I & Key En Ii

[Machine Translation] Keiji Shiina's new mini album "I & key EN II" will be released! This is the first original work by Keiji Shiina in a year and 10 months, and is a sequel to the mini-album "I & key EN ( aienkien )" released in 2012. I & key EN" is the sequel to "I & key EN", a mini-album released in 2012. A strange fate, a chance meeting between people. This album is filled with the music and people they have met so far, and the sense of music they have cultivated through these connections. The most notable feature of this album is the collaboration with musicians of a wide range of generations, including seniors, juniors, and the same generation. The album includes a song composed by Tomoya Tabuchi, bassist of UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, a long-time friend, and "komorebi," the theme song for "Marriage Deviation IIDEAD OR ALIVE" by the theater company Matsumoto Kazumi, who asked him to write the song for the album. Participating musicians include the well-known Hiroo Yamaguchi, Shoichi Tomomori, Yu Odakura, and former BO WY members Makoto Takahashi, Shuntaro Kado, and Akiyoshi Sakamoto on drums. Arrangers nishi-ken and Hiroki Arai have also joined to create a new world of Keiji Shiina. What is interesting for fans from the SURFACE era is that Kei Noguchi, an old friend, participated for the first time as a lyricist in Keiji Shiina's solo work. It is truly a strange coincidence. We hope you will enjoy this album.

椎名慶治ニューミニアルバム「I & key EN II」リリース決定!椎名慶治1年10ヶ月振りとなるオリジナル作品。2012年にリリースされたミニアルバム「I & key EN(※アイエンキエン)」の続編に当たる今作品。「I & key EN」合縁奇縁、愛縁機縁。人と人との不思議な巡り合わせの縁。今までに出会った音楽・人=縁によって培った音楽感を自由に詰め込んだアルバム。今作で注目なのは、先輩、後輩、同世代と幅広い世代のミュージシャンとのコラボレーションだろう。以前より親交のあるUNISON SQUARE GARDENのベーシスト田淵智也作曲の楽曲を始め、書き下ろしを依頼された劇団マツモトカズミ「結婚の偏差値IIDEAD OR ALIVE」テーマソング「komorebi」も収録。参加ミュージシャンはお馴染みの山口寛雄、友森昭一、オダクラユウ、ドラムには元BOΦWYの高橋まこと、かどしゅんたろう、坂本暁良が参加。アレンジャーにはnishi-ken、新井弘毅も加わり新たな椎名慶治の世界を作り上げている。そして、SURFACE時代からのファンにとって興味深いのは、旧友でもある野口圭が椎名慶治ソロ作品に作詞として初参加している点。まさに合縁奇縁。このアルバムに期待して欲しい。