On 23rd September, Tokyo Jazz-rock outfit, DADARAY, announced on their Twitter account that they would be releasing their first major label album, “DADASTATION” on the 6th of December & that they were officially signed to the Warner Music Japan sub-label, “unBorde” which is home to other popular acts like Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Gesu no Kiwami Otome., CAPSULE & WANIMA.
DADARAY is a trio consisting of Gesu no Kiwami Otome. bassist, Kyujitsu Kacho, singer-songwriter & indigo La End/Gesu no Kiwami Otome. live support singer, katyusha & indie pop pianist, REIS (aka NIKIIE), with indigo la End’s drummer Eitaro Sato & guitarist Curtis Osada as support members. 2017 has been a really busy year for this band and each of its members, with DADARAY releasing 2 EPs & 1 mini-album this year while Kyujitsu Kacho’s band, Gesu no Kiwami Otome. released their delayed album “Daruma Ringo“, a digital single & a limited-venue only mini-album “Marelli“. Furthermore, katyusha released her first solo album “I Like Me” on the independent label P-Vine Records & NIKIIE released the “TRANSFER-EP“.
All the songs in “DADASTATION” were composed by Enon Kawatani of indigo la End/Gesu no Kiwami Otome. & it contains some of their previously released songs like “Ikitsukushi”,”Utsukushii Shiuchi”, “Dareka Ga Kiss Woshita”, “Tokyo Sigma” as well as the Tokyo Jihen-inspired “WOMAN WOMAN” & “Basue”; another interesting song in this album is a cover of idol group, Yumemiru Adolescence‘s great electropop tune “Otona Yaraseteyo” which was written by Enon Kawatani & produced by Keiichi Tomita aka Tomita Lab.
‘DADASTATION’ Track list.
1 SUKOSHIDEIIKARA NAGURASETE / 少しでいいから殴らせて
2 BASUE / 場末
3 OTONA YARASETEYO /大人やらせてよ (DADA ver.)
4 UTSUKUSHII SHIUCHI /美しい仕打ち
5 DAREKAGA KISS WO SHITA /誰かがキスをした
6 DADASTATION /ダダステーション
7 TOMODACHI /トモダチ
8 WOMAN WOMAN
9 BOKURA NO MINORITY / 僕らのマイノリティ
10 For Lady (Remix by YYIOY)
11 IKITSUKUSHI /イキツクシ
12 TOKYO SIGMA / 東京Σ
13 YASASHIKU ONI NI / 優しく鬼に
‘DADASTATION’ Music Videos
1. Bokura no Minority
2. Sukoshideiikara Nagurasete
3. WOMAN WOMAN
4. Ikitsukushi
5. Utsukushii Shiuchi
6. Dareka Ga Kiss Woshita
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