Spring Signs (2016 Remaster)

"Spring mosaics made from collected pieces of sound"

This is the second album by fingerstyle guitarist Michio Ogawa, whose first album "Sun and Compass" was well-received, and who has attracted attention as a guitarist of the new generation. Produced in 2001.
As opposed to his first album, which had strong leanings toward traditional music, this album took a major turn towards an experimental approach to the acoustic guitar, implementing aspects of psychedelia combined with an ambient texture.
The rapidly changing melody and experimental nature of the songs ventured into unchartered territory for the acoustic guitar and created quite a buzz among guitarists as pioneering into a new frontier for solo guitar.

Produced,Recorded&Mixed by Michio Ogawa

All titles composed by Michio Ogawa

Michio Ogawa : acoustic guitar, electric guitar, upright piano, voices, glockenspiel, tin whistle,
alto recorder, soprano recorder, percussions, handclaps, tape collage, toy camera, Spring sound collector
Yoko Ishikawa : Violins (Track 5)

Recorded at Jugakusha & Raspberry path studio Feb.-Oct. 2000
Mixed at Raspberry path studio Oct.-Dec. 2000
Re-Mastered by EDEN studio Apr.-May 2016
Art direction & Design by Yurie Asakawa
Photography by Yurie Asakawa, Michio Ogawa

Special thanks to Yurie Asakawa,Yoko Ishikawa Mami Moriya,Takenori Iwasaki,Eden Studio ...and All My Friends