2V-ALK

2V-ALK
2V-ALK
Studio album by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
Released	20 September 2017
Studio	Studio Sound Valley; HeartBeat. Recording Studio; Studio GreenBird; LAB Recorders; Sound City Annex; Sound City Setagaya; ABS Recording;
Genre	Pop; pop rock;
Length	68:48
Label	SACRA MUSIC
Producer	Hiroyuki Sawano
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] chronology
Singles from 2V-ALK
	"Into the Sky"; Released: 26 June 2016; "CRYst-Alise"; Released: 8 July 2016; "e of s"; Released: 30 December 2016; "gravityWall"; Released: 28 June 2017; "sh0ut"; Released: 28 June 2017; "Club Ki3ε"; Released: 29 August 2017 (promotional);

2V-ALK (pronounced "walk") is the second studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 20, 2017 through the Sony Music label SACRA MUSIC.^[2] 2V-ALK was proceeded by the singles "Into the Sky", "CRYst-Alise", "e of s", "gravityWall" and "sh0ut".

The album charted at #3 in the daily ranks for the first week. It charted for 8 weeks in the Oricon charts.^[3]

Background

"Into the Sky" was used in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 as the opening theme, while "Next 2 U -eUC-" was used as the first ending theme.^[4]^[5]

"CRYst-Alise" was used as the main theme for the mobile game VALHAITRISING.^[6]

"e of s" was used as the opening theme for the mobile game Soul Reverse Zero, while "ninelie <cry-v>" was used as the ending theme for the first Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress compilation film.^[7]

"gravityWall" was used as the first opening theme for the anime television series Re:Creators, while "sh0ut" was used as the second opening theme.^[8]

"Amazing Trees" was used as the opening theme for the PS4 game Border Break.^[9]

Track listing

All music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performed by	Length
1.	"1ntr0duct10n"		SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]	1:59
2.	"Amazing Trees"	Hiroyuki Sawano Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	4:46
3.	"gravityWall"	Hiroyuki Sawano Tielle	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle & Gemie	3:46
4.	"e of s"	Hiroyuki Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki	3:50
5.	"Club Ki3ε"	Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie	3:57
6.	"VV-ALK"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	4:22
7.	"rabBIThole"	Yosh	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh	3:59
8.	"ninelie <cry-v>"	Hiroyuki Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer	5:06
9.	"sh0ut"	Hiroyuki Sawano Tielle	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle & Gemie	4:05
10.	"ViEW"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki	3:30
11.	"mio MARE <2v-alk_v>"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh	4:22
12.	"CRYst-Alise"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	5:15
13.	"Next 2 U -eUC-"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:naNami	4:04
14.	"HERE I AM <2v-alk_v>"	Hiroyuki Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie	4:01
15.	"Into the Sky"	Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	3:50
16.	"pian0s0l0"		SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]	3:54
17.	"ëmot1on"	cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Eliana	4:12
Total length:				68:48

Credits

Adapted from Booklet.^[10]

Production

Hiroyuki Sawano – arranger, producer, programming
Yasushi Horiguchi – executive producer
Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer
Mitsunori Aizawa – recording, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator
Kozo Miyamoto – assistant engineer
Hideto Matsumoto – assistant engineer
Masakatsu Mizuno – assistant engineer
Kosuke Abe – assistant engineer
Eriko Iijima – assistant engineer
Yosuke Maeda – assistant engineer
Keisuke Narita – assistant engineer
Yota Ishizuka – assistant engineer
Kei Izawa – assistant engineer
Kazuaki Takanishi – assistant engineer
Erika Shimada – assistant engineer
Yuji Chinone – mastering
Ryotaro Kawashima – art direction & design
Kiyoaki Sasahara – photographer
Aya Murakami – hair & make-up
Yuko Mori – products coordination
Toru Takeuchi – a&r
Anna Komatsuzaki – a&r
SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion
Yukihiro Sato – sales promotion
Kei Yamamoto – digital promotion
Kazuto Fushimi – digital promotion
Keiichi Tonomura – supervise

Vocals

Aimer – vocals (track 8)
Eliana Silva – vocals (track 17)
Gemie – vocals (tracks 3, 5, 9, 14)
mizuki – vocals, background vocals (tracks 4, 10)
naNami – vocals (track 13)
Tielle – vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15), background vocals (track 6)
Yosh Morita – vocals (tracks 7, 11)
Hiroyuki Sawano – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17)
Anna Komatsuzaki – background vocals (tracks 6, 10)
Akiko Shimodoi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17)
cAnON. – background vocals (tracks 10, 17)
Hajime – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17)
Kohta Yamamoto – background vocals (track 4)
Yasushi "yassh!!" Horiguchi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17)

Instruments

Harutoshi Ito – cello (tracks 1, 12, 17), guitar (tracks 1, 6-8, 10-13, 15, 17)
Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6-13, 15, 16, 17), keyboards (tracks 2-14, 15, 17), all other instruments (all tracks)
Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks 2-4, 9, 13)
Masashi Tsubakimoto – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 14)
Toshino Tanabe – bass (tracks 1-4, 6-13, 15)
Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-10, 12-13, 15)

References

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[2] "VVCL-1098~9 - 2V-ALK / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net.

[3] "2V-ALK | SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-04-21.

[4] 澤野弘之、Aimerやななみを迎えてTV版「ガンダムUC」OP＆ED発表 - 音楽ナタリー. 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-04-21.

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[6] "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | ソニーミュージックオフィシャルサイト". www.sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-04-21.

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[9] "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | ソニーミュージックオフィシャルサイト". www.sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-01-04.

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