Material
by ACO
- Type: Album
- Released: 23 May 2001
- Label: Ki/oon Records
- Country: Japan
- Length: 1:03:54
- Community rating: 3.57/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
ACO's 'Material' moves the Nagoya singer from guitar pop toward trip hop and downtempo electronics, her voice set against programmed beats and nocturnal arrangements. It marks her fullest engagement with the Shibuya-adjacent club sound of the period.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, atmospheric, female-vocals, japanese
Tracklist
- Melancholia (6:35)
- Hoshino Kuzu (4:57)
- Canary Ha Naku (3:04)
- Shinsei Romanticist (6:46)
- Sora Shiranu Ame (4:33)
- Ask Me (4:01)
- This Woman's Work (3:37)
- 4gatsu No Hero (4:53)
- Time (4:37)
- Interlude (4:47)
- Anata Ni Sasagu Uta (5:25)
- Heart Wo Moyashite (Special Branch Mix) (5:34)
- Hoshi No Kuzu - Dub Version (5:05)
Credits
- ACO - primary artist, music by, words by
- Sovra Wilson-Dixon - violin, backing vocals
- Philip Woo - electric piano [fender rhodes]
- Everton Nelson - arranged by [strings], conductor, violin
- Kazuki Chiba - contrabass
- Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie - backing vocals, keyboards
- Kate Bush - words by, music by
- Nick Ingman - arranged by [strings]
- Adrian Sherwood - mixed by, producer
- Toshihiko Miyoshi - recorded by [vocal], recorded by [additional]
- Central67 - artwork
- Yasuji Maeda - mastered by
- Shoji Uchida - photography by
- Yoshie Tominaga - photography by
- Ryuta Matsuda - recorded by
- Shinjiro Ikeda - recorded by
- Shojiro Watanabe - mixed by
- Hideaki Nojima - recorded by