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Katsumi Horii Project

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Long-awaited reissue of the summer fusion masterpiece with impressive illustrations by Hideto Suzuki! The third album released by Katsumi Horii PROJECT in 1988 has been remastered and released on CD in 2023 under the supervision of Katsumi Horii, with additional bonus tracks available only at Tower Records! Composer, arranger, producer, and producer of many TV, animation, commercials, movies, and stage productions, including music for the "Doraemon" movie series (1999-2005), NHK Galaxy TV novels and NHK TV series (morning drama), and "Gegege no Kitaro" (5th TV animation series). This is the third album by Katsumi Horii, an arranger, producer, and professor at the Tokyo College of Music, who has composed and produced music for TV, animation, commercials, movies, and stage productions, including the music for "Gegege Kitaro" (the fifth series of the TV anime).Tomohito Aoki (b), Masaharu Ishikawa (ds), Yuzo Hayashi (key), Kanekazu Noriki (key), and other elite members of Toshio Kadomatsu's sessions and Sadao Watanabe's band, Hiroyuki Namba (key), Yoshihiro Naruse (b), Hirokuni Korekata (g), and others of the future Kingdom of Beasts, Minoru Mukoya (key), formerly of Cassiopeia, Toru "Rika" Suzuki (ds), Kakuo Okamoto (ds), who also played in the AB'S and the Spectrum, Susumu Numahara (fl), and others. Suzuki "Rika" Toru (ds), Kakuo Okamoto (ds), who also played in AB'S and Spectrum, Susumu Kazuhara (flh), Hidefumi Toki (sax), Toshiyuki Honda (sax), Masato Kawase (perc), Nobuo Yagi (harp) and many other top-notch musicians. The album includes the single "CRUISING BOY," which was used as a TV commercial song for a major company, and "HOUSE OF PENINSULA," which was used as background music for NHK drama and many TV programs.The album features a melody that instantly grabs the listener's attention, and the use of synths and programming rhythms, as well as exhilarating and catchy summer fusion music by Susumu Kazuhara (flh) and Hidefumi Toki (sax). Originally, this project started as a collaboration with illustrator Hideto Suzuki, and its visual instrumental hybrid sound was highly versatile, and was widely used as background music for TV, radio, commercials, etc. at the time. Bonus tracks "ELISA STREET" (Remix version), "BREAKWATER" (Remix version), "ALONE AT LAST, AND THEN THAT" (Remix version) from the remix best album "The Way I Feel" (1989/RCA/air RECORDS/ R32A-1062), and "SOUNDS OF A LAST SONG" (Remix version) from the remix best album "The Way I Feel" (1989/RCA/air RECORDS/R32A-1062) were included in the album. ALONE AT LAST, AND THEN" (Remix version) and 3 more songs are included.(Originally released: June 21, 1988 / RCA / air RECORDS /R32A-1038/RAL-8858)Produced by Katsumi HoriiComposed & Arranged by Katsumi Horii Hiroyuki Namba (key), Minoru Mukaiya (key), Kanadeichi Noriuchi (key), Nobuo Kurata (key), Yuzo Hayashi (key), Yoshihiro Naruse (b), Yoshihiro Korese (b), Katsumi Horii Masahiro Fujioka(sax), Eiji Narushima(perc), Masatsugu Shinozaki(strings), Stephany Angel(strings), Keiichi Goto(synth prog), Hideyuki Hayashi(synth prog), Yasushi Morimoto(synth prog) ...... etc.