Akiko Infinity Kokia: Balance (stylised as AKIKO∞KOKIA ～balance～) is Kokia's ninth equal studio album, released simultaneously with Kokia Infinity Akiko: Balance in March 2009.[3][4]
To promote the albums, Kokia embarked on her first world tour, Infinity. The tour, beginning in April in Japan, went for two months, with Kokia visiting Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and Poland.[6]
When Kokia wrote music throughout her career, she began to notice a division in her song-writing when she wanted to write songs about herself. There was a difference between songs written as "Kokia" (the musician), and "Akiko" (the person herself).[7] Kokia described the simultaneously released album concept as "two different existences that live off of each other."[8]
While Kokia Infinity Akiko is sung as a standard Kokia studio album, Akiko Infinity Kokia deals is sung from the view of "Akiko," the treasured glimpses of her inner self that began coming through in her musical persona.[7]
One song features on both albums, "Infinity," however it is arranged is completely different on both discs. The version on this album was described "tender feelings, as if it were sung for you in front of a fireplace," as opposed to the "magnificently arranged" sound of the Kokia Infinity Akiko version.[9]
Recording
The bulk of the album recording took place between December 2008 and early February 2009. Between December 15–17, Kokia recorded five tracks in single takes backed with studio musicians.[10]
While some of the songs on the album were written specifically for it, many of them are older, unpublished songs. On the 6th of January, Kokia replaced three older songs originally intended for the albums with newer tracks she had written.[7]
"Wasuremono" is one of Kokia's oldest songs. It was originally performed in 1998 and 1999 in live concerts for her debut album Songbird.[11] "Ōki na Senaka" was performed at Kokia's special Akiko Yoshiba Hakigatari Live: Piano to Akisuke concert in late 2004. A song from Kokia Infinity Akiko, "Kono Mune no Kurushimi ga Itooshii Hodo ni Ikite," (この胸の苦しみが愛おしいほどに生きて, Living to the Point Where I Love This Pain in My Heart) was also performed at this night.[12]
Unlike the songs on Kokia Infinity Akiko, not many of the songs are mentioned by Kokia in her blog (either during the writing process, or post-concert comments). However, "Vintage Love" was mentioned in June 2006 as being inspired by the film Tokyo Tower.[13]
On January 26, the final song for the album was written ("Hajimari"),[14] and on February the 6th, both albums were recorded in their entirety.[15]
Release
The album was initially released in Japan in March 2009, through Ancoro.[4] Unlike Kokia's previous albums, it was not released to music retailers: it was only available online through Kokia's Ancoro official website, as well as through digital downloads. The album was released two months later in France, during Kokia's European tour.[2] The French version compiled both Kokia Infinity Akiko and Akiko Infinity Kokia together into a single 2-CD set.
Due to the non-standard release method, the album was ineligible to chart on Oricon's album charts.
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Akiko Infinity Kokia Balance stylised as AKIKO KOKIA balance is Kokia s ninth equal studio album released simultaneously with Kokia Infinity Akiko Balance in March 2009 3 4 Akiko Infinity Kokia BalanceStudio album by KokiaReleasedMarch 18 2009 2009 03 18 Japan May 26 2009 2009 05 26 North America 1 May 20 2009 2009 05 20 Europe 2 Recorded2008 2009GenreJ pop folkLength59 54LabelAnco amp co Wasabi RecordsProducerKokiaKokia chronologyMusic Gift 2008 Akiko Infinity Kokia Balance 2009 Coquillage The Best Collection II 2009 Two songs from the album feature on Kokia s greatest hits collection Coquillage The Best Collection II Infinity and Sekai no Owari ni 5 To promote the albums Kokia embarked on her first world tour Infinity The tour beginning in April in Japan went for two months with Kokia visiting Belgium France Germany Ireland and Poland 6 Contents 1 Conception 2 Recording 3 Release 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 ReferencesConception EditWhen Kokia wrote music throughout her career she began to notice a division in her song writing when she wanted to write songs about herself There was a difference between songs written as Kokia the musician and Akiko the person herself 7 Kokia described the simultaneously released album concept as two different existences that live off of each other 8 While Kokia Infinity Akiko is sung as a standard Kokia studio album Akiko Infinity Kokia deals is sung from the view of Akiko the treasured glimpses of her inner self that began coming through in her musical persona 7 One song features on both albums Infinity however it is arranged is completely different on both discs The version on this album was described tender feelings as if it were sung for you in front of a fireplace as opposed to the magnificently arranged sound of the Kokia Infinity Akiko version 9 Recording EditThe bulk of the album recording took place between December 2008 and early February 2009 Between December 15 17 Kokia recorded five tracks in single takes backed with studio musicians 10 While some of the songs on the album were written specifically for it many of them are older unpublished songs On the 6th of January Kokia replaced three older songs originally intended for the albums with newer tracks she had written 7 Wasuremono is one of Kokia s oldest songs It was originally performed in 1998 and 1999 in live