But Beautiful

[Machine Translation] The fifth original album in four years. Her first self-produced album. This album is a complete change from the previous album, which was mainly a narrative album, and is a condensed version of Mariko Hamada's current "Mariko Hamada herself" with guest musicians including Otomo Yoshihide. The recording engineer was zAk, and the jacket design was by Atsuko Matano. m2:Mishin/a bold and innovative string arrangement by phonolitestrings. m3:Faraway Place/the ultimate take of Mariko Hamada's unique storytelling. m7:Hataiteiru/Project M6: A Little Brief Comment / A folk song in the Mariko Hamada style in which Otomo Yoshihide's space-piercing electric guitar, bass, drums, and harmonica meld pleasantly with each other. Otomo Yoshihide, Hiroaki Mizutani, Akira Toyama, Tatsuro Kondo, phonolitestrings Mariko Hamada / Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1964, currently lives in Matsue City. Released her first album "mariko" at the end of 1998. In '98, she released her first album "mariko", which was a long hit at a large CD store in Tokyo. In 2002, the label Biondo was established, and live performances began at a pace of several per year. In December 2003, "Anata e (To You)" was featured as an insert song in the movie "Vibrator," directed by Ryuichi Hiroki and starring Shinobu Terajima. In July 2004, he appeared in the MBS/TBS documentary program "Jounetsu Tairiku (Passion Continent)," which drew a great response. In 2008, he performed with actress Kyoko Koizumi (reading) in "My Last Song," a musical stage production based on an essay by director Mitsuhiko Kuze, which was well received in various parts of Japan. In March 2009, "Shurekobe and Cannon" was featured as an insert song in the NHK drama special "Shirasu Jiro. In March 2001, he began holding "School mariko" in Matsue, Japan, for six months to think about Fukushika, inspired by his participation in the previous year's Project Fukushima!

4年ぶり5作目のオリジナルアルバム。初のセルフ・プロデュース作。弾き語り中心の前作と一転、大友良英をはじめゲスト・ミュージシャンと共に作り上げた現在の「浜田真理子そのもの」が凝縮された第二のファーストアルバムと呼べる作品。録音エンジニアはzAk、ジャケットデザインは俣野温子。M2:ミシン/phonolitestringsによる聴いたことのない大胆かつ斬新なストリングスアレンジ。M3:遠い場所から/浜田真理子ならではの究極の弾き語りテイク。M7:はためいて/プロジェクトFukushima!への参加活動より生まれた名曲。M6:ちょっとひとこと/大友良英の空間を突き刺すようなエレキギターとベース、ドラム、ハーモニカが気持ち良く解け合うハマダマリコ的民謡。大友良英、水谷浩章、外山明、近藤達郎、phonolitestrings はまだ まりこ●1964年島根県生まれ、松江市在住。'98年暮れ1stアルバム『mariko』をリリース。東京の大型CDショップの試聴器でロング・ヒットする。'02年レーベル美音堂が設立されライブ活動を年間数本のペースで始める。'03年12月廣木隆一監督、寺島しのぶ主演映画「ヴァイブレータ」にて「あなたへ」が挿入歌となり話題になる。'04年7月MBS・TBS系ドキュメンタリー番組「情熱大陸」に出演し反響を呼ぶ。'08年よりスタートした演出家久世光彦のエッセイを題材にした音楽舞台「マイ・ラスト・ソング」で女優小泉今日子(朗読)と共演し各地好評を博す。'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』が挿入歌に起用される。前年のプロジェクトFukushima!への参加をきっかけに'13年3月より半年にわたりFukushikaを考える「スクールmariko」を松江で開催する。