Roomic Cube Explained

Roomic Cube
Type:	studio
Artist:	Takako Minekawa
Cover:	Roomic Cube cover.JPG
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Studio:	Take One (Tokyo)
Genre:	Shibuya-kei
Label:	Polystar
Producer:	Buffalo Daughter
Prev Title:	(A Little Touch Of) Baroque in Winter
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Athletica
Next Year:	1997

Roomic Cube (subtitled ...A Tiny Room Exhibition) is the second studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa. It was released on May 25, 1996, by Polystar.^[1] The album was released in the United States on February 18, 1997, by March Records.^[2]

Recubed, an EP consisting of remixes of tracks from Roomic Cube, was released by March and Emperor Norton Records on July 7, 1998.^[3] The Roomic Cube track "Fantastic Cat" came to prominence in 2006 when it was featured in a Miller Brewing Company beer advertisement featuring a man on a bicycle descending down a hill.^[4]

Critical reception

In 2011, Roomic Cube was included in LA Weeklys "beginner's guide" to Shibuya-kei music.^[5]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[6]

• Takako Minekawa – performance, arrangement
• Buffalo Daughter – performance, arrangement, production
• Kenichi Makimura – executive production
• Tadashi Matsuda – mixing, recording
• Takeo Ogiso – photography
• Megumi Shigetomi – mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: ROOMIC CUBE～a tiny room exhibition 嶺川貴子. Oricon. September 13, 2020. ja.
2. Web site: Roomic Cube (CD – March Records / What Are Records? #63028) – Takako Minekawa. AllMusic. September 13, 2020.
3. Just Out. CMJ New Music Monthly. 60. August 1998. September 13, 2020. 70.
4. Web site: Miller – Downhill. TV Ad Music. November 4, 2007. May 4, 2018.
5. News: Japanese Indie Pop: The Beginner's Guide to Shibuya-Kei. LA Weekly. April 13, 2011. May 4, 2018. Ohanesian. Liz.
6. Roomic Cube. Takako Minekawa. Polystar. 1996. PSCR-5476. liner notes.