Hikaru Utada Releases 'Somewhere Near Marseilles (Sci-Fi Edit)'
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NEW YORK, NY (April 3, 2024) – Milan Records today releases a new edit of HIKARU UTADA's international hit “Somewhere Near Marseilles” by UK artist and producer FLOATING POINTS. Originally appearing on Utada's 2022 album BAD MODE and garnering widespread critical acclaim from NPR, Pitchfork, The FADER, Slant, Brooklyn Vegan and more, “Somewhere Near Marseilles” has been transformed by Floating Points, who co-produced the original version. His “Somewhere Near Marseilles (Sci-Fi Edit)” finds the producer turning the slow-burning electronic meditation into a concentrated rush of club-ready escape. While retaining the emotional tension that powered the original record, the rework utilizes house elements to put an extra spring behind Utada's longing – listen here.
SOMEWHERE NEAR MARSEILLES (SCI-FI EDIT) – LYRICS HERE
Written by Hikaru Utada and Sam Shepherd
Produced by Sam Shepherd and Hikaru Utada
Vocals Recorded by Hikaru Utada
Vocal Tracks Editing by Yūya Saitō at ABS Recording
Mixed by Steve Fitzmaurice at Pierce Room
All Vocals: Hikaru Utada
Percussion: Will Fry
Keyboards and Programming: Sam Shepherd
Keyboards, Programming, Shaker and WAVEDRUM: Hikaru Utada
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound
ABOUT HIKARU UTADA
Born in the United States to Japanese parents, Hikaru Utada is a singer/songwriter and producer.
Utada's debut album First Love was released in 1999 and was an instant success, becoming the country's best-selling album of all time, and still holding the honor to this day. The success of the album led to Utada being featured on the cover of the 2001 "Music Goes Global" issue of TIME alongside U2's BONO and Bjork, and by the end of the 2000s, Utada was deemed "the most influential artist of the decade" in the Japanese music landscape by The Japan Times. Utada's commercial success has made the musician one of Japan's top-selling recording artists of all time with over 37 million albums sold.
Utada announced a hiatus from their music career in 2010 to focus on personal growth before returning in April 2016. The international audience will recognize Utada's contribution to the Square Enix/Disney video game series Kingdom Hearts, where the musician wrote and produced theme songs for each game in the series. "Face My Fears," the most recent 2019 collaboration with Skrillex and the opening theme for KINGDOM HEARTS III, charted in the Billboard Top 100. Utada's 2021 single and EVANGELION:3.0+1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME theme song, "One Last Kiss," charted in 33 countries and regions worldwide as well as the Spotify Global Viral Chart.
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