Last Contract

[Machine Translation] In the 1980s, Terra Rosa reigned over the scene as a pioneer of Japanese stylistic HR. Twelve years have passed since their breakup, and they still have a large number of supporters. Masashi Okagaki "Jill" Okagaki (now Sleazy Wizard), the leader and keyboardist of Terra Rosa, broke his silence for many years and started to lead his own project to produce an album. Under his call, he has assembled a group that includes Taku Izuhara (Ds/currently Sleazy Wizard) of the legendary big band Hurry Scuary, with whom he worked in the Japanese HR scene in the '80s, Katsumi Seki (B) of Wolf, and his old friend from the Terra Rosa days, Adachi " You " You " who later joined Dead End and became a big breakthrough member. Yuji "You" Adachi (G), who later joined Dead End and became a big breakout artist. In addition, although he has never been active in a major band, Gigami Yoichi (ex-Harakud, etc.), a talented vocalist who has earned Okagaki's trust, will join the group. Young musicians such as Tsuyoshi Inoue, a super-fast-playing guitarist from the young stylistic HR band Galactica Phantom, also participated in the project. The album includes 7 newly recorded songs by the above members and 3 songs from the series of 3 pachislot tribute albums "SLOT-ISM" released by DDT Records since 2001 (this lineup includes guitarist Masanori Kusakabe (ex-Sniper, etc.) and guitarist Burny" Masanori Kusakabe, formerly of Sniper, and Taiji Fujimoto, formerly of Dancer~D.T.R., etc.), for a total of 10 songs. Okagaki advocates a "beautiful hard rock album for the 21st century" based on the good old hard rock of the 1970s. The reality of the album will be revealed in the summer of 2004!

'80年代、日本の様式美系HRの先駆者的存在としてシーンに君臨したTerra Rosa。解散から12年を経た現在でも支持者は非常に多い。そのTerra Rosaのリーダーでありキーボーディストだった岡垣"Jill"正志(現Sleazy Wizard)が、長年の沈黙を破り、自己のプロジェクトを率いてアルバムの制作を開始。彼の呼びかけの下に、'80年代当時、日本のHRシーンで活動を共にした、伝説的ビッグ・バンド、Hurry Scuaryの出原 卓(Ds/現Sleazy Wizard)、Wolfの関 勝美(B)、そしてTerra Rosa時代からの盟友であり、後にDead Endに加入し大ブレイクした足立"You"祐二(G)といった超大物ミュージシャンが集結。さらにメジャーな活動歴こそないものの、岡垣にバツグンの信頼を得ている実力派ヴォーカリスト、祇上養一(元ハラクッド他)。若手様式美系HRバンド、Galactica Phantomの超速弾きギタリスト、井之上 剛といった若手ミュージシャンも参加。収録曲は、上記メンバーによる新録の7曲に、2001年よりDDTレコードの企画によりリリースされている、パチスロのトリビュート・アルバム『SLOT-ISM』のシリーズ3作品に収録されていたナンバー3曲(こちらのラインナップは、ギタリストに元Sniper他の日下部"Burny"正則や、元Dancer～D.T.R他の藤本泰司を迎えて録音されている)を加えた、全10曲を予定。岡垣の提唱する、'70年代の古き良き時代のハード・ロックをベースにした、「21世紀の様式美ハード・ロック・アルバム」。その実体は2004年夏に明かされる!