Mellscope

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MELLSCOPE
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Regular Edition
Studio album by Mell
Released August 20, 2008
Recorded 2008
Genre J-pop, electro-industrial, industrial pop, electronic rock
Length58:12
Label Geneon
Mell chronology
MELLSCOPE
(2008)
MIRAGE
(2010) MIRAGE2010
MELLSCOPE
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Limited edition

MELLSCOPE is the first studio album from the I've Sound singer, Mell, released on August 20, 2008. The album contains four new songs, two old songs from an eroge, two remixed old songs (including a remix of her first song with I've Sound), and four songs from her first three released singles, namely "Red fraction", "Proof/no vain", and "Virgin's high!/kicks!".

Mell Japanese singer

Mell is a female Japanese singer from Sapporo, Japan, who is signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She is a former member of the Sapporo-based I've Sound, and one of its main vocalists. Mell has contributed vocals to several anime soundtracks including Black Lagoon, Hayate the Combat Butler, Rideback, Shakugan no Shana, Highschool of the Dead, and Sky Girls.

<i>Eroge</i> type of Japanese video game featuring erotica

An eroge is a Japanese erotic video game.

The album comes in a limited or CD+DVD edition (GNCV-1005) and a regular or CD-only edition (GNCV-1006). The DVD will contain the PV for "SCOPE" and alternative PVs for "no vain" and "kicks!". The DVD also contains a documentary of MELL's time in France, and documents both the photo shoot for MELLSCOPE as well as her work with Deep Forest. Lastly, Deep Forest's Eric Mouquet is interviewed in full English, including Japanese subtitles.

France Republic with mainland in Europe and numerous oversea territories

France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.3 million. France, a sovereign state, is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice.

Photo shoot model poses for a photographer

A photo shoot is generally used in the fashion or glamour industry, whereby a model poses for a photographer at a studio or an outdoor location where multiple photos are taken to find the best ones for the required brief. The "model" is not always a person, however; for instance, advertising in print often requires photographic depiction of advertised goods, and food can be the subject of magazine articles.

Deep Forest French music group

Deep Forest is a musical group originally consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Éric Mouquet. They compose a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats. Their sound has been described as an "ethno-introspective ambient world music." They were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1994 for Best World Music Album, and in 1995 they won the Award for the album Boheme. The group also became World Music Awards Winner - French group with the highest 1995 world sales. Their albums have sold over 10 million copies. Sanchez started his own career as a singer on 2005, while Mouquet continued working under the band's original name.

Track listing (CD)

  1. SCOPE - 4:21
    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: MELL
  2. Red fraction - 3:41
    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: MELL
  3. Way beyond there - 5:04
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
    Lyrics: MELL
  4. repeat - 6:38
    Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Kazuya Takase
  5. Virgin's high! - 4:21
    Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
    Lyrics: MELL
  6. no vain - 5:59
    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: MELL
  7. Permit - 4:09
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
    Lyrics: MELL (English Translation: Harry Yoshida)
  8. Under Superstition - 4:59
    Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
    Lyrics: MELL
  9. kicks! - 3:49
    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: MELL
  10. The first finale in me - 5:09
    Composition/Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Lyrics: MELL
  11. Utsukushiku Ikitai -10 Years anniversary mix-(美しく生きたい) - 5:13
    Composition/Lyrics: Kazuya Takase
    Arrangement: Kazuya Takase, Tomoyuki Nakazawa
  12. repeat -Deep Forest remix- - 4:49
    Composition/Lyrics: Kazuya Takase
    Arrangement: Eric Mouquet (Deep Forest)

Track listing (DVD)

  1. SCOPE (PV)
  2. no vain -another side-
  3. kicks! -another side-
  4. Documentary of MELL's time in France
  5. Interview with Eric Mouquet of Deep Forest


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