New Nanase Aikawa Single and Album Announced
 

I've seen some future releases at YesAsia, but Avex has just confirmed today Nanase's next single and album.

http://crystaldata.akadana.net/calis...ekagiriaru.jpg

NEW SINGLE
「限りある響き」
2004.01.19 on sale
AVCD-32044　¥1,050(tax in)

■ 収録曲 ■

1. 限りある響き-　 wmp　 Real
-　words：相川七瀬　music：高田有紀子　arrangement：羽毛田丈史
2. RADIANCE MOON-　 wmp　 Real
-　words：相川七瀬　music：田村謙　arrangement：田村謙 & 高橋圭一

2004年の夏に『AURORA DANCE』という写真集で星にまつわる物語を3編ほど書かせて頂きました。その中の1つのタイトルが「限 りない響き」でした。
「限りない響き」は永遠に途切れることのない星の瞬きで月と太陽の詩でした。その時に空は限りがないのに、 人間の世界は限りある事ばかりだなと思い、そして恋する気持というのは、どこかで限りがあるんだという切な さを「限りある響き」というこの曲に託しました。私の中でこの曲は、20代最後のラブバラードであり21歳 の時に書いた「こんなに愛しても」以来、自分を褒めてあげたい1曲です。
この曲に多大なインスピレーションを与えてくれた写真家の中垣哲也さんに
「心からのありがとう！」

相川七瀬　『AURORA DANCE』
写真・中垣哲也　文・相川七瀬　小学館


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Ballad Album
「The First Quarter」
2005.02.16 on sale
AVCD-32040
¥2,500(tax in)

From the price of the album, I'd say it's probably a mini-album.

I heard the previews already, and they are indeed both very sweet sounding ballads. I'm excited! Nanase almost always releases great stuff.

Translation of the description:

Summer 2004 ' AURORA DANCE ' with about 3 compilations the story which with the photograph collection which is said it waits in the star. One title among those was "the sound which is not limited". (single) "The sound which is not limited" was poem of month and the sun with wink of the star which does not have the times when it breaks off eternally. As for the sky although there is no limit, as for the world of the human only limiting you think as the shelf that time, and the feeling which is loved is the limit somewhere, you say that it is, it is distressing, you entrusted to this tune, "sound which is limited". This tune, they were 20 generation last love ballads in me and you wrote at the time of 21 year old, "so much, loving", it is 1 tune which ever since, praising by your would like. In medium fence Tetuya of the photographer which gives great inspiration to this tune "from heart thank you! "

Yay. XD

She has turned into a Jazz artist hahaha I heard info on her new single song being a jazz song. I don't mind it since I've learned to love Jazz. According to CDJAPAN the name of the new single is: kagiriaru hibiki - which I translated is "Limited Echo" or something simillar.
Thanks a lot for the great news. i must be one of the few nanase fans around ahahahha

Oh I listened to the previews of "Kagiriaru Hibiki" and "RADIANCE MOON" and none of them sounded jazzy like Cdjapan stated...I wonder if they just glued the info from the Mangekyou single ahahah. They're actually ballads! I will have to await for the real tracks since the previews weren't really ale to make me feel the songs. They sounded refreshing like her first mini album songs though so I can raise my hopes!

http://www.nanase.gr.jp/image/kagiriaru_ph.jpg

Here's another pic of the cover. While pretty simple I like it! I always look forward to her releases...while many are losing faith in her I'm enjoying more and more of her new stuff. Mangekyou was an amazing song imo I listened to it several times...so refreshing and the PV is simple but beautiful *looks at sig*

Cool that she's releasing a new mini album...she did it last time and the result was completely shocking since the style was so different. A lot of her fans hated it but I loved it because I didn't expect to listen to so many beautiful ballads from a singer who mainly used to sing rock songs. I'm really looking forward to listening to The First Quarter ahahah (I just hope she won't recycle the UNLIMITED song and put it into one of her albums though =/ That would be cheap)

thanks for the news! I hope this won't tank like her last album apparently did =/ I used to be totally into Nanase but my tastes have changed now~ Seven Seas is my favorite song by her :)

I don't know why artists release singles just a month before the album release.. it's a waste of money.. I feel =_=

Im not overly fond of her ballads, but she does have a few really pretty ones. I didnt like her last mini album either. I guess Il lhave to wait for the final result. Who knows. Ive been liking a lot of things I used to hate now... ^^

Thanks for the info!

Some even release singles in the same day the album is released (ayumi and rina aiuchi) haahahha Oh well the singles following the album are usually very good in my opinion, so I guess they're a preview for the more starving fans :shrug

it makes the wait for the album much less painful:)

Yay! I might buy this..:)

*Has to buy ID:1, ID:2 and 7 SEVEN first!* ><

I'm definitely thinking..but with BoA's new compilation coming up, I'm a bit reluctant to part with my cash ...=.+

Usually I am really impressed with most of Nanase's works...she's definitely one of my favorite artists! I like all of her stuff throughout her career, and I just ordered 7 SEVEN DVD Edition for Christmas. Although I love Crimson and FOXTROT a lot as well.

I think Ai no Uta only made it to the 33 spot on the Oricon. =\ Nanase has never had a #1, has she? I was making a fansite for her before I lost my domain, and I had an Oricon history chart set up. According to them, she hasn't. Some #2s, but no #1s.

wahh coolies
new cd
the cd cover lol interesting isent it lol

That's kinda sad. Ai no uta was such a fantastic song. It deserved much more than that....hmmm thinking about Nanase, maybe I should start uploading all of her singles too? ahahha :laugh :lech

Ai no Uta was a great single, and should have gotten higher, I agree.

thanks for the news !

thanks for info

:thud I'm still trying to keep up with the Rina and Mika singles! :laugh

I might get this album after hearing some samples, but first I have to get 7 SEVEN! :D

Ok, this mini-album, DAI's new album and ELT's new album are the last cds I'm buying for a long time...

Yay! I got 7 SEVEN! It's really good! The DVD's really weird! *hides from R-Shitei short film*

This is on topic for Nanase Aikawa, but off topic of the new single, but has anyone noticed that UNLIMITED and Natsu no Hi no Coral are almost the same? I haven't heard all of UNLIMITED, just the site sample and I thought they were the same, but the lyrics are different. Can someone tell me why these songs are so similar?