Eiko fans, rejoice! Not only has her official Geneon webpage been redesigned, but her makeup crew is apparently getting better at their job as well! In the new promo photo she doesn’t look a day over… 37? 41? Whatever age she actually is, she looks younger than it.
Better than the new site design and promo picture, however, is the complete (creditless) tracklisting for her upcoming ‘Perfect World’ mini-album. We now know the album will contain 7 new tracks plus 2 B-sides off her recent singles, the full list of which looks something like this:
- Perfect World
- Binaural Beat
- 春空 (Haru Sora)
- OXISOLS
- Dhobi Ghat
- 指 (Yubi)
- Sunny Place
- electric universe
- day by day
Odd choice to go with two B-sides instead of the single tracks themselves, but perhaps they’re being saved up for an upcoming full-length? One can only hope, really.
愛撫―I've Sound Blog― 
LONG HAAAAAAIR
Unexpected that the B-SIDES are put on the album *blinkblink*…
Can’t waaaait!!
By: Terrik on 03/30/10
at 19.13
WOW I like the new change. :) Go Eiko. XD
And just as I thought, Sunny Place would be included in this mini-album. If only someone has a ripped or record of Eiko’s performance on Communication Mix concert… Oh well the tracklisting looks good except that OXISOLS and electric universe were bad of a choice. They could’ve included Diorama instead… <_<
By: fred on 03/30/10
at 21.50
Eh, the whole album kinda gives off this happy happy joy joy feeling to me. Adding Diorama would’ve been a bad idea, cuz it’s so…depressing XD
By: Terrik on 03/30/10
at 23.04
Eiko looks REAAAAAALY pretty in that shot XD She looks like a model for a fashion magazine ^_^
I hope her upcoming mini-album will live up to her previous mini-albums. I’m loving the track titles.
And what’s a “Binaural Beat” and “Dhobi Ghat”?
By: j4games on 03/31/10
at 02.15
…Binaural literally means “having or relating to two ears.” Binaural hearing, along with frequency cues, lets humans and other animals determine direction of origin of sounds.
O.o That’s what Wikipedia says. There is however also “Binaural beats, auditory processing artifacts” *shrugs* (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beats)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhobi_Ghat for Dhobi Ghat.
By: Terrik on 03/31/10
at 05.46
Wow! I’m surprised that OXISOLS and electric universe were included on the mini-album… And by the title tracks, maybe it will be some new age-style album… Anyway, I can’t wait! :DD
I do appreciate the atmosphere of her songs in her different styles (I think that “Naraku no Hana”, “Sora no Mahoroba”, “Uchuu no Hana” and “OXISOLS” are the best examples for what I’m saying…) and this make her my favorite I’ve singer!
But… Where is Wheel of Fortune, Diorama, Chikai and Super scription of data??? :O
Are they planning to release a full-lenght album? Or… a BEST album? Yeah… Eiko has notable works enough to compile a best album, and I would like that, but not yet… What I want is Eiko releasing more singles, albums AND EROGE SONGS! Someday, maybe. xD
By: Theus on 03/31/10
at 07.31
Eiko gave me a ‘V’ sign by using B-sides XD
O: NO ENGRISH COVER :/ D: Lol.
I was actually genuinely expecting one.
No one seems to care about, Paranoia :'(
By: taokaTOKiin on 03/31/10
at 20.14
Sorry for Doublepost. Yeah she looks pretty, makeup artists, ha’ *COUGH* ADOBE PHOTOSHOP *COUGH* *stabbed*
By: taokaTOKiin on 03/31/10
at 20.17
she looks like 29! long hair does wonders.
btw, I noticed that while the page was loading, you can totally see “MAMI KAWADA OFFICIAL SITE” at the top left corner, til the images load over it.
they pretty much copy and paste all the html…
By: kieyuku on 04/01/10
at 02.39
THE COVERRRR
By: Terrik on 04/01/10
at 06.49
omfg, it’s so beautiful!
And she’s on the cover! *-*
Perfect World seems to be a promising album! :D
By: Theus on 04/01/10
at 07.02
Cover looks good … Lion King like … don’t ask <.<
Seeing as OXISOLS and electric universe are in the album, I hope the other songs have that feel that the latter brought. It's whats making me latch to Eiko more and more, I love it. :D
By: Usashi on 04/01/10
at 07.05
*drools at cover*
I really like the cover ^_^ This is Eiko’s first full-body cover shot =D
By: j4games on 04/01/10
at 07.33
Perfect World Special WEB launched:
http://ive.mu/perfectworld/index.html
With credits and *with* samples…and suddenly I don’t feel as terrible not to afford this Mini-Album this month anymore. It’s a real pitty in my view if c/w tracks like electric universe and moreso OXISOLS represent (to me) the most exciting this Album has to offer thus far…Perfect World and the rest sounds pretty uninspired with the prevailing comatose pace..nothing of the likes that IMO saved Hikarinadeshiko and definitely nothing of the awe ULYSSES nor Endless Loop spotted so far. I really hope that this first impression is totally off once the Mini-Album will be released but something given how that first sample glimpse worked on Linkage and Epsilon no Fune perfectly as well…
By: littleharlock on 04/02/10
at 08.53
OMG! EIKO SENSEI I LOVE YOU! IS SO PRETTY NEW LOOK AWESOME AMAZING FACE!
