Electric Island, Acoustic Sea

Electric Island, Acoustic Sea
Studio album by Tak Matsumoto & Daniel Ho
Released	February 8, 2017 [1]
Genre	Jazz, rock
Length	53:57 [1]
Label	Daniel Ho Creations, House of Strings, Vermillion Records [1]
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 ^[2] and at #6 on the Billboard Japan album chart. ^[3] "Island of Peace" and "Rain" are re-recordings of songs previously released in Matsumoto's 2014 solo album New Horizon .

Track listing

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

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

• Steve Billman – bass on tracks 2-7 and 9, fretless bass on "Magokoro (True Heart)"
• Barry Sparks – bass on "Rain"
• David Enos – wood bass on "Island of Peace"
• Randy Drake – drums on tracks 1-4 and 6–9; taiko on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 11; agogô on "Fujiyama Highway"; güiro and tambourine on "Fujiyama Highway"
• Hiroko Ishikawa with Lime Ladies Orchestra – strings on "Island of Peace"
• Dana Xue – cello on "Magokoro (True Heart)" and "Adrenaline UP!"
• June Kuramoto – koto on tracks 2, 4, 8 and 11
• Hideyuki Terachi – arrangement on tracks 2, 7 and 9

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.

External links

• Electric Island, Acoustic Sea at B'z official website