Tokyo's Coolest Sound

Asakura Seira (Twitter), who was active as a lyricist mainly in the 80s and 90s (having written lyrics for artists such as Koizumi Kyoko, Watanabe Marina, Shonentai, PSY·S, Yamashita Kumiko, ribbon and many more), has finally released a first original album of her own. All of the album's lyrics were written by herself, and she also wrote some of the music while also asking some close artists to write some of the songs. Although one of the songs is sung by herself ("tsukikage jōsho no Seventeen"), the other songs are sung by various singers including one featuring Keitarō Takanami (Playtime Rock, ex-Pizzicato Five) ("boku no soba ni inasai") whose solo album "So So....." (1993) contained a song with lyrics by Asakura Seira, as well as many others.

The whole was arranged and recorded with the help of Abe Ohji, and featured musicians include Muramatsu Kunio (ex-Sugar Babe, also a member of Sunny Kubota & Old Lucky Boys), Kubota Haruo (Pearl Brothers), Hoppy Kamiyama, among many others.

For those in Japan, Disk Union gives away a CD-R of three demo tracks sung by Matsunaga Kayoko (while supplies last).

Asakura Seira "Que Será, Seira - Angel birth -"
あさくらせいら 「Que Será, Seira - Angel birth -」

1. Period no kokoro
2. gekkō no Dress
3. HEART CUTE UNIVERSE
4. tsukikage jōsho no Seventeen
5. Look Back
6. Poetess
7. Engage
8. boku no soba ni inasai
9. Kiss Tell Me
10. yoiyami maigo
11. MY OWN(MIND)
12. ya-sa-shi-i Tea for Two
13. Church Side On The Rock
14. eien no setsuna

Tenshi Records ASAS001
Out now (1/19), ¥3000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Amazon, HMV, Tower Records ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Sampler clip