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Rasmus Faber:
Platina Jazz Anime Standards Vol. 1

UPDATE (Feb. 2, 12am): Hey, Rasmus Faber actually dropped by and shared the links to the launch party performance of the album at the comments below. Say hello :) Also, Deculture!

I was delaying writing about this until I heard a few samples, just to check if it’s not just a plain cover of the songs. It’s not bad at all, I may say :) Plus, based on some write-ups about him, he seems to have been influenced by Kanno starting from Macross Plus, so he’s not just selling out by doing this album. If you notice, apart from the usual Kanno fare, “Sousei no Aquarion” and “Seikan Hikou”, he also delivers two other songs which are a bit more obscure in comparison, yet are definitely popular among the fans, “Toki no Kioku” and “Voices”.

As a background, Rasmus Faber is a Swedish DJ who primarily does house music. I guess the generation of artists that have been influenced by Kanno are slowly turning up in the music scene? :)

Details:

CD Title: Platina Jazz – Anime Standards vol.1
Catalog No.: VICP-64778
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Price: 2381yen (2500yen Tax incl.) US$ 25.98
Purchase through CDJapan.

Track List:

1. Hare Hare Yukai
2. Happy Material
3. Genesis of Aquarion
4. Seikan Hikou
5. Mizu No Akashi
6. Cosmos Ni Kimito
7. Carrying You
8. Sora No Mukou
9. Toki No Kioku
10. Thanatos – If I Can’t Be Yours -
11. Main Theme – The Wings of Honneamise
12. Children Of The Light
13. Ringo No Mori No Koneko Tachi
14. Fire Treasure
15. Gaanetto
16. Doll
17. Sora e…
18. Voices

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20 Responses to “Rasmus Faber:
Platina Jazz Anime Standards Vol. 1”

  1. zzeroparticle Says:
    November 6th, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    Given the dearth of anime arrange albums (or maybe I haven’t been paying attention) this album comes as a nice surprise. The few samples listed certainly do bring out an interesting take on the piece and I’m glad it’s not just a plain rearrangement.

    Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

  2. lamer Says:
    November 6th, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    who sing this ver of Genesis of Aquarion?

  3. mai Says:
    November 6th, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    I could not find the singers, sorry. Even the Amazon japan list has only the original lyricists and composers in the credits

  4. 3Force Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 2:58 am

    Genesis of Aquarion sounds really nice.

  5. hallius Says:
    November 8th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    Emily McEwan sings in Genesis of Aquarion.

    http://www.myspace.com/heylovelymusic

  6. mai Says:
    November 8th, 2009 at 7:15 am

    ^Thanks for the info!

  7. lelangir Says:
    November 14th, 2009 at 8:15 am

    Sounds cool….but I cannot fathom what a jazz arrangement of hare hare yukai will be like…

  8. hallius Says:
    December 23rd, 2009 at 1:22 am

    Platina Jazz – Release Party in Sweden

    http://www.ustream.tv/channel/platina-jazz

  9. 3Force Says:
    December 29th, 2009 at 5:28 am

    Interestingly enough, this is on the US iTunes store.

  10. 3Force Says:
    December 30th, 2009 at 8:02 am

    Ended up buying this on the iTunes store. A very well done CD of arrangements – I’m not normally into jazz, but this is an excellent CD. $10 for 17 great tracks.

    Much to my suprise “Gaanetto” turned out to be a bad romanization of “Garnet” from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

  11. Rasmus Faber Says:
    January 11th, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    Hey guys

    Found this site googling around. Just wanted to say thanks for the nice words, this album was a delight to produce. I also wanted to chime in to say hi to all the fellow Kanno-fans! :)

    Cheers

    /Rasmus Faber

  12. mai Says:
    January 11th, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    Nice of you to drop by, and good luck to your future work ;)

  13. Rasmus Faber Says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    Here’s a playlist from our live show! :)

    http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=622FB7997583D337

  14. mai Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 12:57 am

    Bravo, I love the arrangements :)

  15. Goliath Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 2:25 am

    Really great work!!
    I cannot seem to find this on itunes :/
    Want it!! :D

  16. PerdeskiCloyn Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    Awesome, awesome stuff. Seikan Hikou is A+++

  17. djsilt Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 7:06 am

    +1 the seikan hikou version is really nice

  18. Mar Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 5:16 pm

    Masterfully done.

  19. djsilt Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 7:27 pm

    some cowboy bebop tracks would also sound really nice IMO ;)

  20. Rasmus Faber Says:
    December 8th, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    Hey guys! Just wanted to give you guys a heads up we have released Anime Standards vol. 2 in Japan a few weeks ago. We’re going there to perform in January.

    There’s of course a few Kanno tracks on this album too,
    this time it is Aimo – Tori No Hito and Yakusoku Wa Iranai

    Here’s a video from the recording:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SfLag6ktJc

    Hope you get a chance to check out the album!

    Cheers

    Rasmus Faber

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