IS WONDERFUL AND BEUTIFUL!
By: marbella on 04/03/10
at 08.35
i love EIKO SENSEI and best album of HIGURASHI NO NAKU KOKO NI incluyed the 1 and 2 season, OVA, LIVE ACTION or movies
Incluyed:
1. Higurashi no naku koko ni
2. Naraku no hana
3. WHEEL OF FORTUNE
4. Diorama
5. Chikai
6. Super scription of data
By: marbella on 04/03/10
at 08.53
She looks so pretty :3 And I can’t wait to hear the new songs (: Not too thrilled about the B-sides though /:
By: Ai on 04/03/10
at 10.14
i love EIKOFAN numbre one! My favorite integrant of Ive. THE BEST SINGER OF IVE!
By: marbella on 04/04/10
at 15.41
Possibly the most readable marbella comment in the history of this blog. Good job!
By: 愛撫 on 04/04/10
at 20.10
收录 曲: Créditos
01.Perfect Mundial
Letras y Música: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Eric Mouquet (Deep Forest)
Batir 02.Binaural
Letras y Música: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: SORMA N º 1 (Yoichi Shimada)
03.Haru Sora
Letras y Música: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
04.OXISOLS (ラトソール)
Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Música y Arreglos: SORMA N º 1 (Yoichi Shimada)
05.Dhobi Ghat
Letras y Música: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Kyoda Seiichi
06.Yubi
Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Música: Moriai Chizuko / Arreglos: Yukiko Sakai
Lugar 07.Sunny
Letras y Música: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Yukiko Sakai
universo 08.electric
Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Música y Arreglos: SORMA N º 1 (Yoichi Shimada)
09.day por día
Letras y Música: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Kyoda Seiichi
Letras y Música: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Kyoda Seiichi
Música y Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Eric Mouquet (Deep Forest)
02.Binaural Beats
Música y Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: SORMA N º 1 (Yoichi Shimada)
03.Haru Sora
Música y Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
04.OXISOLS (ラトソール)
Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Música y Arreglos: SORMA N º 1 (Yoichi Shimada)
05.Dhobi Ghat
Música y Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Kyoda Seiichi
06.Yubi
Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Música: Moriai Chizuko / Arreglos: Yukiko Sakai
Lugar 07.Sunny
Música y Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Yukiko Sakai
08.Electric Universo
Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Música y Arreglos: SORMA N º 1 (Yoichi Shimada)
09.day por día
Música y Letras: Eiko Shimamiya / Arreglos: Kyoda Seiichi
By: marbella on 04/05/10
at 15.07
Binaural Beat dominates in this album, in my opinion 8D
By: Usashi on 05/01/10
at 05.34
Dhobi Ghat pwns the rest of the songs off Perfect World xD
By: Ai on 05/02/10
at 07.06
did Eiko get a PV?
By: taokaTOKiin on 05/02/10
at 12.10
nope.
Liking the album though it’s kind of a new thing for Eiko. Binaural Beat and Dhobi Ghat are my favorites. <3
By: fred on 05/03/10
at 09.14
Agreed, Binaural Beat and Dhobi Ghat are the best songs from this album by far. Dhobi Ghat especially is interesting, it’s like scheherazade 2.0, but with a totally different atmosphere. Eiko sounds much more energetic and commanding than in any other song, and I love it. And props to Binaural Beat for being so mysterious and calming. <3
By: Kacku on 05/03/10
at 09.27
So unfair :\
Anywaaaay new KOTOKO sooongg
碧羅の天へ誘えど
By: taokaTOKiin on 05/03/10
at 12.25
No review yet? ):
fred: Really? After listening to everything, I kinda thought it was kinda like a backtrack to her older days. But then again, she has experimented a lot with OXISOLS, electric universe, Binural Beats and Dhobi Ghat (both of these being the best songs off of the album), but I think the whole relaxed aura I got kinda brought me back to her older stuff.
All in all, an actually good release. Judging from what I’ve heard from other people, I was afraid that I’d be bored to death by it (like a certain VANILLA mini-album *COUGHCOUGH*). Sunny Day is definitely the worst song though. It was just so BORING.
By: Terrik on 05/20/10
at 17.54