yuga "mahou" CD

The long-awaited new album from Yuga, a singer whose magical, dignified and graceful voice moves the hearts of her listeners.

■Yuga is a singer-songwriter who has gained supporters all over Japan with her immeasurable singing voice. Her second album, "Magic," comes more than two years after her first album, "Tabiji," produced by Tomohiko Gondo (anonymass, METAFIVE), and has a subtle hint of Appalachian folk and chanson.
■This album contains 9 dense songs that fully showcase the range of expression that she has acquired through her many experiences of encounters and partings, sadness and joy. While cherishing her gentle and warm singing voice and the texture of her sound, she has constructed a spectacular sound world that is sometimes cool and intense, and has been significantly upgraded. Until now, she has had a strong acoustic image, but in this album she boldly incorporates electric instruments and sounds, and the sound and possibilities of her work are expanded far beyond imagination.
■Her unique singing voice and worldview are fully supported by talented musicians such as Hiroki Chiba (Kinetic, Sangatsu, rabbitoo, etc.), Takuro Okada (ex. Mori wa Ikiteiru), haruka nakamura, Junpei Kamiya (Akai Kutsu), and her trusted engineer Gen Tanabe (WATER WATER CAMEL). The quick-witted performance and superb sound make-up bring tremendous depth to the work. A masterpiece has been born in which her singing voice approaches with even more persuasiveness.

● Participating musicians: Hiroki Chiba (b, etc.), Takuro Okada (g, etc.), Masaki Hayashi (pf), Haruka Nakamura (pf, etc.), Yu Taniguchi (el-p), Junpei Kamiya (ds), Yosuke Kinoshita (ds), Kazuhiko Masumura (ds)
●Recording and mixing: Gen Tanabe

■Track list