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Released | October 17, 2001 | ||
Recorded | 2000 | ||
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Length | 38:57 | ||
Label | Toshiba EMI | ||
Producer | Takeshi Kobayashi | ||
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Download HEARTQUAKE by SALYU free. #1 rated music site. 6.5 Million songs. Get lyrics ♫ music videos for your iPhone®. Lily Chou Chou is actually a singer named Salyu, she was created by Shunji. I had heard a few tracks from the full Lily Chou Chou CD 'Kokyu' when I was in.
Kokyū (呼吸, 'Breath') the debut album of Lily Chou-Chou, a then fictional musician created for the 2001 Shunji Iwai film All About Lily Chou-Chou. It was released on October 17, 2001,[1] a week and a half after the film's release in Japan.
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Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | 'Arabesque' (アラベスクArabesuku) | Shunji Iwai, Miho Omasu | Takeshi Kobayashi | 5:50 |
2. | 'Ai no Jikken' (愛の実験 'Experiment of Love') | Kobayashi | Kobayashi | 5:26 |
3. | 'Erotic' (エロティックErotikku) | Kobayashi | Kobayashi | 4:47 |
4. | 'Hikōsen' (飛行船 'Blimp') | Kobayashi | Kobayashi | 3:06 |
5. | 'Kaifuku Suru Kizu' (回復する傷 'Healing Wounds') | Kobayashi | 3:03 | |
6. | 'Hōwa' (飽和 'Saturation') | Kobayashi | Kobayashi | 3:52 |
7. | 'Tobenai Tsubasa' (飛べない翼 'Flightless Wings') | Iwai, Kobayashi | Kobayashi | 4:47 |
8. | 'Kyōmei (Kūkyo na Ishi)' (共鳴(空虚な石) 'Resonance (Empty Stone)') | Kobayashi | Kobayashi | 4:22 |
9. | 'Glide' (グライドGuraido) | Kobayashi, Yuko Saegusa | Kobayashi | 3:40 |
Total length: | 38:57 |
Chart rankings[edit]
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Oricon weekly albums[2] | 60 |
Reported sales[edit]
Chart | Amount |
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Oricon physical sales[3] | 3,700 |
Release history[edit]
Region | Date | Format | Distributing Label |
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Japan | October 17, 2001[1] | CD | Toshiba EMI |
November 26, 2008[4] | Avex Marketing |
References[edit]
- ^ ab'JBOOK:呼吸:Lily Chou-Chou:CD'. JBook (in Japanese). Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^'呼吸 - Lily Chou-Chou/ オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」' (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^'オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」'. Oricon. Retrieved December 3, 2010. (subscription only)
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Born | Ayako Mori (森綾子Mori Ayako)[1][citation needed] 13 October 1980 (age 39) |
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Occupation | Singer |
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Years active | 2000–present |
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Website | salyu.jp |
Salyu (サリュSaryu, born October 13, 1980) is a Japanesesinger, produced by Takeshi Kobayashi. She debuted in 2000 as the fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou for the film All About Lily Chou-Chou, and later debuted as a solo artist in 2004. She is best known for her charity single collaboration with Bank Band in 2006, 'To U.' Salyu has also worked as a voice actress for the Japanese-language version of the game Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007), in which she voiced the character Mrs. Rose (ローズ夫人Rōzu Fujin) (known as Babette in the English version).[2] In 2011, Salyu embarked on a new solo project going by the name salyu × salyu (サリュ バイ サリュSaryu Bai Saryu).
