Utakata

[Machine Translation] This is the first studio album in three years. This is the first studio album in three years. The songs were recorded live for the past three years, and were released without any concept. The songs include "Hishoyaka na uta" (a campaign song for AC "Doctors Without Borders"), "Meguriai" (a song from a Mitsui & Co. commercial), "Kono koi no sutetara" (a popular song at live performances), "Uta kata" (a floating song for the first time played with an electric piano), and "Kanakami" (a masterpiece that was not included in the original album). The song "Love song" is the theme song of the movie "Tokyo Shonen" starring Maki Horikita, and "Andante" is the theme song of the movie "Un, what? (Un, what?), the theme song "Andante" for the movie "Tokyo Shonen" starring Maki Horikita, are also re-recorded. The only cover song "Sore no Soleado" is also noteworthy. M-5 "Hishoyaka na uta" is a commercial campaign song for AC Doctors Without Borders, and has been aired on TV and other media. M3 "Kanashimi" A highly acclaimed classic, non-tempo and difficult ultra C song, performed with perfect singing. The first challenge for the electric piano player was the title track M7 "Uta-kata", and the skill of the engineer ZAK in expressing the space beautifully was amazing. Kiyoshi Saito (contrabass) M9,M10 Atsushi Noguchi (guitar) M4,M9 Mariko Hamada was born in Shimane Prefecture in 1964 and lives in Matsue City. She has been working as a piano player in bars, clubs, and hotel lounges since her student days. Released her first album "mariko" at the end of 1998. In 2002, she released her second album "Anata e" (To You). In 2002, he released his second album "Anata e" ("To You"), and began performing live at a pace of several shows per year. In 2003, two songs were used in the movie "Vibrator," directed by Ryuichi Hiroki and starring Shinobu Terajima. In 2004, he appeared in the documentary program "Jyotetsu Tairiku (Continent of Passion)," which drew a great response. In 2006, she released her third album, "Night and Day," produced by Otomo Yoshihide. In November 2008, he performed with actress Kyoko Koizumi (reading) at Setagaya Public Theatre in a musical performance based on Mitsuhiko Kuze's essay "My Last Song," and sang Showa standards to great acclaim. From '08 to '09, she appeared in the AC campaign commercial "Doctors Without Borders" with her newly written song "Hishoyaka Nauta", which was well received by the audience. In March 2009, "Shakurekobe to Taisho" (Shakurekobe and Cannon) was inserted in the NHK Drama Special "Shirasu Jiro.

3年ぶりとなるスタジオ盤。本作は弾き語り中心のセルフ・プロデュース。ノンコンセプトでこの3年間、ライブで発表してきた新曲を一気に録音。テレビCMで大量オンエアーされ問い合わせが多かったAC『国境なき医師団』キャンペーン・ソング「ひそやかなうた」、三井物産CMソング「めぐりあい」、ライブでは定番となった人気曲「この恋をすてたら」、浮遊感漂う初のエレピ弾き語り曲「うたかた」、オリジナル・アルバム未収録だった名曲「かなしみ」をはじめ、堀北真希主演の映画『東京少年』主題歌「Love song」、映画『うん、何?』主題歌「アンダンテ」も再録。唯一のカバー曲「哀しみのソレアード」にも注目。録音エンジニアは前作同様にZAK。M-5「ひそやかなうた」AC国境なき医師団CMキャンペーン曲、テレビをはじめメディアで大量オンエアーされ、問い合わせ殺到したイチ押し曲。M1「この恋をすてたら」浜田真理子らしい恋愛自問ソング、心情を情景で歌う完成度の高い詩に注目。M3「かなしみ」名曲と評価の高く、ノンテンポで難易度高いウルトラC曲を完璧な歌唱で披露。初挑戦のエレピ弾き語りはタイトル曲M7「うたかた」、空間を見事に表現したエンジニアZAKの手腕はやっぱりすごい。斎藤潔(コントラバス)M9,M10 ノグチアツシ(ギター)M4,M9浜田真理子1964年島根県生まれ、松江市在住。学生時代よりバー、クラブ、ホテルのラウンジでピアノ弾語りの仕事をする。'98年暮れ1stアルバム『mariko』をリリース。東京の外資系CDショップの試聴器でロング・ヒットする。2002年に2枚目『あなたへ』をリリース。ライブ活動を年間数本のペースで始める。'03年廣木隆一監督、寺島しのぶ主演映画『ヴァイブレータ』にて2曲使用され話題になる。'04年ドキュメンタリー番組「情熱大陸」に出演し反響を呼ぶ。'06年大友良英プロデュースにより3枚目『夜も昼も』をリリース。'08年11月世田谷パブリックシアターにて、演出家久世光彦のエッセイ『マイ・ラスト・ソング』を題材にした音楽舞台で女優小泉今日子(朗読)と共演し、昭和スタンダードを歌い好評を博す。'08～'09年にかけてACキャンペーンCM「国境なき医師団」で書き下ろし曲『ひそやかなうた』が流れ反響を呼ぶ。'09年3月NHKドラマスペシャル『白洲次郎』にて『しゃれこうべと大砲』が挿入