On May 29, 2024, “EMI” label released “Carnival”, the seventh Ringo Sheena studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2024, and was produced by Ringo Sheena, Neko Saito and Yoichi Murata.
Personnel:
- Ringo Sheena – vocals, programming, conductor
- Yukio Nagoshi – guitars
- Masaki Hayashi – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
- Ichiyo Izawa – piano, clavichord, Wurlitzer electric piano, guitars, organ
- Yoshiaki Sato – accordion, organ
- Masayuki Hiizumi – clavichord, Wurlitzer electric piano
- Keisuke Torigoe – bass, double bass, tubular bells
- Yoshinobu Takeshita – double bass
- Shun Ishiwaka – drums, percussion, glockenspiel
- Midori Takada – timpani, tubular bells
- Uni Inoue – clapping, percussion, tambourine
- Takashi Ohi – vibraphone
- Kei Suzuki – alto saxophone
- Osamu Koike – tenor saxophone
- Takuo Yamamoto – saxophone, tenor and baritone saxophone
- Koji Nishimura – trumpet
- Sho Okumura – trumpet
- Hitomi Niida – trumpet
- Azusa Toujyou – trombone
- Katsuhisa Asari – trombone
- Shinsuke Torizuka – trombone
- Yoichi Murata – trombone, euphonium
- Hideyo Takakuwa – flute
- Naka Hidehito – clarinet
- Yuka Takashi – clarinet
- Michiyo Morikawa – flute
- Izumi Kohki – horn
- Otohiko Fujita – horn
- Kaname Hamaji – horn
- Mayuko Morieda – oboe
- Satoshi Shoji – oboe
- Akira Ishikawa – bassoon
- Yuka Sakai – bassoon
- Jo Kuwata – violin
- Akiko Maruyama – violin
- Akane Irie – violin
- Kanako Higashiyama – violin
- Kanako Sakata – violin
- Great Eida – violin
- Haruko Yano – violin
- Masahiro Miyake – violin
- Takayuki Oshikane – violin
- Yumi Negoro – violin
- Keiko Shiga – violin
- Kioko Miki – violin
- Ado Matsumoto – violin
- Akiko Maruyama – violin
- Hijiri Kuwano – violin
- Mari Asai – violin
- Nagisa Kiriyama – violin
- Yukinori Murata – violin
- Takashi Hamano – violin
- Akiko Shimauchi – violin
- Yui Kaneko – violin
- Ayumu Koshikawa – violin
- Yuki Nakajima – violin
- Mayu Takashima – viola
- Yuji Yamada – viola
- Amiko Watabe – viola
- Go Tomono – viola
- Hirohito Furugawara – viola
- Ayano Kasahara – cello
- Erika Makioka – cello
- Yoshihiko Maeda – cello
- Masao Watanabe – cello
- Yuki Shinozaki – cello
- Junpei Hayashida – cello
- Tomoyuki Asakawa – harp
- Great Eida Strings – strings
- Kevin Lin – concert master
- Robert Ziegler – conductor
- Neko Saito – conductor
- London Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
- Daoko – vocals
- Momo – vocals
- Ikkyu Nakajima – vocals
- Ai – vocals
- Nocchi – vocals
- Hikaru Utada – vocals
- Atarashii Gakko! – vocals
- London Voices – chorus
- Ben Parry – chorus master
- Terry Edwards – chorus master
- Ringo Sheena – recording arrangements
- Neko Saito – recording arrangements
- Yoichi Murata – horn arrangements, string arrangements, recording arrangements
- Masahito Komori – engineer
- Simon Rhodes – engineer
- Uni Inoue – engineer, mixing
Track listing
All tracks by Ringo Sheena, except where noted.
- Offering Sake
- I’m Free
- A Procession of the Living
- As a Human
- IRKO
- Open Secret
- The Sun & Moon
- Closed Truth
- FRDI
- Bye Purity
- A Grand Triumphant Return
- Toogood
- Cheers Beer
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