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Biography[edit]
Much of Salyu's personal information and history has not been revealed publicly. Her official website's profile, for example, only lists her musical releases and commercial tie-ups, as opposed to her background.[3] However, she has revealed two personal facts about herself in her blog: her first name is Ayako (綾子)[1] and that she has four siblings.[4] Her older brother, Daisuke Mori (森大輔)[citation needed] is a former professional rugby union player, for the Toshiba Brave Lupus team.[5][6]
Salyu learnt piano from a young age, however abruptly stopped these lessons in junior high school.[7][8] Salyu began singing in elementary school after contracting pneumonia. On advice by her doctor to regain her lung strength, she was enrolled into a choir.[9]
In 1998, while attending high school in outer Tokyo, Salyu was inspired to become a singer after watching a friend performing at a live house.[10] Salyu auditioned in high school for a Sony musician audition and was accepted, later attending a Sony music training facility.[11][12] Music producer Takeshi Kobayashi happened by chance to see a talking/singing audition video of Salyu, and 30 seconds into the tape, he was so impressed that he decided to meet her the next day.[10][12][13] Kobayashi decided to work with her, and the pair soon began making demo tapes together.[10] He gave her the stage name Salyu, which he chose as it was similar to the French greeting salut.[12][14] Kobayashi was at the time preparing a soundtrack to Shunji Iwai's online novel and later film, All About Lily Chou-Chou. The novel and film centred around a fictional singer, Lily Chou-Chou, who began releasing actual music in 2000.[3][15][16] The project was a collaboration between Iwai, Kobayashi and Salyu, as the vocalist for the project.[16] This project allowed Salyu to perform on prominent music shows Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ and Music Station in June 2000.[17][18]
After the release of the film in 2001, the group ceased to release music.[19] Salyu began to perform concerts as a solo artist, performing on average once every two months due to her lack in self-confidence in her live performance skills.[13] Kobayashi continued to work with her during this period, giving her music, and was the one who allowed her to debut as a singer in 2004.[13] Her debut single was a collaboration with Ilmari from the hip-hop group Rip Slyme, called 'Valon.'[3] Salyu later released a solo version of this song, 'Valon-1,' several months later.[3] Salyu's second solo single 'Dialogue' was awarded the Space Shower Best New Artist Video for 2004.[20] After four singles, Salyu released her debut album Landmark in June 2005, which reached #22 on Oricon's weekly albums charts.[21] Two days later, Salyu performed her first one-man live, at the Shibuya Club Quattro.[22]
In 2006, Salyu reached a much greater audience through the Bank Band charity single 'To U,' in which she was a featured vocalist.[23] The single was extremely successful, reaching number 2 on Oricon's single charts and being certified platinum.[24][25] Her next singles 'Name' and 'Platform' (the film Metro ni Notte's theme song)[3] were her first solo singles to chart in the top 20.[26] Salyu's second studio album Terminal was her first top 10 release, charting at number 2.[27]
Her 2007 singles 'Liberty' and 'Iris (Shiawase no Hako)' were her first works not to feature Kobayashi, instead were self-produced and co-written with Zentaro Watanabe.[1][28] In late 2008, Salyu released her first greatest hits album, Merkmal, that marked 10 years since meeting Kobayashi.[29] This was followed by her first performance at Budokan, during her tour for Merkmal.[3] In 2009, Salyu's single 'Corteo (Gyōretsu)/Halfway' became her first top 10 single.[30] In 2010, Salyu released her third studio album, Maiden Voyage, which was her first self-produced album.[3]
Salyu's fourth album, although the first as salyu × salyu, S(o)un(d)beams, was released in 2011. It is a special collaborative concept album with Cornelius, exploring to what extent Salyu's voice can be used as an instrument.[31][32]
A fifth studio album, Photogenic, was released in 2012.
