Mash - Black Beauty (1996)

Tracklist:

1.) Bird Of Beauty
2.) Tears (Master Mix)
3.) It's Gonna Be Ok
4.) Under My Covers
5.) Follow You (Master Mix)
6.) You And I
7.) Day By Day
8.) Fly '96
9.) Interlude - Bird Of Beauty
10.) Tears (Boomin' Mix)
11.) Follow You (Gospel Rap Mix)
12.) You and I (Half Cut Mix)
13.) You and I (Moose Mix)

Mash's first album from back in 1996! Dunno how I managed to find it, but I did and now you can listen as well! As you may be able to tell, quite a few songs from this album were lifted and put into Shiro's Songbooks (Bird of Beauty, Day by Day, You and I, etc). Nevertheless this must have been an awesome album when it first launched, because I still jam to it almost 14 years later! Timeless music, check it out.

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Mash - Touched (1999)

Tracklist:

1 The Harder It Gets 05:27
2 Love Is A House 04:49
3 Get Back 03:56
4 Intimate 05:42
5 If You're Looking For Me 06:44
6 I Can Make You Love Me 04:42
7 Summer Soft 04:08
8 He Does 04:46
9 Love Hits Your Heart 03:42
10 Get Into Your Heart 04:45
11 Don't Wanna Let You Down 04:05
12 Pink And Brown 06:10


The other Evangelion VOX and Shiro's Songbook singer, Mash, made this solo album back in 99. 10 years ago, as crazy as it may seem! Anyway, this album feels a bit more upbeat than Loren's album, though both are good in their own way. Take a listen! It's free!!

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Loren - Up All Night (1997)

Tracklist:

1.) Remember
2.) Lights Out
3.) Up All Night
4.) In Too Deep
5.) What Ya Hidin' In Your Brain
6.) Things Ain't What They Used To Be
7.) Go Your Own Way
8.) Loverman
9.) Tears (Bitter Mix)
10.) Interlude
11.) I Feel Fine
12.) Just A Dream
13.) Secret Alphabet
14.) In Too Deep (Live Version)


Loren's solo album with all the tracks, as opposed to Phix Up which was kind of like a single more than an album. Nevertheless, this is a much more soulful and R&B kind of album. You may like it, you may not, but at least you can hear it here!

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Loren - Phix Up!! (1997)

Tracklist:

1.) Things Ain't What They Used To Be
2.) Remember
3.) Just A Dream
4.) Tears (radio mix)
5.) Tears (ignorants mix)
6.) Just A Dream (soul mix)
7.) Remember (playback mix)
8.) Things Ain't What They Used To Be (instrumental)

Not much of an album as it's only 4 songs with 4 remixes, but never the less here it is! To me this was a bit disappointing, but there ya go. Be glad you didn't spend money on it if you don't like it!
To those who have forgotten, Loren is one of the singers that worked with Shiro Sagisu for the Evangelion VOX album and the Shiro's Songbook series.

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Shiro Sagisu (鷺巣詩郎) - Evangelion VOX (1997)

Tracklist:

1. "EVANTRODUCTION" (A-4) – 2:53
2. "THE IMAGE OF ME-vocalise" (A-1) – 5:02
3. "FROM MY DREAMS" (A-4) – 5:34
4. "EVANGELISM" (A-4) – 0:17
5. "CAN'T GET YOU OUTTA MY HEAD" (A-4) – 4:33
6. "X-plicit" – 1:26
7. "PRELUDE TO BATTLE" (E-1) – 4:25
8. "BATTLING" (E-1) – 4:46
9. "interlude-THANATOS" (E-13) – 0:16
10. "THANATOS–IF I CAN'T BE YOURS–" JAZZY SIDE STICK-MIX (E-13) – 4:46
11. "I'LL BE ALWAYS ON YOUR MIND" (C-5) – 5:37
12. "ARMAGEDDON" – 4:54
13. "Komm Susser Todd" TUMBLING DOWN-MIX (M-10) – 6:32
14. "ANGEL ATTACK" (E-6) – 3:12
15. "UTOPIA" – 4:56
16. "PROMISED LAND - reprise" (F-2) – 1:08
17. "PROMISED LAND" LOREN & MASH studio LIVE (F-2) – 5:02
18. "STAR" LOREN & MASH studio LIVE (F-2) – 5:36
19. "THE IMAGE OF ME" playback (A-1) – 0:30
20. OUTRO - "never shall we return from conflict we must learn" (A-10) – 1:15

Arguably, the first of the Shiro's Songbook series. This album though is quite like Substantial's new album that I posted last week in that it contains snippets of the Evangelion dialogue throughout the album. This album IS an Evangelion soundtrack, so that's to be expected. Also I know this is a common album to find online, but I thought it was suitable to add along with all the other Shiro Sagisu music. Enjoy!

