Active (album)

active
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedMay 25, 1992
RecordedJanuary 30 to February 21, 1992
StudioGOTHAM AUDIO, Melbourne
GenreJazz fusion
Length45:04
LabelPioneer LDC
PICL-1036
ProducerCasiopea
Casiopea chronology
Full Colors
(1991) 		active
(1992) 		We Want More
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Active is the 22nd album by the jazz fusion group Casiopea recorded and released in 1992. The album was recorded in Australia, Also where Casiopea's Live Album "Made in Melbourne" (and "We Want More", which continues the Live Set) was recorded.

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."New History"Issei Noro4:35
2."Messengers"Issei Noro3:17
3."Camel Road"Minoru Mukaiya3:40
4."Eccentric Games"Yoshihiro Naruse, Issei Noro4:52
5."Time Stream"Issei Noro3:57
6."Momento Memorial"Issei Noro3:33
7."Tomoshibi"Issei Noro3:55
8."Point X"Issei Noro4:10
9."Door of Truth"Minoru Mukaiya5:10
10."Through the Highway"Minoru Mukaiya3:44
11."Back to the Nature"Issei Noro4:11
Total length:45:04

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro – Electric guitar, Fretless guitar
Minoru Mukaiya – Keyboards
Yoshihiro Naruse – Electric Bass, Fretless bass
Masaaki Hiyama – Drums

Guest musician

  • Alex Pertout – Percussions
  • Doron Kipen – Fairlight Operator

Production

  • Sound Produced – Casiopea
  • Recording & Mixing Engineer – Ross Cockle
  • Assistant Engineer – Mathew Thomas
  • Additional Recording Assistant Engineer – Hideyuki Hirata
  • Mastering engineer – Tohru Kotetsu
  • Supervisor – Tadashi Nomura
  • Producer – Ryoichi Okuda
  • Executive Producer – Yoshiaki Mizutani
  • Artists Manager – Takashi E. Norway
  • Promotion Director – Hiroharu Sato
  • Technician – Yasushi "Mayuge" Horiuchi, Shigeo Matsuyama


  • Art Director – Satoshi Yanagisawa
  • Photograph – Junichi Takahashi

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan May 25, 1992 Pioneer LDC 12cmCD PICL-1036 stereo
July 26, 2006 Geneon Entertainment GNCL-1078

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
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