Roomic Cube | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 25, 1996 | |||
Studio | Take One ( Tokyo) | |||
Genre | Shibuya-kei | |||
Length | 41:53 | |||
Label | Polystar | |||
Producer | Buffalo Daughter | |||
Takako Minekawa chronology | ||||
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Roomic Cube (subtitled ...A Tiny Room Exhibition) is the second studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa. It was released on May 25, 1996, by Polystar. [1] The album was released in the United States on February 18, 1997, by March Records. [2]
Recubed, an EP consisting of remixes of tracks from Roomic Cube, was released by March and Emperor Norton Records on July 7, 1998. [3] The Roomic Cube track "Fantastic Cat" came to prominence in 2006 when it was featured in a Miller Brewing Company beer advertisement featuring a man on a bicycle descending down a hill. [4]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Pitchfork | 7.6/10 [6] |
In 2011, Roomic Cube was included in LA Weekly's "beginner's guide" to Shibuya-kei music. [7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sleep Song" | Takako Minekawa | 3:01 |
2. | "Fantastic Cat" | Minekawa | 3:58 |
3. | "Never/More" |
| 4:17 |
4. | "Klaxon!" |
| 4:28 |
5. | "Wooooog" |
| 3:53 |
6. | "Dessert Song" |
| 2:59 |
7. | "Destron" |
| 3:57 |
8. | "Pop Up Squirrels" |
| 0:27 |
9. | "1.666666" |
| 6:24 |
10. | "Rainy Song" | Minekawa | 2:19 |
11. | "T.T.T. (Turntable Tennis)" |
| 2:05 |
12. | "Black... White" | Pierre Bachelet | 3:16 |
13. | "More Pop Up Squirrels" |
| 0:49 |
Total length: | 41:53 |
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [8]
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