Koshi Inaba News

SLASH’s self-titled solo album “SLASH” is going to be released in Japan on March 31st, 2010. Yes, that’s right, it’s going to be released before the rest of the world gets it in April. The Japanese album contains SAHARA featuring Koshi Inaba as the last track. Price will be 3600 Yen for the deluxe edition (CD+DVD) and the regular edition will be 2500 Yen.

However, there will be also an English version of SAHARA available on international iTunes as soon as the album is released. We have yet to know if Koshi Inaba is involved in the English version as well.

Check out the tracklist for the Japanese version below. (The international version does not feature SAHARA as the 14th track)

Update: There are going to be releases for different regions which contains a track where Slash is collaborating with a local artist from that area. Furthermore, there are talks about releasing an international version of the album which features all regional exclusive tracks. A release date has yet to be announced.

01. Ghost (Ian Astbury)
02. Crucify The Dead (Ozzy Osbourne)
03. Beautiful Dangerous (Fergie)
04. Promise (Chris Cornell)
05. By The Sword (Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother)
06. Gotten (Adam Levine)
07. Doctor Alibi (Lemmy Kilmeister)
08. Watch This (Dave Grohl/Duff McKagan)
09. I Hold On (Kid Rock)
10. Nothing To Say (M Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold)
11. Starlight (Myles Kennedy)
12. Saint Is A Sinner Too (Rocco De Luca)
13. We’re All Gonna Die (Iggy Pop)
14. SAHARA (Koshi Inaba)

Koshi Inaba News

The positive reception to SAHARA may lead to another edition. As per Slash’s Twitter account:

Hey, thanks for all the compliments on “Sahara,” we might have an english version on the album.

Slash’s solo album isn’t set for release until next year, but he had previously noted that SAHARA would be a Japan exclusive. The potential English version may not feature vocals by Koshi, however–we’ll keep you posted as it develops. Fingers crossed!

Koshi Inaba News

According to one of her latest blog posts, she has recorded a few songs with Koshi Inaba.

Update: The blog posting has been removed to prevent leaking of information, apparently. (hahahahaha)

(Translated from Japanese)

Good evening.
Today, I participated in the recording for Koshi Inaba’s new solo album ♪
This time I was playing the first violin, too, and the songs from Koshi’s new album are really great!!
The songs I got to hear were all wonderful☆

[…]

Source: Kozue Hayashi Official Blog (Post has been deleted)

For those who are wondering why she said “too”, she was also involved in the recording of B’z latest album “MAGIC”. Namely “MY LONELY TOWN” and “TINY DROPS”.

Koshi Inaba News

I must say, I really love the way Stevie Salas posts his news updates on his website. You really get to know what he’s been up to. In an update dated November 15th, Koshi Inaba is mentioned. He apparently flew out to L.A. to record 6 new songs with Stevie Salas for his new solo CD.

We should see the official update in a few days, I guess.

See the news update from Stevie Salas’ website here:

ADAM LAMBERT AND BOWIE IVORY , KRIS ALLEN ROCKS CONAN , ALLISON IRAHETA SLASHES MY EYEBROW , KOSHI INABA FROM THE BZ JAPAN BRINGS THE NEW , ARBOR LIVE! SEASON 2 AND STEVIE HAS A NEW I PHONE GUITAR GAME ON THE WAY!

sorry for the LONG delay between blogs but i have not had a day off in two years!!!
i have not surfed since jan in costa rica and once again i have well over 150 thousand miles traveled in the air ….uggggg
since i landed in the states from germany to rock the nammy’s sept 27th i have been knee deep into my music directing gig with american idols kris allen , adam lambert and allison iraheta and doing three at once is madness!!! no sleep BUT the music is fantastic and the bands are awesome….loads of things goin on like me and kris allen playing football on the miami dolphins field before the dolphin saints game as well as kris killin it last night on conan o’brian OR gettin to arrange the massive adam lambert debut at the american music awards coming nov 22nd….me and adam went to the studio of the david bowie piano legend mike garson who is my hero ( been with bowie since the ziggy years) creating a show intro and watching him play with adam singing together was such a musical treat…so watch the american music awards cuz its gonna be HUGE!! and later that night allison iraheta who is the most awesome chick rocker of life took the clippers while i was getting my hair cut in her studio and buzzed a slice out of my eyebrow…i have a great photo perhaps you will see it one day……ALSO in between all this the mighty koshi ianaba from the japan super group bz flew to LA and we recorded 6 new tracks for his solo cd and his new stuff is on point!!
ARBOR LIVE!!! was picked up for a 2nd season and also now signed with tv giants tri con…… we will be shooting soon in canada starting right after i host this years canadian aboriginal awards dinner in hamilton onterio nov. 26th and last but not least GET READY FOR MY NEW I PHONE GUITAR GAME APP THAT WILL BE OUT IN DEC….ROCKSTAR SOLOS
ok more after i finish in new york in dec…
stevie

Koshi Inaba News

Just the other day, and with the release of his first solo single impending, Slash did a TV interview to promote it. Given that it was for a Japanese story, the focus was obviously on his collaboration with Koshi and how it went and came about. Running at just under three minutes, it’s nice to see more and more Western artists taking notice of Tak & Koshi’s work.

You can view the interview in full here on YouTube.

Update(11/8/2009): The video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by the TV channel, so I’ve put it right up on our servers for you to enjoy.

As was noted before, look forward to SAHARA’s release on November 11th as a Japan-exclusive single (which shouldn’t stop you from importing it, of course!).

Koshi Inaba News

Slash, former guitarist of the famous band Guns N’ Roses, has announced that he has been working with Koshi Inaba on a collaboration track, which will be featured on his new solo album slated for a February 2010 release. The track is called “SAHARA”.

Prior to the release of the album, a single will be released exclusively in Japan on November 11th. It will feature the track “SAHARA” featuring Koshi Inaba and a second track called “Paradise City” which features Fergie from Black Eyed Peas as well as the hip hop group Cypress Hill.

As I have no idea how famous Slash is in Japan, I think that the single is released to make him known in Japan, especially now that Koshi Inaba is featured on one track, a lot of die-hard fans of B’z will order that single.

CD Details

• Name: SAHARA~Feat. Koshi Inaba / Paradise City~Feat. Fergie & Cypress Hill
• Type: Single
• Number of Tracks: 2
• Release: November 11th, 2009
• Price: 1200 Yen (tax excl./$10/8€)

Preorder at CDJapan