Takahiro KIDO, Roads (from the Album: Fairy Tail, 2011).

Takahiro KIDO, Roads (2011).

Roads is the 8th track of the 4th Album composed by the young Tokyo-based composer Takahiro KIDO : Fairy Tai (2011).

The Album Fairy Tail is released by Ricco Label.


Hubert BORDE, pianist
Steinway Grand Piano, Model L
built at New York (Astoria Factory - Queens) in 1926
restored by Pianelli Music Store (Jena, Germany) in 2023
serviced by Pianos Parisot (Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France).


Thanks to Takahiro KIDO and Yuki MURATA for their permission to perform and record this piece here in France!

Audio :
DPA 40-99 P microphones 🎤
Zoom H4n Pro Recorder 🎚️

Camera : Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G 🎥

Software : Studio One 6

Recording session
Balma Home Studio (31, FRANCE)
July 24th, 2014

About the Album Fairy Tail :

Welcome to the entrance to the endless world of dream and adventure.

This 4th album of Takahiro Kido who is the composer/member of Anoice, has fine melodies brimming with subtle beauty and warmth composed for some spots for TV and webs, or for some events. This is his best effort because it's more gentle and beautiful than "Fleursy Music" that is his former album which recorded the 8th place with the electronica chart in Germany and was elected as one of the best 10 albums in 2008 by The Silent Ballet.

It contains some masterpieces such as "prologue" which is the remixed version that has been used on the spot of NTT Comware in Japan, "Roads" which is the tune for which Yuki Murata who is the pianist/composer of Anoice arranged, and has been used on the spot of Google, "2nd Season" and "Let's Go Crazy!" composed for BGM of the guidance movie of NIPPON VISION that is a event had been held at Isetan where is a department store in Japan, "Oranges & Lemons" recorded at a solitary house that became the model of the violin atelier that appears in "Whisper of the Heart" of Studio Ghibli, and was collected to a compilation album "Hope For Japan" aimed towards Japan relief work, "rust Summer in Tokyo" which is the lovely tune that was also collected to the charity album "Hope" released from Ricco Label.

In addition, Emmeline Pidgen who is illustrator in UK, took charge of the artworks of this album.

Please check his talent of composition that queues Joe Hisaichi and Ryuichi Sakamoto who are Japanese famous composers, the refined groove such as Radiohead and Lemon Jelly, and beautiful soundscape like Sigur Rós and Kyte.

You never listen to this awesome album "Fairy Tale" without being deeply moved!!

Recorded and Mixed by Takahiro Kido
Mastered by Hiromits Shoji
Illustration by Emmeline Pidgen
Art Direction and Design by Takahiro Kido
Released by Ricco Label