VIVA

[Machine Translation] The second full-length album, produced two years after her last album "Que Sera Que Sera," focuses on her voice, which is called "miracle voice," and produces the world view of the songs with the accordion and trumpet, which are synonymous with the many layers of choruses and scatting. It is a work that breaks new ground in what can be called the Uri Nakayama world. Before her CD debut in 2006, "I Dreamed of the Moon and Camels" was distributed on iTunse and set a record for the number of free downloads within a week of its release, earning her the nickname "the diva of distribution. Her second full-length album, "I Dreamed of the Moon and Camels," was released on iTunse in 2006, and was called the "diva of distribution. The album includes "And I Danced with the Moon," which was used as the theme song for the movie "Nemuriba," "Night of Carioca," a Brazilian traditional music choron that has more than 50 tracks, "Tropical Night," a soul-jazz style song, "Hitorigoto," a song with an impressive trumpet that reminds me a lot of Miles Davis, and "Samba Soul," which is a song about a woman who is in a state of exhaustion. She also tried new things such as "Hitorigoto" with soul-jazz style, "VivaViva" with samba soul style, "Minobi" included in "Nihon no Uta Vol. 4" which was talked about by many artists, "Dawn Fortissimo", a message song about the crisis of war and environmental destruction on the earth, "Parasol", a song about the subtle changes of heart and soul, and "Tropical Night" with soul-jazz style. Parasol Kirari," a song about subtle emotional transitions, and many others.

前作『ケセラ Que Sera』から2年の歳月をかけて制作されたセカンドフルアルバムは彼女のミラクルヴォイスと呼ばれる声に焦点を当て、幾重にも重ねられたコーラス、スキャットを代名詞とも呼べるアコーディオン、トランペットと共に楽曲の世界観を演出しておりまさに中山うりワールドともよべる新境地を切り開く作品です。収録曲「回転木馬に僕と猫」はNHK「みんなのうた」にも抜擢されておりファンならずとも気になる作品となるでしょう。2006年CDデビュー前にiTunseで配信された「月とラクダの夢を見た」が発売から1週間以内の同サイト内フリーダウンロード数の記録を作り配信の歌姫とも呼ばれ注目を集めた彼女の2ndフルアルバム。収録曲も映画「ネムリバ」主題歌に起用された「そして月と踊る」ブラジル伝統音楽ショーロンの名曲「カリオカの夜」ではその數50トラックを以上という彼女の声によるアンサンブルという力作、ソウルジャズ調の「熱帯夜」、マイルスディビスを髣髴するトランペットが印象的な「ひとりごと」、サンバソウル風な「VivaViva」、多くのアーティストが参加し話題になった「にほんのうた 第四集」へも収録されている「たきび」等新しい事にも挑戦し、歌詞も地球の戦争と環境破壊の危機について歌ったメッセージソング「暁のフォルテシモ」、微妙な心のうつろいを歌った「パラソルキラリ」などバラエティーにとんだ作品が完成しました。