Nein

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Information
Length 79:39
Type Story Album
Release Date 22 April 2015
Band Sound Horizon
Label Pony Canyon
Product Code PCCA-04163PCCA-04162PCCA-04161
Price ¥3,000¥3,500¥10,000

The ninth story CD Nein was released on 22 April 2015. It is canonically the ninth Horizon, though it was released before the eighth. The album was preceded by the anniversary maxi Vanishing Starlight six months earlier. The maxi's main character Noël has a decisive role in Nein's story.

Track List

# Title Length
1 Ori no Naka no HakoniwaThe Miniature Garden within the Cage 5:14
2 Namonaki Onna no UtaPoem of the Nameless Woman 8:42
3 Shokumotsu ga Tsuranaru SekaiA World Connected through Food 10:28
4 Ienakatta KotonohaWords that Could Not be Said 9:05
5 Nikushimi wo Hanataba ni KaeteTo Turn Hatred into a Bouquet 9:55
6 Seiyou Kottou 💋 Yaneura DouWestern Antique Attic Hall 6:16
7 Namida de wa Kesenai HonooA Flame Never Extinguished by Tears 8:37
8 Ai to Iu Na no TogaSin in the Name of Love 8:04
9 Wasurena TsukiyoForget Not this Moonlit Night 8:45
10 Rin∞neCycle of Death ∞ Rebirth 0:21
11 Saihate no LWorld End's L 4:08

Bonus Content

Bonus Track

A bonus track can be found by following a link in the booklet.

# Title Length
1 ad921d60486366258809553a3db49a4a 01:28
Blu-Ray / DVD

The Limited Edition includes a bonus DVD with a music video.

# Title Details Length
1 Ori no Naka no Hakoniwa』Music VideoThe Miniature Garden within the Cage』Music Video 2.0ch/5.1ch 5:20
Blu-Ray / DVD

The Deluxe Edition includes a bonus Blu-ray disc in the same CD case as the album, and a bonus omake maxi Marvelous Shouchuu in its own CD case.

# Title Details Length
1 Ori no Naka no Hakoniwa』Music VideoThe Miniature Garden within the Cage』Music Video 2.0ch/5.1ch 5:20
2 Mejaa Debyuu 10 Shuunen Fankurabu Shukugasai Raibu Eizougensen Kyoku (4 Kyoku)Major Debut 10th Anniversary Fan Club Celebration Live (4 songs) 2.0ch/5.1ch 26:39
Physical Bonus

The Deluxe Edition comes in 22cm x 21.5cm x 21.5cm packaging. Inside is original art from Yokoyan and a replica of the Remarkable, Evolutionary and Valuable Optical-device (R.E.V.O)*. The album CD and the omake maxi are in a drawer on the inside of the box.


*It is impossible to replicate the device's actual functionality with current technology, so this is a non-functional replica.

Information

Following the conclusion of the Sound Horizon 10th Anniversary Fan Club Event on October 27th, 2014, the album was announced to "[Begin] this coming Spring 2015".[1]

Quotes

  • "Toaru kottouhin'ya kara hajimaru monogatari moshi ano toki kou dattara, nanika ga kawatte ita no darou ka...""The story beginning in a certain antique shop. If things had went this way instead back then, would something have changed...?"

Credits

All Songs were Written, Composed, Arranged and Produced by Revo

Vocals & Voices:


Voices:


Narrations:


Electric Guitar, 7-Strings Electric Guitar, Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar, Steel 12-Strings Acoustic Guitar & Nylon Strings Guitar: YUKI (M2, M3, M5, M6, M9, M11), Takeshi Nishiyama (M7) & Leda (M8)
Electric Guitar, Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar & Nylon Strings Guitar: Shingo Jake Saito (M4)
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa (M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9) & IKUO (M11)
Piano, Electronic Piano, Electronic Organ, Cembalo, Pianica & Accordion: Koji Igarashi (M2, M3, M5, M6, M8, M9)
Piano & Electronic Organ: Eiji Kawai (M4, M7)
Piano & Lead Synthesizer: AKITO (M11)
Drums: JUN-JI (M2, M3, M5, M6, M8, M9, M11) & Ken☆Ken (M4, M7)

Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Percussion: Mataro Misawa
Solo Violin (M2, M7): Gen Ittetsu
Solo Flute (M4, M11) & Recorder (M2, M8): Hideyo Takakuwa
Sax (M3, M11) & Solo Clarinet (M6): Makoto Hirahara

