Dramatic (album)

DRAMATIC
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	May 21, 1993
Recorded	at studio Jive, Tokyo 1993
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	50:59
Label	Alfa Records ALCA-487
Producer	Kyoji Kato
Casiopea chronology
We Want More (1992) DRAMATIC (1993) Answers (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

DRAMATIC is the 24th album by the jazz fusion group Casiopea recorded and released in 1993. It is also an album which marks the introduction of a new Casiopea Member, Noriaki Kumagai, who replaced Masaaki Hiyama on drums due to his Medical problems caused by smoking, and, this also marks Casiopea's Return to Alfa Records. This album has a song, "Shocking Function", which includes Former T-Square Member, Kiyohiko Senba, on percussion.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Scene 1: Glory"	Issei Noro	4:05
2.	"Scene 2: Fly to the Sun"	Issei Noro	4:29
3.	"Scene 3: The Tornado"	Issei Noro	4:01
4.	"Scene 4: Shadow of Midnight"	Issei Noro	4:32
5.	"Scene 5: Life Goes On"	Yoshihiro Naruse, Issei Noro	4:38
6.	"Scene 6: Voice From Others"	Issei Noro	4:39
7.	"Scene 7: Cubic Music"	Minoru Mukaiya	3:41
8.	"Scene 8: Ancient Roman"	Minoru Mukaiya	4:28
9.	"Scene 9: Shocking Function"	Noriaki Kumagai	4:01
10.	"Scene 10: Michi"	Issei Noro	3:36
11.	"Scene 11: Oriental Spirits"	Minoru Mukaiya	4:35
12.	"Scene 12: Key of Miracle"	Issei Noro	4:14

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Guitars

Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards

Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass

Noriaki Kumagai - drums

• Kiyohiko Senba - Percussion

Production

• Executive Producer: Yoshiaki Mizutani, Yoshihiro Akiya
• Producer - Kyoji Kato
• Director - Hideyuki Akiyama
• Associate Producer - Satoshi Nakao
• Executive Producer - Shoro Kawazoe

• Recording & Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori
• Assistant Engineer - Kazuyoshi Hirayama
• Additional Recording Engineer - Tomoyuki Sumi

• Guitar & Keyboards Technician - Yasushi "SLOT" Horiuchi
• Basses & Drums Technician - Shigeo Matsuyama
• Basses Build Up Technician - Yoshiki Murayama

• Art Direction & Design - Satoshi Yanagisawa
• Assist - Katsumichi Nagai
• Photograph - Yukinori Tokoro
• Inner Photo - Takashi Kitamura, Yoshihiro Naruse (SCENE 5)
• Stylist - Mikio Mochizuki
• Hair & Make - Eisuke Shibusawa

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	May 21, 1993	Alfa Records	12cmCD	ALCA-487
	June 29, 1994			ALCA-9016
	February 20, 2002	Village Records	remastered CD	VRCL-2216	DSD, LP paper jacket
	March 13, 2002			VRCL-2236	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20018	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• studio Jive HP
• CASIOPEA – Dramatic at Discogs