Roomic Cube

{{Infobox album

| name = Roomic Cube

| type = studio

| artist = Takako Minekawa

| cover = Roomic Cube cover.JPG

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1996|05|25}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Take One (Tokyo)

| genre = Shibuya-kei

| length = {{duration|m=41|s=53}}

| label = Polystar

| producer = Buffalo Daughter

| prev_title = (A Little Touch Of) Baroque in Winter

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Athletica

| next_year = 1997

}}

Roomic Cube (subtitled ...A Tiny Room Exhibition) is the second studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa. It was released on May 25, 1996, by Polystar.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/254525/products/206599/1/|title=ROOMIC CUBE～a tiny room exhibition {{!}} 嶺川貴子|publisher=Oricon|access-date=September 13, 2020|language=ja}} The album was released in the United States on February 18, 1997, by March Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/roomic-cube-mr0000082065|title=Roomic Cube (CD – March Records / What Are Records? #63028) – Takako Minekawa|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 13, 2020}}

Recubed, an EP consisting of remixes of tracks from Roomic Cube, was released by March and Emperor Norton Records on July 7, 1998.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70|title=Just Out|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|issue=60|date=August 1998|access-date=September 13, 2020|page=70}} The Roomic Cube track "Fantastic Cat" came to prominence in 2006 when it was featured in a Miller Brewing Company beer advertisement featuring a man on a bicycle descending down a hill.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvadmusic.co.uk/2007/11/miller-downhill/|title=Miller – Downhill|publisher=TV Ad Music|date=November 4, 2007|access-date=May 4, 2018}}

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/roomic-cube-mw0000029177|title=Roomic Cube – Takako Minekawa|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 5, 2018|last=Phares|first=Heather}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork

| rev2score = 7.6/10{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/minekawa_takako/roomic-cube.shtml|title=Takako Minekawa: Roomic Cube|website=Pitchfork|access-date=March 5, 2018|last=Schreiber|first=Ryan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050427181918/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/minekawa_takako/roomic-cube.shtml|archive-date=April 27, 2005|url-status=dead}}

}}

In 2011, Roomic Cube was included in LA Weekly{{'}}s "beginner's guide" to Shibuya-kei music.{{cite news|url=https://www.laweekly.com/japanese-indie-pop-the-beginners-guide-to-shibuya-kei/|title=Japanese Indie Pop: The Beginner's Guide to Shibuya-Kei|newspaper=LA Weekly|date=April 13, 2011|access-date=May 4, 2018|last=Ohanesian|first=Liz}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Sleep Song

| writer1 = Takako Minekawa

| length1 = 3:01

| title2 = Fantastic Cat

| writer2 = Minekawa

| length2 = 3:58

| title3 = Never/More

| writer3 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Motoko Kajiwara|Yumiko Ohno|Sugar Yoshinaga}}

| length3 = 4:17

| title4 = Klaxon!

| writer4 = {{hlist|Ohno|Moog Yamamoto|Yoshinaga}}

| length4 = 4:28

| title5 = Wooooog

| writer5 = {{hlist|Ohno|Yoshinaga}}

| length5 = 3:53

| title6 = Dessert Song

| writer6 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Ohno|Yoshinaga}}

| length6 = 2:59

| title7 = Destron

| writer7 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Kilimnik}}

| length7 = 3:57

| title8 = Pop Up Squirrels

| writer8 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Ohno|Yoshinaga}}

| length8 = 0:27

| title9 = 1.666666

| writer9 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Ohno|Yoshinaga}}

| length9 = 6:24

| title10 = Rainy Song

| writer10 = Minekawa

| length10 = 2:19

| title11 = T.T.T. (Turntable Tennis)

| writer11 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Ohno|Yamamoto|Yoshinaga}}

| length11 = 2:05

| title12 = Black... White

| writer12 = Pierre Bachelet

| length12 = 3:16

| title13 = More Pop Up Squirrels

| writer13 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Ohno|Yoshinaga}}

| length13 = 0:49

| total_length = 41:53

}}

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Roomic Cube|others=Takako Minekawa|publisher=Polystar|year=1996|id=PSCR-5476|type=liner notes}}

Takako Minekawa – performance, arrangement
Buffalo Daughter – performance, arrangement, production
Kenichi Makimura – executive production
Tadashi Matsuda – mixing, recording
Takeo Ogiso – photography
Megumi Shigetomi – mastering

References

External links

{{Discogs master|149769|Roomic Cube}}

Category:1996 albums

Category:Takako Minekawa albums