''Electric Island, Acoustic Sea'' is a collaborative studio album by Grammy Award-winning musicians

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'' album chart. "Island of Peace" and "Rain" are re-recordings of songs previously released in Matsumoto's 2014 solo album '' New Horizon''.

Track listing

Personnel

– electric guitar, arrangement on tracks 2, 6-11 *

– vocals on "Faithfully"; 12-string guitar on "Soaring on Dreams"; rhythm guitar on "Soaring on Dreams" and "Magokoro (True Heart)"; 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 (True Heart)" *

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– 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

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– strings on "Island of Peace" * Dana Xue – cello on "Magokoro (True Heart)" and "Adrenaline UP!" * June Kuramoto – koto on tracks 2, 4, 8 and 11 * Hideyuki Terachi – arrangement on tracks 2, 7 and 9

References

External links

Electric Island, Acoustic Sea
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