concerts for her debut album Songbird 11 Ōki na Senaka was performed at Kokia s special Akiko Yoshiba Hakigatari Live Piano to Akisuke concert in late 2004 A song from Kokia Infinity Akiko Kono Mune no Kurushimi ga Itooshii Hodo ni Ikite この胸の苦しみが愛おしいほどに生きて Living to the Point Where I Love This Pain in My Heart was also performed at this night 12 Unlike the songs on Kokia Infinity Akiko not many of the songs are mentioned by Kokia in her blog either during the writing process or post concert comments However Vintage Love was mentioned in June 2006 as being inspired by the film Tokyo Tower 13 On January 26 the final song for the album was written Hajimari 14 and on February the 6th both albums were recorded in their entirety 15 Release EditThe album was initially released in Japan in March 2009 through Ancoro 4 Unlike Kokia s previous albums it was not released to music retailers it was only available online through Kokia s Ancoro official website as well as through digital downloads The album was released two months later in France during Kokia s European tour 2 The French version compiled both Kokia Infinity Akiko and Akiko Infinity Kokia together into a single 2 CD set Due to the non standard release method the album was ineligible to chart on Oricon s album charts Akiko Infinity Kokia was re released in France as a part of a 3 CD set called Kokia Collection 2 on December 2 2009 The box set also featured Kokia Infinity Akiko Balance and Fairy Dance Kokia Meets Ireland 16 Track listing EditAll songs written by Kokia No TitleArranger s Length1 Wasuremono 忘れ物 Forgotten Thing Yasuhisa Yamamoto6 532 Ōki na Senaka 大きな背中 Great Back Kiyohide Ura4 503 Obaa chan おばあちゃん Grandma Kokia3 364 Sarusuberi no Yureru Koro サルスベリの揺れる頃 When the Crape Myrtles Sway Kokia5 365 Home Kokia6 146 Vintage Love Kokia6 117 Bridge Ryosuke Nakanishi5 488 Hajimari はじまり Beginning Kokia4 059 Infinity Yamamoto6 0610 Sekai no Owari ni 世界の終わりに At the End of the World Ura5 2411 Tsumihoroboshi no Uta 罪滅ぼしの歌 Atonement Song Ura5 11Personnel EditTakeshi Arai guitar 2 Katsuhiko Chara Asano mixing engineer 7 9 Toshihiko Fujimi publicist Takashi Furuta drums 10 Yuya Haraguchi acoustic electric guitars 1 Shigeyuki Hirano director mixing engineer 1 3 5 8 Noriko Inose photographer Hiroko Ishida viola 9 Nao Ishizaka hair designer Ayako Karasawa cello 9 Emiko Kato licence management Atsushi Kawahata piano 8 Hiroshi Kawasaki mastering engineer Kokia arranger 3 6 8 design styling songwriter piano 3 producer vocal chorus arrangement vocals Masahiro Kuniyoshi download sales Kazuhiro Matsuo acoustic guitar 4 guitar 10 Tsuyoshi Miyagawa drums 2 Wasuremono source source The first track of the album showing the introspective subtle arrangement of the album Infinity source source The title track of the album in its acoustic Akiko Infinity Kokia form Problems playing these files See media help Kaori Mori make up Ryosuke Nakanishi arrangement programming 7 Kenji Nozaki package sales Hiroyasu Okada siku 5 Mio Okamura Strings 2 Yoshikazu Sasahara mixing engineer 2 6 10 11 Katsuhiko Sato acoustic guitar 9 Shigeki Selizawa washtub bass 9 Shin Eai Sung violin 9 Ryoji Takai washtub bass 2 10 Gen Tanabe acoustic electric guitar 5 noise guitar 1 5 Tetsuya Toyama guitars 7 Hanako Uesato violin 9 Kiyohide Ura arrangement 2 10 11 keyboard 2 10 piano 6 11 saxophone 10 Yasuhisa Yamamoto Usatrene Records arrangement 1 5 12 cymbals 5 mixing engineer 1 5 percussion recording 1 12 References Edit AKIKO Infinity KOKIA balance Kokia iTunes Retrieved 2010 04 13 a b Balance Kokia Amazon fr Musique in French Amazon fr Retrieved 2010 04 13 KOKIA KOKIA AKIKO balance Victor Entertainment in Japanese Victor Entertainment Archived from the original on 29 March 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 04 a b KOKIA AKIKO KOKIA balance Victor Entertainment in Japanese Victor Entertainment Archived from the original on 2010 01 07 Retrieved 2010 04 04 CD Coquillage The Best Collection II 初回生産限定盤 Neowing in Japanese Retrieved 2010 04 04 プロフィール in Japanese Kokia Web Archived from the original on 2010 02 05 Retrieved 2010 03 08 a b c バランスが大事 Otonami Music Translator Kokia s Blog in Japanese 2008 12 17 Archived from the original on 2 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 14 明けましておめでとうございます 2009 Otonami Music Translator Kokia s Blog in Japanese 2009 01 01 Archived from the original on 2 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 14 苗場リハ 風邪っぴき松尾さん Otonami Music Translator Kokia s Blog in Japanese 2009 02 24 Archived from the original on 2 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 14 楽しい同録大会 Otonami Music Translator Kokia s Blog in Japanese 2008 12 17 Archived from the original on 2 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 14 過去のライブ イベント 1999 1998年 in Japanese Retrieved 2010 04 13 過去のライブ イベント 2004年 in Japanese Retrieved 2010 04 13 HAPPY NIGHT 3 Otonami Music Translator Kokia s Blog in Japanese 2006 06 16 Archived from the original on 2 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 14 スタジオメニュー Otonami Music Translator Kokia s Blog in Japanese 2009 01 26 Archived from the original on 2 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 14 2枚のアルバム完成 Otonami Music Translator Kokia s Blog in Japanese 2009 02 06 Archived from the original on 2 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 14 Kokia Collection Vol 2 Bande originale Amazon fr in French Retrieved 2010 04 04 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Akiko Infinity Kokia Balance amp oldid 1095685252, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
