Monday Michiru's second full album.

M-01. (Herbie Hancock)
  beats: DJ Krush
  keyboards: Mac Chew
  alto flute: Monday Michiru

M-02. (Monday Michiru / Toshio Nakanishi / Masayuki Kudo)
  rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *
  guitar & percussions: Tosh *
  tabla: Inder 'Goldfinger' Matharu **
  bamboo Flute: Andy Findon

M-03. (Monday Michiru)
  flute: Masato Nakamura ***
  percussions: Genta
  rhodes: Ken Shima
  stand-up bass: Hideaki Kanazawa
  recording engineer: Shinichi Tomita

M-04. (Monday Michiru)
  beats & scratches: DJ Krush

M-05. (Monday Michipu / MC lyrics: P.J.)
  rhythm prog.: Makoto Kubota
  MC & electric bass: P.J.
  percussions: Genta
  keyboards: Monday Michiru

M-06. (Monday Michiru)
  rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *
  guitar, percussions & EMS: Tosh *
  backing vocal: Loretta Heywood
  percussions: Genta
  acoustic guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya
  keyboards: Monday Michiru
  mixing engineer: Roland Herrington

M-07. (Herbie Hancock)
  beats: DJ Krush
  keyboards: Mac Chew

M-08. (Monday Michiru)
  drums & percussions: Genta
  piano & rhodes: Yuri Dazai
  electric bass: Yoshiro Kanamori
  trombone: Yoichi Murata
  electric guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya
  mixing engineer: Roland Herrington

M-09. (Monday Michiru / Tadashi Yabe / Toshio Matsuura)
  prog.: Makoto Kubota
  track: United Future Organization (Brownswood, Tokyo)
  pre-production prog.: Hiroyuki Komagata

M-10. (Monday Michiru)
  rhythm prog. & keyboards: K.U.D.O. *
  guitar, percussions & EMS: Tosh *
  backing vocal: Loretta Heywood
  alto sax: Naoyuki Fujii
  drums: Makoto Sakamoto
  percussions: Genta
  electric guitar: Kiyoshi Tsuchiya
  keyboards: Monday Michiru
  mixing engineer: Roland Herrington

M-11. (Monday Michiru)
  keyboards & str. arrangement: Mac Chew
  drums: Zanid Ahmad
  stand-up bass: Hideaki Kanazawa
  percussions: Genta
  violins: Takashi Joe Kato and Takashi Fukumori
  mixing engineer: Roland Herrington

M-12. (Monday Michiru)
  rhythm prog. & backing vocal: Ray Hayden
  keyboards: Mac Chew
  mixing engineer: Ray Hayden

M-13. (Monday Michiru)
  rhythm prog.: Ray Hayden
  keyboards & str. arrangement Mac Chew
  violins: Takashi Joe Kato and Kiyoshi Osawa
  mixing engineer: Ray Hayden

M-14. (Herbie Hancock)
  beats: DJ Krush
  keyboards: Mac Chew
  alto flute: Monday Michiru

* from LOVE T.K.O.
** from FUNDAMENTAL
*** from MONDO GROSSO


SHOUT OUT TO:
Yumi & Asami, my crystal sisters: Brucella and Sonia, Igor, Lynnie & Donna Lorraine, Kenny Garrett, Lewis Nash, Dr. Tommy, Nyoro & Raymond, Raymon, Hiroshi Mikami, S-Ken (NICE), Kyoto Jazz Massive, Mondo Grosso, Silent Poets, Gilles Peterson, Paul Bradshaw & the S.N.C.crew, Groove Academy, G.U.R.U., Vinx, Tim Simenon, Kev1, Rob Galliano, Aniff Cousins, System 7, Preston Powell, Eka, Foley, Daizo Murata, Dr. Koyama, Kei Kobayashi, Moichi Kuwahara & the Club King crew, Kan Takagi, ECD, MC Muro & DJ Goh, Noboru Tsuji & Tokyo FM, Piston & J-Wave, Shu, Kenya Sawada, Jon Kabira & Yumi (Ganko) Maruyama, Hanayo, Tajima & Original Love, Yasushi Ide, "F", Kaz Utsunomiya, SYN, Kitchen 5, Romanische Cafe, Nigel Curtis & Tsubomi, Comme des Garcon, Yat & Co-Ex-ist, Nejat, Brothers Like Outlaw, D.J. Cash & Zulu Nation, James Lavelle, Sagon, Switch Magazine, Tokyo Journal, Cut Magazine, Jun Miyake, Don Cherry, BANGS, DJ Utsumi, James Vyner, Jeff Brown & Tome & Aja, Gonzales Suzuki, Paradise Yamamoto, Amore Hirosuke, John & Sara Ingham, Hiroyuki Nakano, Bar Aoyama, Massy Hayashi, Ray Hearn, Steve Eto, Blue Note-Tokyo, Intro Magazine, Tuttle & Dynamo Lab., The Akiyoshi & Asano family, Kazufumi Kodama, Egaitsu, Oto. Tink, Wave Records (yo Fukuda), Cisco, Yoko & Renny, Audio Sports, Audio Active, bar-f-out!, remix magazine  -- Peace & Respect

