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4th Mini Album
Swimming Dancing
2009.11.25 release
BONUS TRACK入り初回生産限定盤：ESCL-3346　¥1,680(tax in)
通常盤：ESCL-3347　¥1,575(tax in)
1. Swimming Dancing　　
2. World-Wide Tea Party (Sample)
3. Swimming Dancing -RYUKYUDISKO Remix-
4. World-Wide Tea Party -Kentaro Takizawa BIG ROOM Remix-
5. ManyColors -Yukihiro Fukutomi Remix-
6. Stars -Jazzin'park 31 good night Remix-

【BONUS TRACKS】　※初回生産限定盤のみ
7. Swimming Dancing -Extended Club Mix-
8. Stars -Jazzin'park 31 good morning Remix-

Limited Edition:

Arranged Version

From CDJapan on the limited release of Swimming Dancing:

Fourth mini-album release from SAWA. Produced by TAKU TAKAHASHI (m-flo).
Features alternate jacket. Bonus Track: bonus track "Swimming Dancing
(Arranged Ver.)"

A strings version or something, maybe?

SwimSwimSwim

On today's episode of Sa-world Radio, two things!~:

1.) She played a sample of Swimming Dancing!

2.) She answered one of my questions!! She said my name, haha. :P~

YAY. I'm ready for my favorite song!

Another Landscape, Another New Song

Here we are again!

SAWA's done vocal on a new track for Kentaro Takizawa called Another Landscape. His upcoming album (released the same day as Swimming Dancing) is titled Big Room and features a wide range of vocal artists, including our lovely SAWA!























Kentaro Takizawa and SAWA (who I suspect might be a couple, but that's not our business!!) have collaborated a couple times before: on TIME&SPACE's Space Travel, and on SAWA's upcoming Swimming Dancing mini-album for a remix of World-Wide Tea Party.

Looking forward to current and future collaborations!!

Swimming Dancing

OH MY GOD! She wastes no time!
*ahem* Source, Official Website

SAWA 4th Mini Album
Swimming Dancing
2009.11.25 release
BONUS TRACK入り初回盤：ESCL-3346 ¥1,680(tax in)
通常盤：ESCL-3347　　 ¥1,575(tax in)
M1. Swimming Dancing ...Produced by ☆Taku Takahashi
M2. World-Wide Tea Party ...Produced by ☆Taku Takahashi
他、RYUKYUDISKO、瀧澤賢太郎、Jazzin'ParkらによるRemix４曲を収録。
※初回盤・通常盤はジャケ違い／初回盤にはBONUS TRACK収録

So, 2 new tracks, 4 remixes, and a currently unknown bonus track (let's hope it's a new track and not a remix :P)!

She's apparently already performed Swimming Dancing live at LIQUIDROOM. Exciiiiitement...

LongTimeNoSee

SPLASH★!

Wonder what SAWA's up to? She's had some sporadic live dates (there's an upcoming date for MARQUEE magazine on halloween that sounds soooo goood, I wanna go!) but, still, relatively quiet.

She got to meet immi, which is cool, haha.






























I've finally given immi a shot, and I love her music now. :P Not really feeling WONDER EP, I do like the a-side, but other than the Cosmic Pink remix, the other tracks are blah. All her other stuff is all yessss though. She's got an upcoming EP as well, Alice, that sounds like it's gonna be excellent. It's got a cover of Whitestripes Fell In Love With a Girl (which I love) as well.

ERrr.. so that's all for now. Keep checkin in for the Gundam track that might show it's face on here at a later date!

More Slight Off Topics!

Sooooo...!

This past week I've bought quite a few albums.

First up, is Asobi Seksu's Transparence EP on a seeeexy transparent 10" vinyl!!
Asobi Seksu is a band from here in the states. They're spectacular, and quite unique in sound ranging from dream pop, shoegaze to even some slight Shibuya-kei sound.

I saw them live back in February (and I've got tickets to see them again next month!!!!!!!) and they will melt your face, it's an awesome performance with ear splitting guitars from James, and Yuki wailing on synths, bells, tamborines, even drums, whatever she can get her hands on!

Anyway, another sweet aspect of the band is their packaging! Normally they work with a graphic artist named Sean McCabe, who's brilliant. This time around though, I think they've done it themselves! Transparence is beautifully packaged, and like I said.. the vinyl is clear, which I know is kind of simple in theory, but I still keep finding myself looking at it and twirling it about haphazardly..

The best track from the EP is Urusai Tori, which I think translates to "Noisy Bird". It's a weird song, and I think a first for Asobi in that it has beats. They did an acoustic version earlier in the summer before they even realeased the original.

Moving on.... to something slightly SAWA oriented..

I got Seaside Town!

The SAWA track, Samba De Mar, is quite weird but very pretty. Musically it's kinda spacey and does sound quite nautical... The vocals are kind of different for SAWA as well. It's got this kind of 1960's psychedelic vibe to it that I always appreciate. :P

Samba De Mar definetely isn't the best track though! There's two tracks in particular that I've been playing over and over all day today, both sung by Wada Junko (of The Decorations and BE THE VOICE.) The RIDE ON TIME cover, produced by DORIAN (dunno who he is, but he did a wondeful job!) is just awesome, it flows along so nicely with bouncy kind of synths.

The other I really like, titled 波よせて (The Wave Vaudeville), is a Small Circle of Friends cover produced by Cherryboy Function (who did SAWA's Raspberry Dream cover on Juicy Fruits). It's got this sort of music boxey sounding synth going on in the background, and is sort of a breezy little hip-hop thing.. It sounds quite similiar to the original song, actually, but Junko's vocals are so freakin' smooth, which is kinda what the original lacked, I think.

The cinnabom track, Sweet sea side is pretty cool too. The credits don't include AYA (of Stoned Green Apples), but the opening guitar and riffs throughout the song sound like her work. Sweet sea side is more organic sounding than the rest of the compilation, but still has that kind of chill psychedelic vibe with the rest of the tracks.

The last album I got was Stoned Green Apple's Will You Marry Me EP. I haven't listened to it as much as the other stuff yet, but it sounds pretty cool. It's got two covers, one of Akon's I Wanna Fuck You, and The Zombie's Time of the Season. So.. yeah, can't go wrong!

So there you go! Long rambly post today about me bragging about some CDs I bought basically. :P At least I've got a couple previews up there though, right? I hope whoever reads this blog enjoys the tracks I posted, and have a nice one!

Tell me what you think!