March 8th Kenichiro Fukui

Hello, everyone! Long time no see!
This spring of 2008, we emerged from 3years and a half hibernation, and finally came back! During the 2years and a half, we all had a heighten feelings for the recording of the new album with many ideas. So, it became the album filled with a lot of great ideas & imaginations.

At now, the Distant Worlds Tour has been hosted in many countries of all over the world. Also, "Our" Distant Worlds became an inspirational tune which has different approach from the orchestra version. As you know, this song is originally a slow ballad number. So, at first, we were trying to make it a soft & quiet music featuring the piano sounds, during whole music, and we once finished the arrangement in that way. But, you know...., it's hard to control our ambition. We changed our mind, and wanted to make the last part more dramatic & spectacular. How it changed? Please check it in our new album. We will get a Grammy Awards with this song, in this year!? (?)

Anyway, we got scaled-up in other songs, too. And I challenged a lot in my synth part. Umm... I think it's impossible to perform all of it by myself at the live concert.... Does someone help me playing the keyboards, together? (Just joking around....)

Sometimes, we did our recordings until early morning. So, please listen to the spiritual sound of the "midnight" Black Mages!

See you again--!

Kenichiro Fukui