Waikyoku

Waikyoku (歪曲, Waikyoku) is a studio album by Japanese American hip hop artist Shing02. It was released on Mary Joy Recordings on June 18, 2008.[1] It peaked at number 42 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[2]

Waikyoku
Studio album by Shing02
Released	June 18, 2008
Studio	Annen Annex, Oakland, California
Genre	Hip hop
Length	79:38
Label	Mary Joy Recordings
Producer	Vector Omega
Shing02 chronology
400 (2002) Waikyoku (2008) ASDR (with Chimp Beams) (2012)
Singles from Waikyoku
"Wankyoku / Katsubou" Released: 2008

Track listing

No.	Title	Japanese title	Length
1.	"Jo"	序	2:27
2.	"Jukou"	銃口	3:32
3.	"Katsubou"	渇望	3:09
4.	"Saikou"	再興	3:03
5.	"Shingane"	芯鉄	2:46
6.	"Shousou"	焦燥	4:38
7.	"Bijou, Part1"	美獣 上	8:53
8.	"Chotsugai"	蝶番	6:07
9.	"Bijou, Part2"	美獣 下	12:42
10.	"Sekkin"	接近	4:55
11.	"Kushi to Kanzashi"	櫛ト簪	4:06
12.	"Wankyoku"	湾曲	3:59
13.	"Houyou"	抱擁	5:06
14.	"Nagusame"	殴雨	4:34
15.	"Shakunetsu"	灼熱	5:17
16.	"Tamayura"	玉響	4:16

Personnel

Primary artist Shing02 - vocals, drums (track 1), chimes (track 1), guitar (tracks 1, 3-6, 9, 10, 12), triangle (track 1), Fender Rhodes (track 2), piano (tracks 2, 13), synth (tracks 3-5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14), Farfisa (track 3), vibraslap (track 3), bass (tracks 4, 10), organ (tracks 4, 6, 8), keyboards (tracks 5, 10), timpani (track 7), xylophone (tracks 9, 10), vibraphone (tracks 12, 14), Magnus (track 16), written by, orchestrated by Musicians Fukashi Adachi – acoustic guitar (track 13), electric guitar (track 13) David Boyce – saxophone (tracks 3, 4, 6-10) Caveman – trumpet (tracks 4, 5), Fender Rhodes (track 12), bass (track 12) Dawgisht – synth (track 15), piano (track 15), vibraphone (track 15) Doc Max – Fender Rhodes (tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 9), guitar (tracks 7, 9), synth (tracks 14, 16), bass (track 16) David Ewell – upright bass (tracks 9, 11, 15) Philip Gelb – shakuhachi (tracks 3, 7, 8) Goro – didgeridoo (track 5) Junzo – electric guitar (tracks 3, 9, 12), acoustic guitar (track 9), claves (track 12) Eiji Kachi – khoomii (track 1) KND – steel pan (track 9), Koto (track 11) Mr. Buckner – bass (tracks 7, 9) Myokei – bells (tracks 1, 4), cymbal (track 1) Kakushin Nishihara – biwa (tracks 7, 9, 16) Tetsu Nishiuchi – saxophone (tracks 4, 8) Yoshihiro Sako – bass (track 5) Tetsufumi Saito – trombone (tracks 4, 7, 8, 9) Ras Takashi – melodica (track 12) Ayumi Takeshima – violin (tracks 1, 2, 9, 14, 16), violin sample (track 10) Wesley Ueunten – sanshin (track 11) Motoki Yamaguchi – drum fills (tracks 1, 14, 16), drums (tracks 2-11, 13, 15), triangle (track 3), Korg Synth (track 4), sabar (track 4), metronome (track 6), cymbal (track 7), piano (track 10), bird call (track 11), tambourine (track 14)

Vocalists Ajo – vocals (track 3) Tadanobu Asano – vocals (track 5) Bobimon – additional vocals (track 12) Chiyori – vocals (tracks 7, 9, 16) Fuyu – vocals (tracks 9, 15) Junzo – vocals (track 3) Emi Meyer – vocals (tracks 8, 12) Myokei – vocals (track 1) Kakushin Nishihara – vocals (tracks 7, 9) Tamurapan – vocals (track 10) Wesley Ueunten – vocals (track 11) Technical personnel Chiyori – effects (track 11) Dawgisht – drum programming (track 15) Doc Max – drum programming (tracks 14, 16) Ryota Hayashida - mixed by, mastered by Kentaro Munechika – sound effects (tracks 5, 11) Shing02 - recorded by, produced by, mixed by, edited by (tracks 4-6), faderboard (tracks 7, 9, 16), effects (track 7) Shuichi Sugimoto – edited by (tracks 2, 14), drum programming (track 5) Design personnel Junko Gosho - liner notes Hiraku Suzuki - design Ayako Yamamoto - photography by

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2]	42

References

1. "Waikyoku - Release". Mary Joy Recordings. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
2. "歪曲". Oricon. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

External links

• Waikyoku at Discogs
• Waikyoku at Mary Joy Recordings