Hawaii: Part II
| Hawaii: Part II | |
| |
| Studio Album | |
| Released | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Length | 45:27 |
| Label | n/a |
| Producer | Ross Federman, Joe Hawley, Bora Karaca |
Hawaii: Part II is an album by ミラクルミュージカル and was released independently on 12/12/12, at 12:12:12 A.M. Four members of Tally Hall appear on this album: Joe Hawley, Ross Federman, Rob Cantor, and Zubin Sedghi. Bora Karaca also appears. The album is categorised under "World" music on iTunes,[1] however the whole album shifts between genres, including pop, rap, and ballads.
Guest and supporting artists include Lindsey Alvarez, Ryan Brady, Joel J. Dahl, Madi Diaz, Allison Hanna, Gregory James Jenkins, Charlene Kaye, Stephanie Koenig, Andrew Kurtz, Shane Maux, Adrianne Nigg, Ashlee Renee, Stephan Wunderlich.
On May 19th, 2014, an album of Hawaii: Part II's demos, outtakes, and instrumentals was digitally released, entitled: Hawaii: Part II: Part ii.
These albums are currently available for purchase through http://www.hawaiipartii.com
On December 31st, 2015, ミラクルミュージカル released Hawaii Partii, an album of instrumental 8-bit style chiptunes based on Hawaii: Part II[2]
On September 18th, 2018 a kickstarter was launched in an attempt to get the album pressed to vinyl.[3] On October 18th, exactly a month later, The campaign reached it's goal, as 456 backers pledged $16,544 of it's $7000 goal.[4][5]
Production And Recording
On 12th December 2018, 5 years after Hawaii: Part II was released, Ross Federman made a post on his facebook page talking about the album's conception and recording process:
"Today marks the five year anniversary of an album that I worked very hard on and am frankly quite proud of. Hawaii: Part II was the vision of Joe Hawley and the product of countless other musicians, singers, arrangers, and writers. Joe Hawley, Bora Karaca and I coordinated the recording, production, and mixing of this album which was no small feat. Having more than 30 artists, many recording parts on their own and submitting individual vocal or instrumental tracks, pushed our organizational skills to their limits. It is also noteworthy that I did not see Joe or Bora face-to-face throughout any of this process. My personal goal in this was to help create a record with “a life of its own.” I’ve always felt that some of the best albums never sound quite the same to you, even after countless listens. I feel as if the album is continuing to grow while it rests idly on the shelf (or your hard drive, or somewhere in the cloud) and that every listen through is a little window into its current time. Of course it’s the listener growing and changing, but I think it takes a certain kind of record to track along with its listener in this way. I set out to fill this album with as much emotion and vitality as I could from my humble remote mixing station. In the end, I feel that we did create an album with a life of its own and one that speaks for itself. Week after week, it continues to find new homes in the ears of eager discoverers, despite a total lack of promotion. It’s certainly not normal, and it’s probably like nothing you’ve ever heard, but it is still very much alive to this day. I can’t thank the rest of the Miracle Musical team, and Joe and Bora enough for the work that went into this. Happy fifth Birthday Hawaii: Part II."
Ross Federman, Facebook [6]
Track listing
| # | Title | Writers | Lead Singers | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introduction To The Snow" | Hawley | Hawley | 1:41 |
| 2. | "Isle Unto Thyself" | Hawley | Hawley | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Black Rainbows" | Federman, Hawley | Madi Diaz, Hawley | 2:30 |
| 4. | "White Ball" | Hawley, Karaca, Sedghi | Sedghi, Stephanie Koenig | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Murders" | Hawley | Hawley | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Space Station Level 7 (宇宙ステーションのレベル7)" | Hawley, Karaca | Karaca | 3:23 |
| 7. | "The Mind Electric" | Hawley | Hawley | 6:13 |
| 8. | "Labyrinth" | Hawley, Shane Maux, Charlene Kaye | Shane Maux, Charlene Kaye | 2:33 |
| 9. | "Time Machine" | Cantor, Hawley | Cantor, Hawley | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Stranded Lullaby" | Hawley, Allison Hanna | Hawley | 3:43 |
| 11. | "Dream Sweet In Sea Major" | Hawley, Karaca, Allison Hanna | Hawley | 7:00 |
Bonus Track listing
| # | Title | Writers | Lead Singers | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Variations On A Cloud" | Cantor, Hawley | Cantor, Hawley | 3:10 |