O1 (Hiroyuki Sawano album) explained

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o1 is the first studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 9, 2015 on SME Records. o1 was preceded by the singles "A/Z", "aLIEz", "&Z", "X.U." and "scaPEGoat".[1] [2]

The album charted #7 daily rank for first week. It charted so far 11 weeks in the Oricon charts.[3]

Background

"A/Z" was used in the anime television series "Aldnoah.Zero" as the first ending theme, while "aLIEz" was used as the second ending theme. "&Z" was used in Aldnoah Zero's second season as the opening theme.[4]

"X.U." was used as the opening theme for the anime television series "Seraph of the End", while "scaPEGoat" was used as the ending theme.

Credits

Adapted from Booklet.Production

  • Hiroyuki Sawano – arranger, producer, programming
  • Yasushi Horiguchi – director, executive producer
  • Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer
  • Mitsunori Aizawa – recording, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator
  • Sho Suzuki – assistant engineer
  • Seiya Kawagoe – assistant engineer
  • Eriko Ijima – assistant engineer
  • Sora Tamiya – assistant engineer
  • Yuji Chinone – mastering
  • Giottographica – art direction & design
  • Michito Goto – photographer
  • Aya Murakami – hair & make-up
  • Tatsuhiko Marumoto – styling
  • Yuko Mori – products coordination
  • Toru Takeuchi – a&r
  • Takeshi Tomaru – a&r
  • Harumi Okuma – a&r assistant
  • SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion
  • Yu Tsuzuki – sales promotion
  • Mitsuki Hirabayashi – digital promotion
  • Keiichi Tonomura – supervise

Management Staff

Hiroyuki Sawano:

  • Akiko Shimodoi
  • Hajime Sakai

Aimer:

  • Yasuhisa Ichikawa
  • Mami Fujino

Yosh (Survive Said the Prophet):

  • Hayato Taguchi

mizuki:

  • Yoshiki Konno
Vocals
  • v[nZk]v – vocals (track 1)
  • Mica Caldito – vocals (tracks 2, 11)
  • Gemie – vocals (tracks 2,3, 8)
  • mizuki – vocals (tracks 4, 6, 9, 12)
  • Yosh Morita – vocals (tracks 5, 10)
  • Aimer – vocals (tracks 7, 13)

Instruments

  • Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (#1-5, 7-14), keyboards (#1-6, 8-13), all other instruments (all tracks)
  • Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (tracks 1-5, 7-13)
  • Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12)
  • Masayoshi Furukawa – guitar (tracks 3, 5)
  • Tetsuro Toyama – guitar (track 4)
  • Toshino Tanabe – bass (tracks 1-13)
  • Daisensei Muroya Strings – strings (tracks 7, 8)
  • Koichiro Muroya – violin (track 1)
  • Harutoshi Ito – cello (tracks 1, 7, 14), guitar (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13)

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SECL-1762 o1 / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - VGMdb]. vgmdb.net. 2016-11-06.
  2. Web site: SECL-1760~1 o1 / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] - VGMdb]. vgmdb.net. 2016-11-06.
  3. News: o1 SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]]. ORICON NEWS. 2018-04-21. ja-JP.
  4. Web site: SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] Sony Music ソニーミュージック オフィシャルサイト]. www.sh-nzk.net. 2016-11-06.