2V-ALK

2V-ALK (pronounced "walk") is the second studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 20, 2017 through the Sony Music label SACRA MUSIC. 2V-ALK was proceeded by the singles "Into the Sky", "CRYst-Alise", "e of s", "gravityWall" and "sh0ut".

2V-ALK
Studio album by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
Released	20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)
Studio	Studio Sound Valley HeartBeat. Recording Studio Studio GreenBird LAB Recorders Sound City Annex Sound City Setagaya ABS Recording
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	68:48
Label	SACRA MUSIC
Producer	Hiroyuki Sawano
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] chronology
o1 (2015) 2V-ALK (2017) R∃/MEMBER (2019)
Singles from 2V-ALK
"Into the Sky" Released: 26 June 2016 (2016-06-26) "CRYst-Alise" Released: 8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) "e of s" Released: 30 December 2016 (2016-12-30) "gravityWall" Released: 28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) "sh0ut" Released: 28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) "Club Ki3ε" Released: 29 August 2017 (2017-08-29) (promotional)

The album charted at #3 in the daily ranks for the first week. It charted for 8 weeks in the Oricon charts.

Background

"Into the Sky" was used in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 as the opening theme, while "Next 2 U -eUC-" was used as the first ending theme.

"CRYst-Alise" was used as the main theme for the mobile game VALHAITRISING.

"e of s" was used as the opening theme for the mobile game Soul Reverse Zero, while "ninelie <cry-v>" was used as the ending theme for the first Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress compilation film.

"gravityWall" was used as the first opening theme for the anime television series Re:Creators, while "sh0ut" was used as the second opening theme.

"Amazing Trees" was used as the opening theme for the PS4 game Border Break.

Track listing

All music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performed by	Length
1.	"1ntr0duct10n"		SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]	1:59
2.	"Amazing Trees"	Hiroyuki Sawano Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	4:46
3.	"gravityWall"	Hiroyuki Sawano Tielle	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle & Gemie	3:46
4.	"e of s"	Hiroyuki Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki	3:50
5.	"Club Ki3ε"	Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie	3:57
6.	"VV-ALK"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	4:22
7.	"rabBIThole"	Yosh	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh	3:59
8.	"ninelie <cry-v>"	Hiroyuki Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer	5:06
9.	"sh0ut"	Hiroyuki Sawano Tielle	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle & Gemie	4:05
10.	"ViEW"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki	3:30
11.	"mio MARE <2v-alk_v>"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh	4:22
12.	"CRYst-Alise"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	5:15
13.	"Next 2 U -eUC-"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:naNami	4:04
14.	"HERE I AM <2v-alk_v>"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie	4:01
15.	"Into the Sky"	Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	3:50
16.	"pian0s0l0"		SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]	3:54
17.	"ëmot1on"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Eliana	4:12
Total length:				68:48

Credits

Adapted from Booklet.

Production

• Hiroyuki Sawano – arranger, producer, programming
• Yasushi Horiguchi – executive producer
• Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer
• Mitsunori Aizawa – recording, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator
• Kozo Miyamoto – assistant engineer
• Hideto Matsumoto – assistant engineer
• Masakatsu Mizuno – assistant engineer
• Kosuke Abe – assistant engineer
• Eriko Iijima – assistant engineer
• Yosuke Maeda – assistant engineer
• Keisuke Narita – assistant engineer
• Yota Ishizuka – assistant engineer
• Kei Izawa – assistant engineer
• Kazuaki Takanishi – assistant engineer
• Erika Shimada – assistant engineer
• Yuji Chinone – mastering
• Ryotaro Kawashima – art direction & design
• Kiyoaki Sasahara – photographer
• Aya Murakami – hair & make-up
• Yuko Mori – products coordination
• Toru Takeuchi – a&r
• Anna Komatsuzaki – a&r
• SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion
• Yukihiro Sato – sales promotion
• Kei Yamamoto – digital promotion
• Kazuto Fushimi – digital promotion
• Keiichi Tonomura – supervise

Vocals

• Aimer – vocals (track 8)
• Eliana Silva – vocals (track 17)
• Gemie – vocals (tracks 3, 5, 9, 14)
• mizuki – vocals, background vocals (tracks 4, 10)
• naNami – vocals (track 13)
• Tielle – vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15), background vocals (track 6)
• Yosh Morita – vocals (tracks 7, 11)
• Hiroyuki Sawano – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17)
• Anna Komatsuzaki – background vocals (tracks 6, 10)
• Akiko Shimodoi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17)
• cAnON. – background vocals (tracks 10, 17)
• Hajime – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17)
• Kohta Yamamoto – background vocals (track 4)
• Yasushi "yassh!!" Horiguchi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17)

Instruments

• Harutoshi Ito – cello (tracks 1, 12, 17), guitar (tracks 1, 6-8, 10-13, 15, 17)
• Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6-13, 15, 16, 17), keyboards (tracks 2-14, 15, 17), all other instruments (all tracks)
• Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks 2-4, 9, 13)
• Masashi Tsubakimoto – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 14)
• Toshino Tanabe – bass (tracks 1-4, 6-13, 15)
• Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-10, 12-13, 15)