONKS)
cello & piano: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at innig recording hostelry
assistant engineer:


09. Ue wo Muite Arukou feat. Yosuke Yamashita
music: Hadachi Nakamura
arrangement: Yosuke Yamashita & Hajime Mizoguchi

piano: Yosuke Yamashita
cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at ON AIR Azabu Studio
assistant engineer: Kentaro Kikuchi (CRESCENTE STUDIO)


10. La Mouette feat. Shuichi "PONTA" Murakami / Satoshi Takebe / Dozan Fujiwara
music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

drums: Shuichi "PONTA" Murakami
piano: Satoshi Takebe
Shakuachi: Dozan Fujiwara
bass: Koichi Osamu
strings: Nagisa Kiriyama Strings
cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at Sound City
assistant engineer: Takehiko Naito (Sound City)


11. Afureru mono feat. Tomoko Tane
lyrics: Tomoko Tane
music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

vocal & piano: Tomoko Tane
cello & background vocal: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Mizuo Miura (MIXER'S LAB) at Victor Studio
assistant engineers: Akitomo Takakuwa (Victor Studio) & Fumi Shinohara (Victor Studio)


12. Lush feat. Jazztronik
music & arrangement: Ryota Nozak

keyboards & programming: Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik)
percussion: Takashi Nakazato
flute: Tomohisa Himeno
background vocal: Yurai
cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at Towerside Studio
mixed by Shinjiro Ikeda at Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO
assistant engineer: Hisashi Nagayama (sunrise studio) & Naoya Tokunou (Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO)


13. Eternal Wind
music, arrangement & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

piano: Sae Konno
strings: Nagisa Kiriyama Strings
cello & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Mizuo Miura (MIXER'S LAB) at ON AIR Azabu Studio
assistant engineer: Hitomi Joko (MIXER'S LAB)


14. Espace
music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at Wang Guang RecLabs
mixed by Tomoo Suzuki at Victor Studio
assistant engineers: 島袋敦司 (Wang Guang RecLabs) & Nobushige Mashiko (Sound City)


produced by Hajime Mizoguchi

co-produced & directed by Tempei Matsubayashi (Horipro)

mastered by Toru Kotetsu at JVC Mastering Center

production coordination: Hiroshi Yamada (ShinShitsu)

A&R: Hideyuki Asada (VAP)
public relation: 横崎塵直 (VAP)
sales promotion: Masashi Hashimoto (VAP)

artist management: 岡部吉一 (Horipro)
                              田畑伸典 (Horipro)

executive producers: Kazuo Sato (VAP)
                               岡孝二郎 (Horipro)

patissier: 中島眞介 (HOTEL NEW OTAN!)

art direction & design: Shunsaku Takashi (5fret)
photographs: 細野普司 (STAR SHOT)
stylist: 吉永希
hair & make up: 内藤歩 (traffic)
art coordination: Nobuyoshi Shimomae (FELLOW SHIP)

special thanks
Takayuki Morinaka (Styrism), Akihiko Ogura (SMA PLAYERS), Kazuo Ohsato (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC), 佐脇章太 (HIP LAND MUSIC)
立川美緒 (HIP LAND MUSIC), 村松広明 (JamRice), 安部裕之 (BUGcorporation), Takatoshi Horino (Halftone Musie)
Nao Yoshida (Halftone Music), 足立修一 (Horipro), 平野尚美 (Horipro), Koichi Ujiie (IMAGE QUEST INTERACTIVE)
岩崎州彦 (HOTEL NEW OTAND), R-Body, 泰松ひろみ , Ahiru Mizuno (STRIP)


Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik) Appears by the Courtesy of Knife Edge / PONYCANYON INC.
Asako Toki by the courtesy of LD&K Inc.
CINEMA dub MONKS by the courtesy of plants records
Shuichi "PONTA" Murakami by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc
Dozan Fujiwara by the courtesy of Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.