<Gen Ittetsu Strings>
1st Violin: Gen Ittetsu, Kaoru Kuroki, Maki Nagata, Yayoi Fujita, Yu Manabe, Yuko Kajitani
2nd Violin: Daisuke Kadowaki, Osamu Iyoku, Leina Ushiyama, Shiori Takeda, Kazuha Takahashi
Viola: Takuya Mori, Shouko Miki
Cello: Toshiyuki Muranaka, Yoshihiro Uchida
Contrabass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

Trumpet: Masanori Suzuki, Shiro Sasaki, Sho Okumura
Trombone: Kanade Shishiuchi, Naoki Matsuo, Shinsuke Torizuke
Tuba: Masashi Kina
Horn: Takashi Naito, Minoru Hirokawa, Satoshi Matsuda, Masaki Tanaka, Toyohide Watanabe, Yasushi Higa

Flute & Piccolo: Hideyo Takakuwa
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
Fagotto: Masao Osawa & Toshitsugu Inoue

<Choir>
Choir -Kyo- (Ritsuyukai) & Ensenmble OtonoHa
Choir Director: Yoshinori KOBA
SUGAMO CHILDREN'S CHORUS

Computer Programming: Revo

Sound Effects Editor: Hirokazu Ebisu

Making of Credits

Recording Engineers: Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】, Hiroyuki Akita & Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Assistant Engineers: Akiyoshi Tanaka 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】, Eriko Iijima 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】, Fumio Hoshino, Hiromasa Kobayashi 【PONYCANYON YOYOGISTUDIO】, Satoshi Akai 【SOUND INN】, Junya Harada 【SOUND INN】, Norihiko Katsumata 【ONKIO HAUS】, Hideto Matsumoto 【Studio A-tone】 & Kyo Kakinuma 【AVACO CREATIVE STUDIOS】

Mixed by Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】
Mastered by Yasuji Yasman Maeda 【Bernie Grundman Mastering】

Production Cooperation: KING RECORDS

Cover Illustration: Yokoyan

Art Direction & Design: Iwata Room/7STARS DESIGN & Ai Ozaki

Director: Mayumi Takagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Assistant Director: Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
A&R: Hideki Tanaka 【PONY CANYON】 & Motomi Oiwa 【PONY CANYON】
A&R in Chief: Atsushi Goto 【PONY CANYON】
Production Assistant: Shoko Aoyagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Public Relations: Ryoko Biyajima 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Sales Promoter: Taku Kuwahara 【PONY CANYON】
Manufacturing Process Manager: Tomoatsu Tamari 【PONY CANYON】
Media Promotion: PONY CANYON Promotion Team
Production Desk: Misaki Negishi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】

Executive Producers: Koji Takahashi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】 & Kazuo Ishikawa 【PONY CANYON】

Special Thanks

Eiko Konoo 【Legato Music】
Mami Seki 【Legato Music】
MEDIA GATE
Noël from VANISHING STARLIGHT
by the Courtesy of BUNNY ONION
Ninosuke Ichizo 【ONE & ONE + ONE】
Hiver Laurant
Θανατος
Märchen von Friedhof
SHK Marvelous Staff and All Laurants

All Songs were Written, Composed, Arranged and Produced by Revo

Vocals & Voices:


Voices:


Narrations:


Electric Guitar, 7-Strings Electric Guitar, Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar, Steel 12-Strings Acoustic Guitar & Nylon Strings Guitar: YUKI (M2, M3, M5, M6, M9, M11), Takeshi Nishiyama (M7) & Leda (M8)
Electric Guitar, Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar & Nylon Strings Guitar: Shingo Jake Saito (M4)
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa (M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9) & IKUO (M11)
Piano, Electronic Piano, Electronic Organ, Cembalo, Pianica & Accordion: Koji Igarashi (M2, M3, M5, M6, M8, M9)
Piano & Electronic Organ: Eiji Kawai (M4, M7)
Piano & Lead Synthesizer: AKITO (M11)
Drums: JUN-JI (M2, M3, M5, M6, M8, M9, M11) & Ken☆Ken (M4, M7)

Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Percussion: Mataro Misawa
Solo Violin (M2, M7): Gen Ittetsu
Solo Flute (M4, M11) & Recorder (M2, M8): Hideyo Takakuwa
Sax (M3, M11) & Solo Clarinet (M6): Makoto Hirahara