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Substantial vs. Samurai Champloo - Beats, Rhymes, and Strife (2009)

Tracklist:
01.Battlecry (Remix) Ft. Shingo2
02.Dr.Feelgood [Tubed-Drum Please]
03.Spark My Soul (Remix) Ft. Inverse, Jsoul, & Steph [the space between two world]
04.QT [How You Feel]
05.Enjoy Yourself [Pretending To...]
06.High Speed Scratch Attack Ft. DJ FlipFlop [Sneak Attack]
07.Don't Stop [Vagrancy]
08.Labor Pains [In Position]
09.What You Want [Let Me Know What You Think]
10.Still Think Different [Just Forget]
11.Sacrifice Ft. DJ Kool Herc [World Without Words]


WOW. Just wow. I was thinking that DJ 411 album was going to make it as the best album of 2009, but then Substantial comes right up at the last minute with this masterpiece. If you don't already know, a lot of talent was put into the soundtrack for the anime show "Samurai Champloo" with names like Fat Jon, Nujabes, and Force of Nature coming through to produce the music. Then Substantial came along and did something which somebody probably should have done a long time ago; create smooth, meaningful, and amazing rhymes to these beats. The result is what I will have to call, the album of 2009.

Sit back relax and enjoy yourself.

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Shiro Sagisu (鷺巣詩郎) - Shiro's Songbook Ver. 7.0 (2005)

Tracklist:
01 Ian PITTER/Welcome To SHIRO'S SONGBOOK ver.7.0
02 Loren/Runaway
03 Loren/Love Changes
04 Ian PITTER/I Want You To Want Me
05 Jerry BROWN/Violette Sky
06 Loren/See With The Sun
07 Ian PITTER/I'm Gettin' Out
08 Jerry BROWN/Night Flight
09 Ian PITTER/Only Love Makes You Stay
10 Michelle DIXON/Beautiful Life
11 Michelle DIXON/Heaven
12 Masaya WADA/Eyes Of A Child...
13 Ian PITTER/Perfect Life


The last of the Shiro's Songbook series!! Hope you've enjoyed this rare yet wonderful collection of music. There will be more however! As I stated before, there were a few other albums that were done by Loren and Mash which I will be posting as well, as well as the VOX album which I may post shortly.

My favourite tracks from this album include "Only Love Makes You Stay" as well as "Violette Sky" and "Perfect Life." All nice songs however, so enjoy!

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Shiro Sagisu (鷺巣詩郎) - Shiro's Songbook Selection London Freedom Choir (2003)

Tracklist:

1. L+O+V+E SELECTION(featuring Ian PITTER)
2. SPARK OF LIFE 2003(NOCTURNE)(featuring LOREN)
3. SHIRO’S MUSIC BOX(featuring Paul LEE)
4. WHERE YOUR HEART BELONGS(featuring LOREN)
5. WHY PRETEND 2003(featuring Ian PITTER)
6. BEAUTIFUL DREAM(THE BEST OF TIME)(featuring Hazel FERNANDES)
7. DAY BY DAY(涙のプレゼント)(featuring Ian PITTER)
8. LAST NIGHT(featuring Michele DIXON)
9. SENSES(featuring Michele DIXON)
10. STUCK ON ME(featuring Jennifer INGRAM-BROWN)
11. I NEED TO MISS YOU SOMETIME(featuring Hazel FERNANDES)
12. SING A SONG OUTRO(featuring Michele DIXON)
13. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT from Shiro SAGISU and Freedom Choir(featuring LOREN)
14. THE GLORY DAY(featuring TAKE 6)

This is my personal favourite out of the Shiro's Songbook series by far. Some of the tracks have a very "Evangelion" feeling to them which is nostalgic to me, but the lyrics and production all seem to just work perfectly on this album to me. It's smooth and mellow and funky and upbeat when it needs to be. Great mix of music, and if you listen to only Shiro's Songbook I would definitely recommend this one to be the best. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

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