''Roomic Cube'' (subtitled ''...A Tiny Room Exhibition'') is the second

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by Japanese musician

Takako Minekawa is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and writer. Career In her childhood, Minekawa acted in film and television. Minekawa's first musical venture was playing in Lolita, a band she formed with several college friends. Afterwards, she perf ...

. It was released on May 25, 1996, by Polystar. The album was released in the United States on February 18, 1997, by March Records. ''Recubed'', an EP consisting of remixes of tracks from ''Roomic Cube'', was released by March and

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on July 7, 1998. The ''Roomic Cube'' track "Fantastic Cat" came to prominence in 2006 when it was featured in a

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beer advertisement featuring a man on a bicycle descending down a hill.

Critical reception

In 2011, ''Roomic Cube'' was included in ''

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''s "beginner's guide" to

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music.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. * Takako Minekawa – performance,

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– performance, arrangement,

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* Kenichi Makimura – executive production * Tadashi Matsuda – mixing,

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* Takeo Ogiso – photography * Megumi Shigetomi – mastering

References

External links

* 1996 albums Takako Minekawa albums {{Japan-album-stub