"Fish Alive" 30min., 1 Sequence by 6 Songs Sakanaquarium 2009 @ Sapporo

'"Fish Alive" 30min., 1 Sequence by 6 Songs Sakanaquarium 2009 @ Sapporo (stylized as “FISH ALIVE”30min., 1 sequence by 6 songs SAKANAQUARIUM 2009@SAPPORO) is a live extended play by Japanese band Sakanaction. It was released on July 15, 2009 through Victor Entertainment and an exclusive digital download to iTunes.[1]

"Fish Alive" 30min., 1 Sequence by 6 Songs Sakanaquarium 2009 @ Sapporo
EP by Sakanaction
Released	July 15, 2009
Recorded	March 21, 2009
Genre	Techno, electronica, post-rock
Length	30:04
Language	Japanese
Label	Victor Entertainment
Producer	Sakanaction
Sakanaction chronology
Shin-shiro (2009) "Fish Alive" 30min., 1 Sequence by 6 Songs Sakanaquarium 2009 @ Sapporo (2009) Kikuuiki (2010)

Background and production

In 2008, Sakanaction released their first live extended play, 'Night Fishing Is Good' Tour 2008 in Sapporo, on August 6, 2008.[2] This release featured material taken from the band's tour for their second album Night Fishing, and was recorded on March 8, 2008, at Penny Lane 24 in Sapporo. This was quickly followed with Remixion, an extended play featuring remixes of songs, released digitally on October 5.[3]

In January 2009, the band released their third studio album Shin-shiro. To promote this, the band performed a national tour of Japan in February and March 2009, entitled Sakanaquarium 2009: Shinshiro. The 13 date tour began in Kyoto on February 14, and ended with two performances in Sapporo on March 20 and 21.[4] Live audio from the tour final on March 21, 2009 at Penny Lane 24 in Sapporo was compiled into a thirty-minute single track to create the "Fish Alive" 30min., 1 Sequence by 6 Songs Sakanaquarium 2009 @ Sapporo release. The songs featured were "Ame(B)", "Light Dance", "Inner World", "Sample", "Minnanouta" and "Night Fishing Is Good". "Ame(B)", "Light Dance" and "Minnanouta" were all taken from Shin-shiro, however "Inner World" was originally from the band's debut album Go to the Future (2007), and "Sample" and "Night Fishing Is Good" from their second album Night Fishing (2008).

Release and reception

The extended play was released on July 15, 2009. On the same day, videos of the songs "Sen to Rei", "Native Dancer" and "Adventure" taken from the same concert were released as stand-alone digital downloads.[1] These three songs were similarly compiled into a single track, lasting fourteen minutes.[5] The release was commercially successful on iTunes, charting at number two on the overall Japan chart, after the band had performed at the Nano-Mugen Festival organised by Asian Kung-Fu Generation, held at the Yokohama Arena on July 20.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ichiro Yamaguchi.

No.	Title	Length
1.	""Fish Alive" 30min., 1 Sequence by 6 Songs Sakanaquarium 2009 @ Sapporo"	30:14
Total length:		30:14

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Distributing Label	Catalog codes
Japan	July 15, 2009[7]	digital download	Victor Entertainment	VEAML-23251

References

1. "サカナクション、ライヴ音源第2弾をiTunes限定配信＆アルバム世界配信" (in Japanese). Barks. July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
2. "夏フェス最多出場の新人、サカナクションがライヴ音源を配信限定リリース" (in Japanese). Barks. August 3, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
3. "サカナクション　初のリミックス音源を配信限定でリリース！" (in Japanese). Barks. October 15, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
4. "ブレイクに期待、オリコン初登場8位のサカナクション" (in Japanese). Barks. January 29, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
5. "【CDシングル】アルクアラウンド＜初回生産限定盤＞" (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
6. "サカナクション、ライヴ音源がiTunesチャートでうなぎのぼり" (in Japanese). Barks. July 24, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
7. ""FISH ALIVE"30min., 1 sequence by 6 songs - SAKANAQUARIUM 2009＠SAPPORO" (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2015.