released August 23, 2023
Tokyo Crossover Night 2023
〜Shuya Okino’s unreleased tracks/V.A.
Track list
01. The Mask(Aartek Jets Remix)/Kyoto Jazz Massive
02. Get It Totheger(Shuya Okino & ROOT SOUL Remix)/Kyoto Jazz Massive
03. Still In Love / Kyoto Jazz Sextet
04. Transcend Me/Kyoto Jazz Quartet
05. Substream/Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra
06. This Feeling(MOCHI MEN remix by YOUNG PULSE and ATN)/Kyoto Jazz Massive
07. Feeling Good(Shuya Okino Re-Edit)/ROOT SOUL feat. Leon King
08. Step Into Our Life(Shuya Okino Re-edit)/MIOMATIC
09. Shine(ROOT SOUL Boogie remix with Soki Kimura)/Shuya Okino
10.The Light/Shuya Okino ft. Ruth Koleva
Compiled by Shuya Okino(Kyoto Jazz Massive/Kyoto Jazz Sextet)
Release date: July 26th 2023
01.The Mask(Aartek Jets Remix)/Kyoto Jazz Massive
Words:Vanessa Freeman
Music:Shuya Okino, Kenichi Ikeda & Tabu Zombie
Vocals - Vanessa Freeman
Keyboards - Mike Patto
Percussion - Takashi Nakazato
Drums - Jake Reed
Mixdown - Toni Economides
*Remix by Mike Patto, known for his work on REEL PEOPLE and the Moody Mann albums, he re-recorded Vanessa Freeman’s vocals for this remix!
02.Get It Totheger(Shuya Okino & ROOT SOUL Remix)/Kyoto Jazz Massive
Words:Vanessa Freeman
Music: Shuya Okino, Kenichi Ikeda & Tabu Zombie
Remixed by Shuya Okino & Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Bass & Keyboards: Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Rhodes: Takumi Kaneko(cro-magnon)
Ds: Soki Kimura(Osaka Monaurail)
Drums recorded by Soki Kimura(Osaka Monaurail) @SOKI STUDIO
Mixed by Toni Economides
*Remix by Shuya Okino and Kenichi Ikeda (ROOT SOUL) the original version is an idea from 15 years ago here updated to the current KJM sound.
03.Still In Love ft.Navasha Daya / Kyoto Jazz Sextet
Written by Kenneth Copeland & Michael Nash
Produced by Shuya Okino
Co-produced by Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Vocal: Navasha Daya
Piano: Yusuke Hirado
Bass: Yoshihito ”P” Koizumi
Ds: Masanori Amakura
Sax: Takeshi Kurihara
Sax: Tomoki Sanders
Recorded by Akihito Yoshikawa
Mixed by Shinya Matsushita
Recorded at Studio Dede
*This is not a remix but a tune recorded by Navasha Daya with members of KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET when she came to Japan, featuring Tomoki Sanders.
04.Transcend Me/Kyoto Jazz Quartet
Written by Melissa Browne & Orin Walters
Produced by Shuya Okino
Co-produced by Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Piano:Yusuke Hirado
Bass: Yoshihito ”P” Koizumi
Ds: Nobuaki Fujii
Recorded by Akihito Yoshikawa
Mixed by Shinya Matsushita
Recorded at Studio Dede
*Shuya Okino made this cover to play at the legendary "Talkin' Loud & Saying Something At Dingwalls" party with Gilles Peterson & Patrick Forge in London.
05.Substream/Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra
Music by Shuya Okino, Yoshihiro Okino, Hajime Yoshikawa & Yasushi Kurobane
Drums: Jean-Baptiste PALIES aka Jeeb's
Bass: Carel CLERIL
Keyboards: Eli FROT
Guitar: Kevin LEBELLEC
Trumpet: Olivier MICONI aka Bidou
Percussions: Gaël LEPRINCE
Vocals: Agyei OSEI
Vocals: Emilia MASSIAS aka Mi Yoo
Recorded by Danilo Plessow at Danilo Plessow Studio in Bagnolet, France.
Mixed by Julien Ozonder aka Young Pulse
*Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra support us when we perform in Europe under the name Kyoto Jazz Massive.
They have released a 12" on Space Grapes, the label of Danilo Plessow, aka Motor City Drum Ensemble as Jeroboam.