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE GROOVERS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT:
Eiichi Mimura & his staff at Kitty Izu studio for his scrumptious gastranomically delightful dinners, Ace, my little brother P.J. who shines and is too fine for words, Es-U-Es, Genta for the tight & crazy beats & spirits, Loretta for the bottoms & highs & backbone-vocals, Mac Chew for his patience super ears and furious fingers, Shamin & Ray Hayden for his bottom lip approval gage and slammin' tracks, Hideaki Kanazawa for the phatest stand-up bass in Japan, Sandii for being the Mother groover and keeper of the funky peace flame, K.U.D.O. and Tosh for vibes & trip to Hippydrome (yo to the K.U.D.O. & Nakanishi family & Major Force), Peter & Luke of Milo (thanks Nick for the visual psychedelics), Andy Findon & the magical cracked bamboo flute, Nao, Makoto Sakamoto -- I'm a devoted fan, Indra Gurung, my rabbit-brother Yas-Kaz, Masa-yan, Kiyoshi Tsuchiya, Ken Shima for providing me support when i don't always deserve it.,The greatest beat man in Japan DJ Krush for the wicked voodoo tracks & vibes, Pappa, U.F.O., Inder 'Goldfinger' Matharu, the Kitty staff and especially: Kazu Munakata, KGL, Eri, Beppu-bro Ono-san, Watanabe, Honma, Wada, Kimura, Kawaguchi, Nakanoya, Omi, Komeno, Noguchi.
Xtra Special Thanx to my eternally logical director/card partner/rabbit brother (super) Mario Sakurai, Shinichi Tomita, Anne-chan, Mr. Taga for his continued support and letting this album happen, and the man with many faces (producer, musician, arranger, mixer, brother, father, original beatnik, etc.) and no sleep Makoto Kubota -- thank you for believing in me and kicking my butt when l needed it.

THE MATERIAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS INSPIRED BY AND DEDICATED TO:
God, Buddah, Bali, Koh Pipi, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Neneh Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Carlene Anderson, Young Disciples, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Sade, Cassandra Wilson, Miles Davis, Kev1, Dalai Lama,
J. F. Kennedy, Oliver Stone, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Alain Solon, Mother Earth & Ocean, Galliano, Titiyo, Toni Morrison, Jon Henderson, Stevie Wonder, Ray Hayden, Il des Saints, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lenny Kravitz, Flora Purim & Airto Moreira, Chick Corea, Debussey, Stravinsky, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, midnight dreams, Coldcut, Clare Fischer, Mr. Taga, Tadashi Yabe, Danny Passionfruit, DJ Krush, Genta, most of all my parents, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lew Tabackin & Charlie Mariano. My love & soul to the keeper of my heart, Shinichi "Carlos" Ohsawa.

Ray Hayden appears courtesy of Opaz Productions / Genta, Yuri Dazai, Yoshiro Kanamori, P.J. and Kan Takagi appear courtesy of Ki/oon Sony Records / Yoichi Murata appears courtesy of VICTOR/ROUX / United Future Organization appear courtesy of Brownswood Records/Nippon Phonogram / Naoyuki Fujii appears courtesy of Pony Canyon

all lead vocals & backing vocals except for those noted by Monday Michiru

produced & engineered except for those noted by Makoto Kubota
track-3 produced by Monday Michiru
track-9 co-produced by United Future Organization
track 12 & 13 co-produced & engineered by Ray Hayden for Opaz Productions

recorded at Kitty Izu Studio, Studio Key-stone, Tokyo and Milo Studio, London November '93 to January '94
assistant engineering by Shinichi Tomita, Meiji Takamatsu, Atsushi Hattori,
Yoshitada Miya, Sonte Anne, Pete Hofmann and Luke Gordon
mastered by Akihiko Takenaka at Heart Beat Recording Studio

photograph: Itaru Hirama
design: Yuichi Miyashi & Naoyuki Suzuki for Tycoon Graphics
hair & make-up: Yuji Miyazawa for JET
stylist: Natsuko Kawabe for Kiki Inc.
visual coordination: Sayuri Noguchi

A & R: Mario Sakurai
artist promoter: Shinichi Komeno
artist management: Yoichiro Ono for Kitty Enterprises, Inc. (03-3780-8631)

executive producer: Hidenori Taga