Kazeyomi

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Kazeyomi (かぜよみ; lit. 'Wind Reading') is the sixth studio album by Japanese voice actress and singer Maaya Sakamoto, released on January 14, 2009, by FlyingDog. Kazeyomi marks her first original full-length album in approximately three years since Yūnagi Loop, following the concept mini-album 30Minutes Night Flight released in March 2007. Sakamoto revealed she entered production with strong conviction that the album would be exceptional, which according to her it stemmed by feeling confidence she would be able to express her feelings effectively on the record. She attributed this mindset largely to recording "Traingler" the year prior, an upbeat track with deep band sounds unlike anything she had sung before; delivering it casually gave her the courage to break out of her own mold, leaving her unafraid of future challenges. For the album, Sakamoto collaborated with a diverse array of composers and arrangers, including Yoko Kanno (following their reunion after approximately five years on the single "Triangler"), Shōko Suzuki, Neko Saito, Kaori Kano, Kōichi Tabo (Superfly), Shin Kono, Aco, and Zentaro Watanabe. Apart from the previously-released single tracks "Saigo no Kajitsu", "Triangler", and "Ame ga Furu", notable tracks include the opening track "Vento," was sung entirely in Esperanto, with the title meaning "wind." She also re-recorded her 2006 single "Kazemachi Jet" with Shoko Suzuki's arrangement, with Suzuki also providing backing vocals in the chorus. The track "Ai no Ether" is a self-cover for the song used she wrote lyrics for Macross Frontier, recorded as a piano-and-vocals version with Yoko Kanno on piano. "Colors" reunited Sakamoto with lyricist Tim Jensen, whom she collaborated with on several of her English-lyrics songs in the past. As for "Kazamidori" Sakamoto commented that upon listening to the melody by Haruna Yokota she felt instantly inspired to come up with lyrics for it, which convey the message of "entrusting one’s fate to the wind while still walking firmly with free will."