Electric Island, Acoustic Sea


Electric Island, Acoustic Sea is a collaborative studio album by Grammy Award-winning musicians Tak Matsumoto and Daniel Ho. The album debuted at #7 on the Oricon weekly album chart and at #6 on the Billboard Japan album chart. "Island of Peace" and "Rain" are re-recordings of songs previously released in Matsumoto's 2014 solo album New Horizon.

Personnel

  • Tak Matsumoto – electric guitar, arrangement on tracks 2, 6–11
  • Daniel Ho – vocals on "Faithfully"; 12-string guitar on "Soaring on Dreams"; rhythm guitar on "Soaring on Dreams" and "Magokoro "; acoustic guitar on tracks 5, 8, 7, 9 and 12; bass on tracks 1, 4, 5 and 6; sanshin on "Fujiyama Highway"; Ukulele on "Fujiyama Highway" and "Sunny Tuesday"; tenor & soprano ukulele on "Island of Peace"; piano on tracks 1, 3, 4, 10 and 11; keyboard on tracks 1, 3 and 4; electric piano on "Omotesando"; triangle on "Infinite Escapade"; cymbal on "Infinite Escapade"; udu on "Sunny Tuesday" and "Rain"; uriuri on "Sunny Tuesday"; ipu heke on tracks 6, 10 and 11; shaker on "Sunny Tuesday" and "Rain"; Chinese cymbal on "Adrenaline UP!"; caxixi on "Island of Peace"; cha-cha on "Island of Peace" and "Rain"; talking drum, bongos, China cymbal and wood rattle on "Island of Peace"; arrangement on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10–12

Session members

  • Steve Billman – bass on tracks 2–7 and 9, fretless bass on "Magokoro "
  • Barry Sparks – bass on "Rain"
  • David Enos – wood bass on "Island of Peace"
  • Randy Drake – drums on tracks 1–4 and 6–9; taiko on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 11; agogô on "Fujiyama Highway"; güiro and tambourine on "Fujiyama Highway"
  • Hiroko Ishikawa with Lime Ladies Orchestra – strings on "Island of Peace"
  • Dana Xue – cello on "Magokoro " and "Adrenaline UP!"
  • June Kuramoto – koto on tracks 2, 4, 8 and 11
  • Hideyuki Terachi – arrangement on tracks 2, 7 and 9