Yuka Honda：memories are my only witness
(2002 TZADIK) TZ7703

YUKA HONDA           Drum/Sequencer Programming, Keyboards/Sampler, Electric Guitar, Bass, Mini Disc  1-11
DUMA LOVE            Add'l Beats 2a,3,5, Main Beat 2b, Bass 2b, Keyboards 2, D-beam solo 3
TIMO ELLIS            Electric Guitar 1-3,6, Electric Bass 6
BRANDT ABNER       Keyboards 6
DOUGIE BOWNE       CongaProgramming 10
BILL WARE             End Vibe, Piano solo 10
RICK LEE               Samples 1

1.SMALL CIRCULAR MOTION 2.WHY DO WE DISTRUST THE MACHINES WE MADE?
a.DO CREATIONS HATE US? b.A HAPPY LOSER DAY, I QUIT A.A..I NEVER WENT ANYWAY
c.MY TEARS FORM A POND IN YOUR GARDEN
3.YOU THINK YOU ARE SO GENEROUS, BUT IT'S THE MOST CONDITIONAL "ANYTHING" I'VE EVER HEARD -JUMPING THE GAP BETWEEN ME AND MYSELF-
4.DRIVING DOWN BY THE HUDSON RIVER, WE SAW THE BLOOD RED BURNING SKY
5.SUN BEAM -NOTHING HURTS- ON A COLD WINTER MORNING I WALKED BACK HOME ON A STREET PAVED WITH PIECES OF BROKEN HEARTS
6.SINGLE SILVER BULLET 7.SOME DAYS I STAY IN BED FOR HOURS 8.SCHWALTZ
9.THE LAST ONE TO FALL ASLEEP WITH 10.NIGHT DIVING
11.LIBERATION #6-LEAVING THE MEMORIES BEHIND

● 本田ゆかのTZADIK第１弾。本田は羽鳥美保と共に"Cibo Matto"を結成、日本を飛び出して世界で活躍したアーティストである。後にショーン・レノンらをくわえ５人で活動していた時期もあったが、今はそれぞれ別の道を歩んでいるそうな。本田の音楽は無国籍、チャーミングでノリがいい。彼女の何役もこなす姿には舌を巻いてしまう。８曲目はその名のとおりワルツ。随分長いタイトルの曲が並ぶが、長さとしては最高でも８分少々である。全部聴いても４０数分。これはお値打ち。

Yuka Honda：eucademix
(2004 TZADIK) TZ7712

YUKA HONDA               Drum Programming, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Sampler, Voices 1-12
PETRA HADEN              Voices 1
MIHO HATORI               Voices 2,9,11
MARC RIBOT                Guitar 5,9,12
TREVOR DUNN              Bass 2,5,7,9-12
TIMO ELLIS                  Guitar 1,3,8, Drums 8
JAPA KEENON               Drums Machine 7,10,12
BRANDT ABNER             Keyboards 8
THOMAS BARTLETT        Voices 11
FRANCESCO                 Heartbreaker 2
PHANTOM                    Rain 11

1.HUMMING SONG(ALONE TOGETHER) 2.I DREAM ABOUT YOU 3.WHEN THE MONKEY KILLS 4.LIMONCELLO
5.SOME THINGS SHOULD BE KEPT UNSAID 6.SEED OF SEED DF PEACH 7.TWIRLING BATONS IN MY HEAD
8.HOW MANY TIMES CAN WE BURN THIS BRIDGE? 9.PARALLEL
10.WHY ARE YOU LYING TO YOUR THERAPIST? 11.PHANTOMIME 12.SPOONING WITH JACKKNIFE

● 本田ゆか第２弾。かつてのパートナー羽鳥美保やマーク・リボーらを加え、更に洗練された音楽を展開している。彼女が気持ちがいいと思った音楽を素直に具現化している。１曲目なんか癒されますねぇ。これらを聴いて彼女のファンになった方も大勢居られるんじゃないでしょうか。