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Moonriders' Okada Tohru, lately active with CTO LAB., has a 4th album out this week. It has been no less than 19 years since his previous solo album! Included are several self-covers of Moonriders favorites, and the album is full of collaborations with many guest artists. The video seen below was directed by the Aprils' Nakama Hirohisa.

As you might have noticed with the Chiroline ver.2 and Recto Berso releases he produced, it's Okada Tohru week! Not only that, but it's also Moonriders week. The Moonriders' final show is being released on DVD (Amazon) and Blu-ray (Amazon), and another member, Takekawa Masahiro, also has a new solo album (Amazon), all out on August 8.

Okada Tohru "kakū eiga ongakushū II ~Erewhon no roku de~"
岡田徹 「架空映画音楽集 II ～エレホンの麓で～」

1. Erewhon no roku de (with Erewhon gakudan)
2. shiawase no basho (with 5MBS + little moa)
3. Knitcap man (with LGO Accordeon tai)
4. ii Papa, ii Mama, warui Papa (with Half LGO)
5. getsumen sanka (with Wounder 3 + tenorierie)
6. ame no hi no Janne (with Nagisa Jūgo)
7. shūmatsu no koibito (with Pinocchio P)
8. Time of EVE
9. Kiss your tears awa (with yotto)
10. PIO no chōritsu (with CTO LAB.)
11. Days of OPUS (with OPUS BOYS [Takekawa Masahiro, Shirai Ryōmei] + Natsuaki Fumihisa)
12. sora no namae (with Yamamoto Seiichi + Unehara Fumiaki)
13. soshite fune wa iku darō (with Agata Morio)

Valb VALB-1001
Out 8/8, ¥2858 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Amazon, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†,
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

"shiawase no basho"