Dramatic (album)

DRAMATIC is the 24th album by the jazz fusion group Casiopea recorded and released in 1993. It is also an album which marks the introduction of a new Casiopea member, Noriaki Kumagai, who replaced Masaaki Hiyama on drums due to his poor physical condition, and, this also marks Casiopea's return to Alfa Records. This album has a song, "Shocking Function", which includes former T-Square member, Kiyohiko Senba, on percussion.

DRAMATIC
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedMay 21, 1993
Recorded1993
Studiostudio Jive, Tokyo
GenreJazz fusion
Length50:59
LabelAlfa Records
ALCA-487
ProducerCasiopea
Casiopea chronology
We Want More
(1992)		 DRAMATIC
(1993)		 Answers
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Scene 1: Glory"Issei Noro4:05
2."Scene 2: Fly to the Sun"Issei Noro4:29
3."Scene 3: The Tornado"Issei Noro4:01
4."Scene 4: Shadow of Midnight"Issei Noro4:32
5."Scene 5: Life Goes On"Yoshihiro Naruse, Issei Noro4:38
6."Scene 6: Voice From Others"Issei Noro4:39
7."Scene 7: Cubic Music"Minoru Mukaiya3:41
8."Scene 8: Ancient Roman"Minoru Mukaiya4:28
9."Scene 9: Shocking Function"Noriaki Kumagai4:01
10."Scene 10: Michi"Issei Noro3:36
11."Scene 11: Oriental Spirits"Minoru Mukaiya4:35
12."Scene 12: Key of Miracle"Issei Noro4:14
Total length:50:59

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Guitars
Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards
Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass
Noriaki Kumagai - drums

Guest

Production
  • Sound Producer — CASIOPEA
  • Executive Producer — Yoshiaki Mizutani, Yoshihiro Akiya
  • Producer — Kyoji Kato
  • Director — Hideyuki Akiyama
  • Recording & Mixing Engineer — Koji Sugimori
  • Assistant Engineer — Kazuyoshi Hirayama
  • Additional Recording Engineer — Tomoyuki Sumi
  • Guitar & Keyboards Technician — Yasushi "SLOT" Horiuchi
  • Basses & Drums Technician — Shigeo Matsuyama
  • Basses Build Up Technician — Yoshiki Murayama
  • Art Direction & Design — Satoshi Yanagisawa
  • Assist — Katsumichi Nagai
  • Photograph — Yukinori Tokoro
  • Inner Photo — Takashi Kitamura, Yoshihiro Naruse (SCENE 5)
  • Stylist — Mikio Mochizuki
  • Hair & Make — Eisuke Shibusawa

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan May 21, 1993 Alfa Records 12cmCD ALCA-487 stereo
June 29, 1994 ALCA-9016
February 20, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2216 DSD, LP paper jacket
March 13, 2002 VRCL-2236 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20018 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076265701 iTunes Store[2]
4582290414096 mora AAC-LC 320kbit/s[3] AAC-LC 320kbit/s
A2000673652 Recochoku AAC 320kbit/s[4]
B01B5AV390 Amazon.com[5]
Bkqmsavadqewmwlrbhncvrgbdoy Google Play Music [6]
July 27, 2016 4582290418766 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
smj4582290418766 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
11195 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9]
4582290418759 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10]
A2000673652 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[4]
smj4582290418759 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11]
11204 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12]
12de2ab533f8e00c7093 AWA 320kbit/s[13]
November 10, 2016 4JtrbQ9MCFWgOQOoE1SJwl Spotify[14]

References
  1. Allmusic review
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