<Gen Ittetsu Strings>
1st Violin: Gen Ittetsu, Kaoru Kuroki, Maki Nagata, Yayoi Fujita, Yu Manabe, Yuko Kajitani
2nd Violin: Daisuke Kadowaki, Osamu Iyoku, Leina Ushiyama, Shiori Takeda, Kazuha Takahashi
Viola: Takuya Mori, Shouko Miki
Cello: Toshiyuki Muranaka, Yoshihiro Uchida
Contrabass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

Trumpet: Masanori Suzuki, Shiro Sasaki, Sho Okumura
Trombone: Kanade Shishiuchi, Naoki Matsuo, Shinsuke Torizuke
Tuba: Masashi Kina
Horn: Takashi Naito, Minoru Hirokawa, Satoshi Matsuda, Masaki Tanaka, Toyohide Watanabe, Yasushi Higa

Flute & Piccolo: Hideyo Takakuwa
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
Fagotto: Masao Osawa & Toshitsugu Inoue

<Choir>
Choir -Kyo- (Ritsuyukai) & Ensenmble OtonoHa
Choir Director: Yoshinori KOBA
SUGAMO CHILDREN'S CHORUS

Computer Programming: Revo

Sound Effects Editor: Hirokazu Ebisu

Making of Credits

Recording Engineers: Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】, Hiroyuki Akita & Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Assistant Engineers: Akiyoshi Tanaka 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】, Eriko Iijima 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】, Fumio Hoshino, Hiromasa Kobayashi 【PONYCANYON YOYOGISTUDIO】, Satoshi Akai 【SOUND INN】, Junya Harada 【SOUND INN】, Norihiko Katsumata 【ONKIO HAUS】, Hideto Matsumoto 【Studio A-tone】 & Kyo Kakinuma 【AVACO CREATIVE STUDIOS】

Mixed by Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】
Mastered by Yasuji Yasman Maeda 【Bernie Grundman Mastering】

Production Cooperation: KING RECORDS

Cover Illustration: Yokoyan

Art Direction & Design: Iwata Room/7STARS DESIGN & Ai Ozaki

Director: Mayumi Takagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Assistant Director: Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
A&R: Hideki Tanaka 【PONY CANYON】 & Motomi Oiwa 【PONY CANYON】
A&R in Chief: Atsushi Goto 【PONY CANYON】
Production Assistant: Shoko Aoyagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Public Relations: Ryoko Biyajima 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Sales Promoter: Taku Kuwahara 【PONY CANYON】
Manufacturing Process Manager: Tomoatsu Tamari 【PONY CANYON】
Media Promotion: PONY CANYON Promotion Team
Production Desk: Misaki Negishi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】

Executive Producers: Koji Takahashi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】 & Kazuo Ishikawa 【PONY CANYON】

PV Credits

Assistant Director: Toshiki Fujimori
Motion Graphics: Takahito Ikeyama
Line Producer: Koichiro Nogawa 【MOCAL】
Director: Tomoo Saito

Mixed by Suminobu Hamada 【STUDIO INN】
Audio Mastered by Yasuji Yasman Maeda 【Bernie Grundman Mastering】

Menu Design: Hiroaki Niikura 【T&M CREATIVE】

Special Thanks

Eiko Konoo 【Legato Music】
Mami Seki 【Legato Music】
MEDIA GATE
Noël from VANISHING STARLIGHT
by the Courtesy of BUNNY ONION
Ninosuke Ichizo 【ONE & ONE + ONE】
Hiver Laurant
Θανατος
Märchen von Friedhof
SHK Marvelous Staff and All Laurants

All Songs were Written, Composed, Arranged and Produced by Revo

Vocals & Voices:


Voices:


Narrations:


Electric Guitar, 7-Strings Electric Guitar, Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar, Steel 12-Strings Acoustic Guitar & Nylon Strings Guitar: YUKI (M2, M3, M5, M6, M9, M11), Takeshi Nishiyama (M7) & Leda (M8)
Electric Guitar, Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar & Nylon Strings Guitar: Shingo Jake Saito (M4)
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa (M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9) & IKUO (M11)
Piano, Electronic Piano, Electronic Organ, Cembalo, Pianica & Accordion: Koji Igarashi (M2, M3, M5, M6, M8, M9)
Piano & Electronic Organ: Eiji Kawai (M4, M7)
Piano & Lead Synthesizer: AKITO (M11)
Drums: JUN-JI (M2, M3, M5, M6, M8, M9, M11) & Ken☆Ken (M4, M7)

Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Percussion: Mataro Misawa
Solo Violin (M2, M7): Gen Ittetsu
Solo Flute (M4, M11) & Recorder (M2, M8): Hideyo Takakuwa
Sax (M3, M11) & Solo Clarinet (M6): Makoto Hirahara

<Gen Ittetsu Strings>
1st Violin: Gen Ittetsu, Kaoru Kuroki, Maki Nagata, Yayoi Fujita, Yu Manabe, Yuko Kajitani
2nd Violin: Daisuke Kadowaki, Osamu Iyoku, Leina Ushiyama, Shiori Takeda, Kazuha Takahashi
Viola: Takuya Mori, Shouko Miki
Cello: Toshiyuki Muranaka, Yoshihiro Uchida
Contrabass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

Trumpet: Masanori Suzuki, Shiro Sasaki, Sho Okumura
Trombone: Kanade Shishiuchi, Naoki Matsuo, Shinsuke Torizuke
Tuba: Masashi Kina
Horn: Takashi Naito, Minoru Hirokawa, Satoshi Matsuda, Masaki Tanaka, Toyohide Watanabe, Yasushi Higa

Flute & Piccolo: Hideyo Takakuwa
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
Fagotto: Masao Osawa & Toshitsugu Inoue

<Choir>
Choir -Kyo- (Ritsuyukai) & Ensenmble OtonoHa
Choir Director: Yoshinori KOBA
SUGAMO CHILDREN'S CHORUS

Computer Programming: Revo

Sound Effects Editor: Hirokazu Ebisu

Making of Credits

Recording Engineers: Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】, Hiroyuki Akita & Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Assistant Engineers: Akiyoshi Tanaka 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】, Eriko Iijima 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】, Fumio Hoshino, Hiromasa Kobayashi 【PONYCANYON YOYOGISTUDIO】, Satoshi Akai 【SOUND INN】, Junya Harada 【SOUND INN】, Norihiko Katsumata 【ONKIO HAUS】, Hideto Matsumoto 【Studio A-tone】 & Kyo Kakinuma 【AVACO CREATIVE STUDIOS】

Mixed by Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】
Mastered by Yasuji Yasman Maeda 【Bernie Grundman Mastering】

Production Cooperation: KING RECORDS

Cover Illustration: Yokoyan

Art Direction & Design: Iwata Room/7STARS DESIGN & Ai Ozaki

Director: Mayumi Takagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Assistant Director: Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
A&R: Hideki Tanaka 【PONY CANYON】 & Motomi Oiwa 【PONY CANYON】
A&R in Chief: Atsushi Goto 【PONY CANYON】
Production Assistant: Shoko Aoyagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Public Relations: Ryoko Biyajima 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Sales Promoter: Taku Kuwahara 【PONY CANYON】
Manufacturing Process Manager: Tomoatsu Tamari 【PONY CANYON】
Media Promotion: PONY CANYON Promotion Team
Production Desk: Misaki Negishi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】

Executive Producers: Koji Takahashi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】 & Kazuo Ishikawa 【PONY CANYON】

PV Credits

Assistant Director: Toshiki Fujimori
Motion Graphics: Takahito Ikeyama
Line Producer: Koichiro Nogawa 【MOCAL】
Director: Tomoo Saito

Mixed by Suminobu Hamada 【STUDIO INN】
Audio Mastered by Yasuji Yasman Maeda 【Bernie Grundman Mastering】

Menu Design: Hiroaki Niikura 【T&M CREATIVE】

Special Thanks

Eiko Konoo 【Legato Music】
Mami Seki 【Legato Music】
MEDIA GATE
Noël from VANISHING STARLIGHT
by the Courtesy of BUNNY ONION
Ninosuke Ichizo 【ONE & ONE + ONE】
Hiver Laurant
Θανατος
Märchen von Friedhof
SHK Marvelous Staff and All Laurants

References

  1. "メジャーデビュー10周年記念作品第3弾 2015年春発売決定!". Sound Horizon 10th Anniversary Special Site. PONY CANYON INC. 2014-10-27. Retrieved 23 December 2020.