''MELLSCOPE'' is the first studio album from the I've Sound singer,
Mell
Mell (stylized as MELL) is a female Japanese singer from Sapporo, Japan, who is signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She is a former member of the Sapporo-based I've Sound, and one of its main vocalists. Mell has contributed vocals to sever ...
, released on August 20, 2008. The album contains four new songs, two old songs from an
eroge
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, two remixed old songs (including a remix of her first song with I've Sound), and four songs from her first three released singles, namely "
Red fraction", "
Proof/no vain", and "
Virgin's high!/kicks! #REDIRECT Virgin's High!/Kicks!
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The album comes in a limited or CD+DVD edition (GNCV-1005) and a regular or CD-only edition (GNCV-1006). The DVD will contain the PV for "SCOPE" and alternative PVs for "no vain" and "kicks!". The DVD also contains a documentary of MELL's time in
France
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, and documents both the
photo shoot
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for MELLSCOPE as well as her work with
Deep Forest
Deep Forest is a French musical group originally consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Éric Mouquet. They compose a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance ...
. Lastly, Deep Forest's Eric Mouquet is interviewed in full English, including Japanese subtitles.
Track listing (CD)
#SCOPE - 4:21
#:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
#:Lyrics: MELL
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Red fraction - 3:41
#:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
#:Lyrics: MELL
#Way beyond there - 5:04
#:Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
#:Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
#:Lyrics: MELL
#repeat - 6:38
#:Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Kazuya Takase
#
Virgin's high! - 4:21
#:Composition/Arrangement:
Maiko Iuchi
is a Japanese composer and arranger. Much of her work is for video games and anime.
Biography
Iuchi was born in Hiroshima. She learned piano and percussion from a young age. As a high school student, she performed as a drummer in various band ...
#:Lyrics: MELL
#
no vain
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- 5:59
#:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
#:Lyrics: MELL
#Permit - 4:09
#:Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
#:Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
#:Lyrics: MELL (English Translation: Harry Yoshida)
#Under Superstition - 4:59
#:Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
#:Lyrics: MELL
#
kicks! - 3:49
#:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
#:Lyrics: MELL
#The first finale in me - 5:09
#:Composition/Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
#:Lyrics: MELL
# - 5:13
#:Composition/Lyrics: Kazuya Takase
#:Arrangement: Kazuya Takase, Tomoyuki Nakazawa
#repeat -Deep Forest remix- - 4:49
#:Composition/Lyrics: Kazuya Takase
#:Arrangement: Eric Mouquet (Deep Forest)
Track listing (DVD)
#SCOPE (PV)
#no vain -another side-
#kicks! -another side-
#Documentary of MELL's time in France
#Interview with Eric Mouquet of Deep Forest
2008 albums
Mell albums
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