地元へ親愛を捧ぐ、Negicco待望のニュー・シングル!!!
5月に新潟県民会館で行ったツアーの最終公演中、来る8月16日の東京・日比谷野外大音楽堂におけるワンマン開催が発表され……という模様は先だってリリースされたライヴDVDをご覧いただくとして、その晴れの8月はもう目前。そうでなくても坂本真綾のトリビュート盤に招かれたり、happy machineにMeguが客演するなど、さまざまな方向で活躍する姿を見せてくれている最近のNegiccoですが、そんな勝負の夏に大きな弾みをつけるべく、今年最初のシングルとなる“ねぇバーディア”が届けられることになりました。
今回の詞曲とプロデュースを手掛けたのは池田貴史（レキシ）で、ハッとするほど鮮やかで歯切れのいいキャッチーなポップ・ナンバーに仕上がっています。（執筆時に歌詞がないのでわかりませんが）これはジャケが示す通り、池田らしい言い回しでネイバーへの親愛を歌っているのでしょうか。いずれにせよTIFでも野音でも屋外にて効果を発揮しそうな好曲であります! また、カップリング“おやすみ”はあのMEGが詞を書き下ろし、作曲をconnie、編曲を長谷泰宏（ユメトコスメ）が担当した微睡むようなスロウ・ナンバー。ライヴではアコースティック曲なども披露しているので意外ではありますが、録音としてはこれがNegicco初のバラードになるそうです。いいですね。
さらに、初回限定盤Bに付くお楽しみのリミックス集〈ReNegi CD〉には、松井寛、bo en、Tomgggそれぞれのリミックスが収録されていて、こちらも各々が流石の仕事ぶりを見せていますよ!
Negicco "Ne Vardia"
By: Koji Dejima
Sending love to their hometown Niigata, Negicco has released a long-awaited new single!
The group announced that they would be performing at Hibiya Outdoor Theater, Tokyo, on August 16th during the final performance of their tour at the Niigata Prefectural Civic Center in May, which can be seen more about in the concert DVD they released in April, and that August is coming up soon. This summer, Negicco is making things happen. They were invited to the tribute album to Maaya Sakamoto, while one of the members, Megu was featured on happy machine’s latest mini album. While they are playing such important roles in various fields, they are releasing this year’s first single “Ne Vardia” in order to add further impetus to themselves.
The song is written and produced by Takafumi Ikeda (Rekishi). He successfully created this strikingly crisp, vibrant, and catchy pop number. Imagining by looking at the sleeve, this is probably a love song for the neighbors and his close ones with Ikeda’s signature expressions. In any case, this song will work very powerfully especially in outdoor settings such as TIF and Hibiya Outdoor Theater. The B-side song “Oyasumi (meaning Good Night)” is a soothing number at slow tempo, written by MEG (musician/fashion designer), composed by connie (composer), and edited by Yasuhiro Hase (Yume to Cosme, lyricist/composer/arranger). It might come as a surprise since Negicco has been performing acoustic numbers at their shows, but this is actually their first ballad ever to be recorded. Like!
The remix collection [ReNegi CD] that comes with the First Press Limited Edition B, is comprised three of songs remixed by Hiroshi Matsui (composer/arranger/producer/DJ), bo en (London-based musician/producer), and Tomggg (producer/composer) respectively. Those tracks are just as impressive as expected!
