前作の”blue”ではルイが青い蝶々のイメージの曲を先に書いて、私が後で詞を乗せたので、今回はその逆をやろうと前から相談していた。アルファベットで書かれた日本語と細かい訳とを送ったら、デモテープではルイ自身が美しい日本語で歌って送り返してくれた。この曲にはスウェーデンのヨハンとフィンランドのマリアの音が欲しいと思っていたので、この曲だけのために二人にはロンドンに来てもらって、同時録音。ケイトのアレンジが美しい。スタジオに来た他のミュージシャンもニッケルハルパに興味津々だった。

On my previous album “blue”, Louis wrote the song about blue butterflies flying around first, and after hearing his image of the song, I wrote the lyrics. We had been saying that we wanted to try it the opposite way around next time. I sent him my Japanese lyrics written phonetically in the alphabet and a detailed translation, and he sent me back a tape of him singing in beautiful Japanese. I wanted the sound of Johan from Sweden and Maria from Finland, and asked them to come to London just to take part in this recording with us. Kate’s arrangement is beautiful. The other musicians who came to the studio were also interested in the nyckelharpa.

Music by Louis Philippe
Lyrics by ayako
Arranged by Kate St. John
Co-produced by Kate St. John & HaLo
Recorded at Sound Suite Recording Studio London UK October 2000
Recorded by Satoru Fujii
Maria Kalaniemi : accordion
Johan Hedin : nyckelharpa
Doug Boyle : acoustic guitar
Rory McFarlane : double bass
Kate St. John : Tibetan bells