Beppu Nights

Infobox Album |
Name = Beppu Nights (別府ＮＩＧＨＴＳ)
Type = EP
Artist = Awaken

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Released = 2006
Recorded = 2006
Genre = funk, rock, disco, electro
Length = 18 minutes
Label =
Producer = Gilles Snowcat
Reviews = * [http://www.progresiste.com/issue.php?num=51 Prog-Résiste]
* [http://home.scarlet.be/~ping9712/awaken-mp3-engl.htm Reviews]
* [http://www.muzie.co.jp/cgi-bin/recommend_songs.cgi?id=a048320 Muzie]
* [http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/4374/ Jamendo]
Last album = "Party In Lyceum's Toilets"
(2001)
This album = "Beppu Nights (別府ＮＩＧＨＴＳ)"
(2006)
Next album = |

"Beppu Nights" is a virtual EP of music project Awaken, released at the end of 2006. It is only available on digital download.

History

"Beppu Nights" is a short concept album about the city of Beppu in Japan.

Trivia

*It is the first Awaken album to feature electro loops, though sparsely.
*Some parts were written in Beppu, Japan, then finalized and recorded in Brussels, Belgium.
*The only part recorded in Japan was the noise from the train and train station on the title-track.
*The idea of "Diamond Ring Department" was inspired by music played in Japanese department stores (デパート, depa-to) or 100 yen shops.

Track listing

*1. "The Train Is Leaving Kokura" (The Train Is Leaving 小倉)
*2. "Beppu Nights" (別府Nights)
*3. "Diamond Ring Department" (ダイアモンド・リング・デパート)
*4. "The Collectivists"
*5. "I Know Time Is Passing By..."

Design

To create some interaction between music and images, the cover art, showing Beppu-City at night, is completed online by pictures of Beppu-City during a Christmas firework.

Availability

Online (free for download by copyright owner). The cover art is also downloadable and printable by every internaut. Awaken releases copies on CDR for promotional use. [ [http://home.scarlet.be/~ping9712/awaken-beppunights-engl.htm BEPPU NIGHTS, EP from Awaken & Nekokawa: love music ~ magnetic soul ] ]

Derivates

A two-tracks single has been derivated in February 2008, featuring a band version of "I Know Time Is Passing By..." and a disco take of "Beppu Nights". A slideshow video of "Beppu Nights" -disco take- is also available on the net.

External links

* [http://www.awaken.be AWAKEN] 's official site.
* [http://www.beppunights.com Beppu Nights] 's main page.

References