Asian Dreamer

Asian Dreamer is the twenty-seventh studio album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1994. This album features re-arranged and re-recorded versions of their original songs with their second lineup (Yoshihiro Naruse on bass, Noriaki Kumagai on drums) of the band after their original, first lineup. This is the first album after their switch to Pony Canyon records, after previously being signed to Alfa and Polydor records.

Asian Dreamer
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	December 16, 1994
Recorded	at Studio Jive, Tokyo , 1994
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	89:40
Label	Pony Canyon PCCR-00129
Producer	Casiopea
Casiopea chronology
Hearty Notes (1994) Asian Dreamer (1994) Freshness (1995)

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The titular track "Asian Dreamer" was included in a bonus record for "CASIOPEA PERFECT LIVE" seven years prior.

Track listing

All music is composed by Issei Noro

CD 1

No.	Title	from album	Length
1.	"Asayake"	"Super Flight"	4:58
2.	"Space Road"	"Casiopea"	5:50
3.	"Midnight Rendezvous"	"Casiopea"	4:40
4.	"Domino Line"	"Cross Point"	4:46
5.	"Hoshi-Zora"	"Halle"	4:13
6.	"Black Joke"	"Casiopea"	3:53
7.	"Eyes Of The Mind"	"Make Up City"	5:26
8.	"North Sea"	"Halle"	3:14
9.	"Misty Lady"	"Photographs"	4:26
10.	"The Soundgraphy"	"The Soundgraphy"	3:49
Total length:			45:15

CD 2

No.	Title	from album	Length
1.	"Looking Up"	"Photographs"	4:28
2.	"Conjunction"	"Sun Sun"	2:52
3.	"Take Me"	"Super Flight"	4:55
4.	"Down Upbeat"	"Down Upbeat"	4:10
5.	"The Continental Way"	"Down Upbeat"	4:54
6.	"Coast To Coast"	"Sun Sun"	4:43
7.	"Twilight Solitude"	"Down Upbeat"	4:24
8.	"Swear"	"Cross Point"	5:00
9.	"Galactic Funk"	"Cross Point"	5:26
10.	"Asian Dreamer"	"Perfect Live II"	3:33
Total length:			44:25

Personnel

Issei Noro - Guitars

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards

Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass

Noriaki Kumagai - Drums

Production

• Sound Produced - CASIOPEA
• Executive Producer - Yoshiaki Mizutani, Yuzo Watanabe
• Recording Director - Toshiyuki Yashiro

• Recording Engineer - Koji Sugimori, Hiroyuki Shimura
• Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori
• Mastering Engineer - Tohru Kotetsu
• Assistant Engineer - Kenji Igarashi, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Yanagisawa

• Instruments Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi, Hiroyuki Yamada
• Basses Build Up Technician - Yoshiki Murayama

• Art Direction & Design - Shigekazu Tsujimori
• Digital Art & Design - Keiko Akiyama
• Design - Koji Miyazaki
• Photography - Junichi Takahashi, IPS, MON-TRESOR
• Hair & Make Up - Eisuke Shibusawa
• Stylist - Emiko Seki

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	December 16, 1994	Pony Canyon	double CD	PCCR-00129
	November 20, 2008		remastered double CD	PCCR-50009	DSD, HQCD
Japan Australia Canada U.S.A. U.K.	August 24, 2010		Digital distribution	389208297	iTunes Store

External links

• CASIOPEA – Asian Dreamer at Discogs