Musical approach[edit]
Salyu originally considered herself more of a vocalist as opposed to a musician,[12] and early on in her career held a stance that she would be a singer who did not write her own material.[33] She did not believe her compositions would be the best quality.[33] In her first album, Landmark, all of the songs were written and produced by Takeshi Kobayashi.[34] Her lyric contributions on the album were mostly suggestions for lyrics that could be better phrased.[12] Salyu was encouraged through much of her career by other musicians to try to write her own music, however she mostly ignored the suggestions, until a musician told her it would let her understand her fellow musicians better.[33]
She began branching into musicians other than Kobayashi in 2006, when musicians Yo Hitoto and Sarasa Ifu wrote lyrics to the songs on her 'Tower' single.[3][35] Her first song with her billed as the lyricist was 'I Believe,' from her 2007 album Terminal.[36] Her 2007 singles 'Liberty' and 'Iris (Shiawase no Hako)' were her first works to be self-produced and her first singles to feature her own lyrics,[1][28][37] though Salyu wrote the songs in collaboration with musicians Tatsuya Kokufu and Zentaro Watanabe.[38][39] This was also the first time Salyu has not worked together with Kobayashi on a music release.
2010's Maiden Voyage was the first album of Salyu's to be self-produced.[3] It featured predominately writing by Kobayashi, however six songs featured lyrics by Salyu, two music by Salyu, and one, 'L.A.F.S.,' was arranged by Salyu.[40]
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
- Landmark (2005)
- Terminal (2007)
- Maiden Voyage (2010)
- S(o)un(d)beams (2011)
- Photogenic (2012)
- Android & Human Being (2015)
Compilation albums[edit]
- Merkmal (2008)
References[edit]
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- ^選手情報 森大輔 (in Japanese). JRFU. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^'Onair Digest Salyu'. Tokyo FM Music Flag (in Japanese). November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'From Salyu 2005.11.10'. Salyu (in Japanese). Oorong-Sha. November 10, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'From Salyu 2005.12.24'. Salyu (in Japanese). Oorong-Sha. November 10, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^ abc'Special Program Live (at Shibuya-AX) あいのうた Produced by 小林武史 - Salyu'. Federation of Music Producers Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
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- ^ abc'Interview with Salyu'. Excite (in Japanese). 2004. Archived from the original on October 14, 2004. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'Salyu『情熱と生命力あふれる美しい声が響く新曲「name」!コメント映像&PV到着!!』'. Oricon (in Japanese). August 30, 2006. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
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- ^'スペシャのビデオ・アワードBEST VIDEO OF THE YEARはRIP SLYME!'. Barks (in Japanese). March 28, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'landmark - Salyu / オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」'. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^'Salyu、体温を感じさせる1stアルバム'. Barks (in Japanese). June 13, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'News 23のテーマ曲に小林武史+櫻井和寿+Salyuの楽曲が!'. Barks (in Japanese). March 29, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'to U - Bank Band / オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」'. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2006年7月. Barks (in Japanese). March 29, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'アーティスト: Salyu'. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^'Salyu、初登場2位の大躍進!'. Barks (in Japanese). January 23, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ ab'Salyu(サリュ) - 2ヵ月連続リリースでSalyuの新章が始まった - インタビュー'. Excite (in Japanese). November 1, 2007. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'Interview with Salyu'. Excite (in Japanese). 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^'Salyu、「コルテオ ~行列~/HALFWAY」が初のオリコンシングルチャート10位を獲得!'. CDJournal (in Japanese). February 17, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^'Salyu新作はCORNELIUSプロデュース、作詞に坂本慎太郎ら'. Natalie (in Japanese). January 19, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^'Salyu新作はCORNELIUSプロデュース、作詞に坂本慎太郎ら'. Natalie (in Japanese). January 19, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
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- ^'JBOOK:TERMINAL:Salyu:CD'. JBook (in Japanese). Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^'Salyu、6ヵ月ぶりのニュー・シングルがリリース決定!'. CDJournal (in Japanese). June 29, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
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- ^'JBOOK:iris ~しあわせの箱~:Salyu:CD'. JBook (in Japanese). Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^'MAIDEN VOYAGE/Salyu 音楽/CD'. Tsutaya (in Japanese). Retrieved December 7, 2010.
External links[edit]
- Salyu.jp (in Japanese) - Official Website
- Official Toy's Factory Profile(in Japanese)
- Salyu on Twitter(in Japanese)
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