1st Album 『Nuestra Vida』 (VIRA -0104)

Evening Dance
Salvador
Isla Delfin
Luna De Amor
Agua Elegante
Buenos Dias
Van Van Express
Gracia (Dedicated to Motohiko Hino)
Support Arrangement, Additional Words by
Fumito Hirata
Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer Programing, Vocoder,
Computer Programing, Voice and Chorus, Percussion
Getao Takahashi
Baby Bass, Electric Bass, Additional Percussion, Chorus,
Synthesizer,Voice Effects
Tatsuya Ikeda
Electric Bass, Fretless Bass
Hitoshi Hamada
Vibraphone
Akira Sotoyama
Drums, Chorus
Masaharu Ishikawa
Drums
Gen Ogimi
Conga, Chekere, African Percussion, Chorus
Makoto* Kimchi* Kimura
Conga
Akihiro Tsuzuki
Conga, Chorus
Yoshinori Nohmi
Bongo, Maracas, Bongo Cowbell, Chorus
Willie Nagasaki
Timbales, Chorus
Tatsuji Yokoyama
Conga Solo at Evening Dance
Tokuyuki Baba
Vocal on Luna De Amor
Producer Getao Takahashi
Co Producer Fumito Hirata
Executive Producer Youichi Oidaira
Recording&Mix Engineer Yoichi "Godzilla" Tokunaga
Assistant Engineer Michiko Ebihara
Mastering Engineer Yoichi Aikawa (Rolling Sound)
Piano Technician Tsutomu Kaseda
Photographer Yoko Mikami
Art Direction Getao Takahashi
Lighting Designer Yasuo Sato
Hair&Mak-Up Maki Horigome (Igloo)
Jacket Design Takashi Miyabe
Stuff Aiko Okada Miho Funakoshi
Recorded and Mixed at
ARC GARRET Studio on July-August 1999
Special Thanks
Carlos Mendoza. Calixto Oviedo. Luis Valle.
Kiyofumi Hirata. Hatsuyo Hirata
Setsuko Hirata. Yoshiko Hirata.
Reiko Hibi. Kaoru Ito. Yoshihiko Mase. Hiroshi Suzuki.
Chiaki Sato. Alisa Sunaga. Naomi Isobe.
Hitoshi Adachi. Junko Takahashi. Kenji Fujiwara