06.This Feeling(MOCHI MEN remix by YOUNG PULSE and ATN)/Kyoto Jazz Massive
Words: Vanessa Freeman
Music: Shuya Okino & Kenichi Ikeda
Additional production and instruments by Young Pulse
Mixed by Julien Ozonder aka Young Pulse and Etienne Nee Dupuy aka ATN
*Remix by MOCHI MEN a unit of Etienne Nee Dupuy aka ATN, manager of Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra and YOUNG PULSE, a rising star in the French boogie world.
07.Feeling Good ft. Leon King(Shuya Okino Re-Edit)/ROOT SOUL
Written by Carlos D.Wilson, Louis Wilson, Ric Wilson, M.D.Claude Cave, Wilfredo Wilson, Eddie Summers
Produced by Shuya Okino & Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Bass,Guitar: Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Vocals: Leon King
Keyboards: Mark de Clive-Lowe
Backing Vocals: MARU
Drums: Soki Kimura(Osaka Monaurail)
Percussions & Trumpet: Hiderow Nishioka
Trombone: Takao Hirose(JAZZ COLLECTIVE)
Saxophone: Takeshi Kurihara
Drums recorded by Soki Kimura(Osaka Monaurail)@SOKI STUDIO
Horns recorded by Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL) @The Room, Shibuya
Percussion recorded by Tetsushi Mase @cafe2st
Mixed by Kenichi Ikeda (ROOT SOUL)
Vocals recorded by Codeine @Viper studios
Leon King appears courtesy of MFT Records
*Shuya Okino added his own touch to ROOT SOUL's version of Mandrill's classic, covering an edit by Theo Parrish. Drums are by Soki Kimura of Osaka Monorail.
08.Step Into Our Life(Shuya Okino Re-edit)/MIOMATIC
Written: Henderson Wayne Maurice
Produced by DJ KOCO a.k.a. SHIMOKITA
Re-edit by Shuya Okino
Manupulater:DJ KAWASAKI
Trombone: Mio Fujimura
Trumpet & Percussion: Hiderow Nishioka (VenueVincent)
Sax: Takeshi Kurihara
Bass, Clavinet, Synthesizer, Guitar: Kenichi Ikeda (ROOT SOUL)
Guitar: Tetsuta Otachi (JARIBU AFROBEAT ARKESTRA)
Rhodes: Iori Kimura
Drums: Soki Kimura
Recording and mix engineer: Tetsushi
Mase(second-drip.com)
Produced by DJ KAWASAKI
Co-Produced by Shuya Okino(KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE/KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET)
*Shuya Okino re-edited the Wayne Henderson cover produced by DJ KOCO aka Shimokita and released by MIOMATIC on KAWASAKI RECORDS.
09.Shine ft.Diviniti(ROOT SOUL Boogie remix with Soki Kimura)/Shuya Okino
Words: Diviniti
Music: Diviniti, Shuya Okino, Kaoru Kawasaki & Shinji Nakamura
Remixed by Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Vocal: Diviniti
Bass, Guitar & Keyboards: Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Ds: Soki Kimura(Osaka Monaurail)
Drums recorded by Soki Kimura(Osaka Monaurail) @SOKI STUDIO
Mixed by Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
*Kenichi Ikeda aka ROOT SOUL remixed Shuya Okino's signature tune with Soki Kimura of Osaka-Monorail on drums. A 7-inch release coupled with Pirahnahead's cover of "Sun Will Rise" is also in the works.
10.The Light ft.Ruth Koleva/Shuya Okino
Words: Ruth Koleva
Music: Shuya Okino
Produced by Shuya Okino
Co-produced by Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Vocal: Ruth Koleva
Bass, Guitar & Keyboards: Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Rhodes: Takumi Kaneko(cro-magnon)
Ds: Soki Kimura(Osaka Monaurail)
Vocal recorded by Kenichi Ikeda at The Room, Shibuya
Mixed by Kenichi Ikeda(ROOT SOUL)
Drums recorded by Soki Kimura(Osaka Monaurail)@SOKI STUDIO
*Ruth Koleva, known for her productions by Richard Spaven and Remixes by Kaidi Tatham, recorded this with Shuya Okino in 2018. The tune is to be included on Shuya Okino’s third solo album.
Compiled by Shuya Okino(Kyoto Jazz Masive/Kyoto Jazz Sextet)
Art Direction:Shuya Okino
Design by Yusuke Yoshinaga(solla Inc.)
Cover/Back cover photo by Tadayasu Onishi
Director: Eri Mori(Extra Freedom)
Exective Producer: Takes Matamura(Village Again)